v.0.5.0
-Added Youtube duration detection *Requires Youtube_DL.
-Improved MP4 duration detection.
-Added iSpot Adverts support.
-Finalized global fillers.
-Fixed "On Next" global setting; limited notifications to content above 15mins and ignore fillers.
-Finalized playcount rollback.
-Simplified filler settings. Advanced Channel Rules will feature more controls on release.

v.0.4.9
-Improved MP4 duration meta detection.
-Fixed Seasons returning incorrect holiday for the first week of April.
-Fixed Seasonal logos disappearing.
-Improved Playback error detection.
-Improved Trailer parsing from Kodi & IMDB Trailers plugin.
-Improved "Auto" calculations for fillers. 
 "Auto" attempts to fill the time between media to the nearest 15 minute mark.
-Fixed Client detection issues introduced in the last build.

v.0.4.8
-Notice The following steps are required!.
 - Open PseudoTV Live settings, under Miscellaneous; Click "Utility Menu" and select "Delete M3U/XMLTV".
 - Open Kodi settings, under PVR & Live TV; Click "clear data" and select "All".
 
-Refactored Announcements & Discoveries for server/client multi-room (W.I.P).
-Refactored HTTP server.
-Added Disable Trakt scrobbling during playback to global options.
-Added Rollback watched playcount & resume points to global options.
-Fixed TV bumpers and resources (W.I.P); See readme for details.
-Added TV adverts and resources (W.I.P); See readme for details.
-Added Trailers and resources (W.I.P); See readme for details.

v.0.4.7
-Notice The following steps are required!.
 - Open PseudoTV Live settings, under Miscellaneous; Click "Utility Menu" and select "Delete M3U/XMLTV".
 - Open Kodi settings, under PVR & Live TV; Click "clear data" and select "All".
 
-Fixed Misc. playback issues.
-Fixed Movie rating filler and resources.
 - Enable fillers under global settings, then verify MPAA resource installed under fillers.
 - Ratings only added to prior to a Movie and currently only support the U.S. Rating system (MPAA). 
 - If any overseas users would like support contact me @Lunatixz on the Kodi forums.
 - MPAA resources are available via the Lunatixz or PseudoTV repository. 
 
-Updated April Seasonal channels.
-Fixed channel bug not displaying correct logo.

v.0.4.6
-Refactored Seasonal & Provisional Autotuning.
-Added "Even Show Distribution" Rule; Enabled by default under global settings.
 - TV Networks, TV Genres, Mixed Genres & Seasonal include even show distribution.
-Notice Autotuned TV Genre, Mixed Genres are random and no longer in episode order.
-Bonjour Announcement/Discovery temporarily disabled.

v.0.4.5
-Notice The following steps are required!.
 - Open PseudoTV Live settings, under Miscellaneous; Click "Utility Menu" and select "Delete M3U/XMLTV".
 - Open Kodi settings, under PVR & Live TV; Click "clear data" and select "All".
-Improved Channel loading times.
-Improved Background tasks and services.
-Improved Playback using new IPTV Simple methods *Thanks @phunkyfish.
-Refactored all playback handlers, including radio.
-Fixed a bug which caused duplicate XMLTV entries to share the same start time. This lead to empty EPG cells.
-Fixed a rare instance where existing channels are not detect/imported when rebuilding the library database from scratch.
-Added "Rebuild Library" to the utility menu. Forces a library rebuild which will detected recent Kodi library additions. Default behavior the library self updates every few days to hours. 
-Added "Welcome" prompt to help new users understand and operate PseudoTV Live. Suggestions for improvements are welcome.
-Removed "UpNext" support.

v.0.4.4
-Added "Network Folder" clients ability to edit Autotuned channels on server (W.I.P).
-Moved "channels.json,library.json" files to "Centralized Folder" for network/client accessibility.
-Improved overlay functions to reduce memory overhead.
-Added "Show M3U/XMLTV" option to the utility Menu (Debugging tool).

