Zappiti Media Control 4K

New features: Addition of a pack of 20 new themes / skins (sold as an option on the Zappiti Store site). Addition of the 'Demo trailers' function allowing to launch a video before the launch of a movie (DTS:X trailer, Dolby Atmos or other). Addition of a dedicated Module for personal videos. Addition of a customization window for the appearance of covers (reflections, icons or other). Improvements: Optimization of the general performance and navigation. Fixes: Fixed navigation issues. Fixed an issue that caused a bug when switching themes. Added a technical logo for the Auro3D audio codec. Fixed a bug that prevented the launch of videos when the technical information was not present in the synopsis page.

New features: Animated backgrounds (Zappiti DV series and Zappiti 4K HDR Series). Added cache management window. New offline mode with local server support. Addition of many new special banners including “Ultimate Cut”, “Unrated Edition”, “4K Ultra HD - Disc 1 and 2”, “Blu-ray Extended Edition”, “DVD Limited Edition”, “Colored Version”, Black & White Version”, “IMAX”, “IMAX 3D”, “THX”, “3D”, “8K”, “HD”, “SD”, “70mm”, “CinemaScope”, ”Cinerama”, “Blu-ray Pure Audio”, “Making-of”, “One Man Show”, “Laserdisc”, “Concert”, 'Documentary”, etc. Optimization of the 2.35:1 mode and variation of themes in 2.35:1 two-line and three-line mode, and optimization of the synopses (plots) and of all the settings and options windows. Modification of the black to transparent gradient of the background of the synopsis for more transparency in order to let animated and fixed backgrounds appear more. Added 2 Trinnov trailers in DTS:X Pro and Dolby Atmos accessible from a dedicated widget. Improvements: Redesign of the “Edit” panel and optimization of the edit functions using the Zappiti remote control. Standardization of theme elements to simplify the development of future graphic themes. Fixes: Fixed an issue that closed the synopsis page when changing viewing status in a synopsis. Fixed remote control help not displaying correctly on Zappiti players in the Dolby Vision range. Fixed an issue where home videos were sometimes being flagged. Fixed soundtrack audio volume going back to 1 each time the application is started. Fixed CSVs no longer being sent by email. Fixed the alphabetical sorting of categories which did not take into account the categories created manually.

Changelog Zappiti Video v4.26.268 New features: Zappiti Server on Synology is now supported via Docker to be compatible with DSM 7.0 (DiskStation Manager 7.0). Improvements: The speed of the scroll on PC has been adjusted. The pooling of technical information has been improved. Once an element has been identified in the list of unidentified, now the focus returns to the last row selected. The last group chosen in the "Add to a group" option is now displayed on the first line. Fixes: Fixed a file renaming issue on Zappiti NAS. Fixed bonuses and trailers not launching on Zappiti Player. Fixed IMDB information not being retrieved anymore. Fixed multiple episodes sometimes disappearing after renaming or moving. Fixed offline mode not working after creation. Fixed IP commands transmitted over HTTP executing twice. Fixed the Cancel button displayed when choosing the launch mode of a Blu-ray which sometimes caused a bug that prevented from launching another video. Fixed an issue that prevented playback from starting when a video did not yet have technical information.

Features Update according to iOS 14.5 policies. It is now possible to change the email associated with a collection TV Shows are now analyzed with TMDB Improvements Addition of new categories. Changed the Dolby Atmos logo for the silver theme. Addition of an email confirmation sending when creating the account in order to improve security. Fixes Fixed an issue that caused the mobile app to stop unexpectedly depending on the orientation of the device. Fixed an issue where the Cloud connection was sometimes not working correctly after an update. Fixed trailers and additional (bonus) content no longer working on Zappiti players following a YouTube API update. Fixed an issue that prevented technical information from being deleted. Fixed an issue that recorded IP instead of hostname when configuring folders from Zappiti players. Fixed keyword search no longer working on mobile apps and PC. The seen / unseen option was no longer available for series and seasons. The update of the Mac version was not done correctly. Fixed an issue that prevented recovery of Zappiti DB images by default. Miscellaneous Due to the change of TheTVDB terms of use, series can no longer be analyzed with TheTVDB database.

