cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/37243506
You can find more details about and discuss this release on the official forums.
As always, please ensure you stop your Jellyfin server and take a full backup of your metadata/configs before upgrading!
๐ General Changes
Replace custom item display preferences in one transaction [PR #18266], by @martimarkov Use hvc1 for Dolby Vision profile 8 [PR #18300], by @theopeuchlestrade Make the OwnerId and ExtraType/OwnerId indexes partial so extras lookups keep using them [PR #18276], by @Shadowghost Enhance internal search provider for multiple scripts [PR #18223], by @excelsior-dev Dispose the database context in DeleteTrickplayDataAsync [PR #18269], by @martimarkov Fix orphan ItemValues cleanup after deletion [PR #17892], by @nintwentydo Fix off-by-one in the optimistic locking retry backoff [PR #18268], by @martimarkov Upgrade ATL to 7.18.0 to fix malformed FLAC hangs [PR #18224], by @ScottishTapWater Fix EPUB metadata and covers not loading on Windows [PR #18283], by @chino Refuse to start a set-up server whose database is missing or empty [PR #18264], by @martimarkov Compare local image dates with a one second tolerance [PR #18278], by @Shadowghost Only propagate a changed rating to children that follow it [PR #18280], by @Shadowghost Recognize numbered sample and trailer files as extras [PR #18255], by @HaraldNordgren Recompute the parental rating score whenever an item is saved [PR #18279], by @Shadowghost Compare person names without regard to case in the letter range filters [PR #18265], by @martimarkov Fix video quality at low bitrates when reducing bit depth [PR #18261], by @nyanmisaka Update episode season name after editing the season name [PR #18253], by @theguymadmax Fix segment cleaner deleting segments ahead of playback when remuxing MKV [PR #18186], by @klizas Fix user preferences when renaming libraries [PR #18236], by @z0rimo Fix item display preferences item [PR #18259], by @martimarkov Use XmlReader in encoder preset migration tests [PR #18237], by @maghuro Don't advance rewatch Next Up past a barely started episode [PR #18202], by @Shadowghost Keep an item's user data rows in agreement [PR #18001], by @Shadowghost Stop rebuilding the inherited-tag set per row, and count only the people /Persons can return [PR #18093], by @Shadowghost Never treat unresolvable libraries as grounds for deletion [PR #18102], by @Shadowghost Don't let a failed shutdown cancel an in-process restart [PR #18063], by @Shadowghost Match artist creation lookups using CleanName [PR #18005], by @orut34iop Serve graphical subtitles as raw files with range support [PR #18168], by @Shadowghost Use MusicBrainz artist name first [PR #18192], by @juxuanu Skip statistics on an empty library and refresh them after every scan [PR #18196], by @Shadowghost Check media directory write permission before generating trickplays [PR #18161], by @thedreaddpirate Reconcile missing episodes by episode, not by number [PR #18090], by @Shadowghost Apply stereo downmix filter consistently to progressive audio transcodes [PR #18195], by @Shadowghost Fix transcoding settings migration failure caused by null EncoderPreset [PR #18059], by @scr4bble Fix more rating systems [PR #18057], by @Shadowghost Fix ChangeOwnerIdToGuid migration performance [PR #18073], by @Shadowghost Retry MusicBrainz requests when the server is busy [PR #18095], by @Shadowghost Fix playlist views [PR #18104], by @Shadowghost Scope the music library cover image to that library's artists [PR #18148], by @Shadowghost Read the image region when determining TMDb image language in TmdbUtils [PR #18150], by @mateusbandeiraa Ignore Sample subfolders when resolving movie folders [PR #17964], by @panko Don't apply the allowed tags filter to by-name items [PR #18138], by @Shadowghost Only regenerate extra names that were generated by the scan [PR #18139], by @Shadowghost Skip optimistic expressions when parsing series names [PR #18061], by @panko Decode HTML entities in OMDb responses [PR #18096], by @Shadowghost Fix the item type name of BaseItemKind.Channel [PR #18132], by @martimarkov Log chapter image extraction once per video [PR #18107], by @Jellyfrog update tw.json (rating) [PR #18134], by @allexjuang Fix typo when parsing codec_tag_string [PR #18164], by @nyanmisaka Fix test concurrency [PR #18058], by @Shadowghost Fix formatting issue in PlayCommandQueueTests [PR #18079], by @theguymadmax๐ Security
Fix track titles and external urls not being escaped [PR #8533], by @thornbill๐ Highlights
Disable the still watching prompt by default [PR #8592], by @thornbill๐๏ธ Enhancements
Update the mixed library icon [PR #8591], by @thornbill Remove 40 char search restriction [PR #8412], by @enter-a-random-username Move reset filters button and add alphabet support [PR #8568], by @thornbill Exposes subtitle save path setting regardless if fetcher is installed [PR #8521], by @thedreaddpirate Fix blurhash to image transition [PR #8526], by @heyhippari๐ General Changes
Fix backdrop removal race condition [PR #8573], by @thornbill Hide playlist move options from users without edit access [PR #8570], by @gokulbits Fix embedded VobSub subtitles not rendering [PR #8564], by @moontwister Fix live tv program badges being hidden on details page [PR #8553], by @thornbill Fix navigation with multiple gamepads [PR #8522], by @dmitrylyzo Fix metadata manager using mixed themes [PR #8550], by @thornbill Drop OPUS in MP4, TS and HLS-TS on Tizen [PR #8519], by @dmitrylyzo Fix Samsung Browser detection [PR #8493], by @MBR-0001 Fix photos autoplaying [PR #8487], by @theguymadmax Clear query cache on user language change [PR #8494], by @thornbill