Changes for version 4.25.262 Features It is now possible to change the email associated with a collection TV Shows are now analyzed with TMDB Improvements Addition of new categories. Changed the Dolby Atmos logo for the silver theme. Addition of an email confirmation sending when creating the account in order to improve security. Fixes Fixed an issue that caused the mobile app to stop unexpectedly depending on the orientation of the device. Fixed an issue where the Cloud connection was sometimes not working correctly after an update. Fixed trailers and additional (bonus) content no longer working on Zappiti players following a YouTube API update. Fixed an issue that prevented technical information from being deleted. Fixed an issue that recorded IP instead of hostname when configuring folders from Zappiti players. Fixed keyword search no longer working on mobile apps and PC. The seen / unseen option was no longer available for series and seasons. The update of the Mac version was not done correctly. Fixed an issue that prevented recovery of Zappiti DB images by default. Miscellaneous Due to the change of TheTVDB terms of use, series can no longer be analyzed with TheTVDB database.

Changes in version 4.24.254 News: Reorganization and graphic redesign of the Zappiti Video menu. The alphabetical menu now displays only the letters used in the collection. The alphabetical menu now supports non-Latin letters. Addition of new top banners: “Bonus”, “Disc 1” and “Disc 2”. Addition of an HDR category in the technical information of the “Edit” menu. Added logos for HDR format type (HDR10, Dolby Vision, HDR10 +, HLG). Improvements: In order to optimize scan time, files with failed identification will not be scanned without an explicit request in the "Unidentified Items" menu. Cloud optimization for a large number of users. Update of Classic and Silver wallpapers (removal of grain). Fixes: Fixed a graphical bug that sometimes appeared in the "Edit" menu. Fixed a bug that could occur when releasing tokens by the user. Fixed an issue with resetting the password that might not work. Fixed an issue that removed inactive groups from the group list when creating a group. Fixed Zappiti NAS stats that were no longer displayed from the Zappiti drive. Fixed a bug that allowed disabled items to appear in the “ALL” menu. Fixed parental control no longer working in the “ALL” menu Fixed a bug that prevented access to some shared folders from a networked Mac. Fixed a focus problem on the showcase. Fixed a navigation problem in "Configuration". Fixed "Force MediaInfo" option not appearing anymore. Fixed an issue in the "list of unidentified items" that was getting empty by mistake. Fixed the option to exit "restricted mode" which was no longer displayed.

News: Zappiti Quizz: A Movie-theme inspired quizz Zappiti Service: new interface to control and update the different versions of Zappiti applications. Improvements: The search for extras is more efficient. Reduced loading time for launching videos with Source Direct (Direct Output). Visual improvement of the display of audio languages and subtitles in the synopsis page. Added icons for release date and duration on the synopsys page (classic theme only). Dynamic enlargement of the synopsis text when no audio language or subtitle is displayed. Improved error messages when trying to register Improvement of the layout of actors and directors in the synopsis page. Adding of a verification code sent by email during registration to allow the reset of the password if necessary. Corrections: Fixed an issue that prevented video playback from starting when Direct Output mode was enabled. Fixed an issue with caption uploading that could occur for some languages. Correction of trailers that no longer launched. Fixed a group issue that could sometimes be created as a duplicate. Correction of technical informations that sometimes went out of the synopsis page. Nas Synology: Zappiti Server sometimes wrote its files in the system section. Notarization of Mac applications Correction of the update process that no longer worked.

Improvements of version 4.22.248 New features: Video Test Pattern: a selection of images and videos assists you in the settings of your television or your front projector. The "Page +" and "Page -" buttons: switch from one page to another immediately in menus navigation and cover lists. The waiting time to automatically launch the next episode is now configurable. It is now possible to cancel a scan job in progress. Improvements: Improved display performance when scrolling covers. Opening a collection returns more details on the different steps. Graphic redesign of the opening of the collection. Improved the info screen indicating where to find the token. Improved scan performance on the cloud. Resources are now better managed. Special characters are now managed in the CSV. Improved display of the folder list in the configuration menu. Added the .mts, .m2t and .mp2 extensions Adaptation to the new API from TheTvdb Fixes: Fixed the application Zappiti Media Control that sometimes launched the movies several times during a support in the synopsis page (plot). The option to associate a category now appears for series on all platforms. Fixed a problem recovering technical information from the pool that did not work properly when using a cloud server. Fixed a memory leak in Zappiti Server Fixed an issue with contextual actions that were not displayed for personal video buttons while on the main menu. Fixed an issue in the search field that caused unwanted navigation actions when using the space key on a physical keyboard. On mobile, fixed an issue that prevented you from coming out of the "About" section. On mobile, fixed an issue that prevented you from entering the parent code correctly. Fixed a navigation problem in the list of choice of network devices. Diacritics are well written in the CSV file.

Improvements of version 4.21.243 New features: Direct Source: This powerful feature allows you to display videos in their original resolution and frequency without scaling processing. If the resolution or frequency does not match any video standard, Zappiti Magic Pixel automatically adapts the output using the closest resolution and frequency. It is also possible to exclude some resolutions to match resolutions compatible with your TV or projector. Force resolution: In some cases, the Zappiti player would start at 1080p instead of UHD, especially when the TV was switched on after the Zappiti media player (security via EDID). It is now possible to force UHD resolution from Zappiti Service. New download window for future updates. Improvements: Keyword search and director search has been optimized. Fixes: Some images were sometimes not downloaded correctly. There were sometimes duplicates in the keyword search results. Technical information was sometimes incorrectly downloaded. Fixed a bug encountered to display the list of Zappiti connected storage with the Zappiti Share function. Refreshing the interface after a deletion rarely caused a crash.

Improvements of version 4.20.240 New features: Added an option to receive a CSV file by email with the statistics of the videos contained in the current collection. Added an option to download a text file from the server interface with the list of titles of his videos or a more complete CSV file. Added support of download a personal picture from the computer using the Zappiti Video Mac version. Added a new feature to display some statistics of the collection (number of films, TV show episodes, sagas, 4K, 3D, ...). Added TV shows support for the Zappiti NAS RIP 4K HDR. Added TV shows support for the ISO file format, BDMV and VIDEO_TS folders. New design of the “Identify again” window for the TV Shows. The identification of a movie can now be canceled to create an empty item. New feature that adds a folder containing personal videos. These videos are added without identification. Improvements: Object-oriented audio formats now have an appropriate icon in the technical information baseline. New icons have been added for categories. Graphical overhaul of the task window. Mutualization of episode and season numbers (Zappiti community) to improve the auto-identification of the TV shows. When a folder or drive is not accessible, if possible an error message indicates to the user to connect the device / drive concerned. From the mobile applications, if no Zappiti is detected, it indicates the procedure to follow. On PC, the menu appearing with the right mouse click, now fits well according to the position in the window. The "recent" module no longer returns a limited number of results. Optimization of the file analysis process for better reliability and speed. Fixes : Hebrew and Arabic languages are correctly displayed. By launching a Blu-ray menu, the viewing status took erroneous values. Zappiti Screensaver no longer breaks the offline collection creation process. Fixed an issue that prevented mounting shared Mac folder that did not have a password. Some release dates were not correctly retrieved. When we sometimes edit a file, an error appeared at the time of the backup. The normalization of the volume of the musical tracks was not applied correctly. Pausing music in Zappiti Explorer sometimes conflicted with Zappiti Screensaver. Fixed a problem reading Blu-ray menu for BMDV structures. In the “Change image” function, the posters of the series were not classified according to the language of the user. Fixed a problem viewing the selection frame in the Silver theme (3 lines mode). The Mac version did not install properly on some versions. Fixed a server issue that was not automatically starting when launching Zappiti Video. Fixed a visual inconsistency when navigating in the notification center. Fixed an ergonomic problem on smartphone, where you could click through some windows. Fixed a problem with the display of "trailer" and "bonus" options that were no longer available for unidentified videos. Fixed a problem recovering technical information on files with diacritics.