v.0.4.3
-Added "Hack" method for automatically configuring IPTV-Simple (Manual configuration no longer necessary).
-Improved Usability/Notifications
-Fixed Channel Manager - channels removed/missing after editing.
-Added Support for upcoming IPTV-Simple update that allows audio passthrough for PVR content.
-Added "Add to Recordings" context option; stores given media as a PVR recording; "Watch Later" feature (Experimental - Feedback appreciated).
 Known issue with recordings - meta information inconsistently displays, I'm working with @phunkyfish to resolve this bug.
-Added "Force High-Power" option under miscellaneous settings. Disables performance throttling on low power devices.
-Improved file locking for upcoming webUI. 
-Temporarily disabled multi-room discovery/announcements. 
-Improved flow controls for background management (Experimental - Feedback appreciated).
-Fixed "Move"/"Delete" channel manager buttons.

v.0.4.2
-Improved "Find More" context option. Now supports Embuary Helpers find similar.
-Miscellaneous tweaks and bug fixes.
-Fixed Forced Autotuning overriding custom channels.
-Improved seasonal channels and channel recovery.
-Fixed Seasonal Channel.
-Improved In-App Channel Manager logo tool.
 -Browse: Directory Navigation
 -Select: Choose from matching results.
 -Match: Automatically choose first match.
 
-Improved In-App Channel Manager.
-Added "Add to PseudoTV Live" context menu option for effortless channel configuration (Experimental).
-Add "Move" channel manager option for easy channel renumbering.
-Fixed Radio playback failing due to URL encoding.
-Tweaked UpNext not creating new instance.
-Fixed playback error introduced in the previous release.
-Fixed playlist/play from here playback issues.

v.0.4.1
-Improved Playback error detection.
-Autotuned channels added to "Favorite" group.
-Miscellaneous Tweaks.
-Fixed "library" content not respecting "specials" & "extras" exclusion. 
-Improved "Random" limits.
-Fixed channel logos for clients.
-Changed default "Debugging" from enabled to disabled. Recommended users enable temporarily only for debugging.
-Improved loading dialog.
-Removed duplicate code.
-Improved Kodi Omega support.
-Fixed playback method "playlist" time-shift transitioning.
-Fixed playback fault. #Fix may not support local translations. 
-Added "autoclose" to okdialog and textviewer.
-Fixed "Browse" channel logo replacement.
-Added New PVR callback request technique to avoid high jsonprc latency on low power devices. 
-Notice some users can improve channel changing performance by adding "PVR://" as a Kodi video sources; See readme for details.
-Improved channel building filters not respecting "specials" & "extras" exclusion. 
-Improved channel changing "surfing" times after refactoring for Kodi Omega API changes.
-Fixed channel manager becoming unresponsive during path validation.
-Fixed channels updating twice after startup.

v.0.4.0
-Major code refactoring to improve memory usage/stability.
-Added "Browse" context menu item. Browses channel media for VOD selection.
-Added "Find" content menu item. Search Kodi for related media.
-Removed Third-Party M3U/XMLTV imports; no longer needed IPTV-Simple supports multi-instances. 
-Added "SmartPlaylist" to Autotuning list & Improved "Recommended" imports.
-Added Unofficial Kodi support for "Mixed" content SmartPlaylists; See readme for details.
-Added Visual Channel Bug Position utility in global settings.
-Added Multi-Path channel configurations to the channel manager; See readme for details.
-Added Support for upcoming WebUI Channel Manager.
-Added UpNext Service support for playlist playback (Experimental).
-Added Smart monochromatic logo detection; Logo diffusion color will only apply to "white" logos (Experimental; currently only supports local images).

v.0.3.8
-Improved error handling.
-Tweaked Multi-threading.
-Improved Server discovery, Clients can select from multiple servers if available via settings..
-Added User configurable channel bug diffuse color. Only available to "Prefer white" channel logos & Kodi v.20+
-Tweaked M3U/XMLTV Artwork to enforce VFS paths for client support.
-Added A JSONRPC timeout for unresponsive calls and hanging plugins.
-Added More Seasons...
-Added Setting "Nearest Season". When enabled and no season found, the nearest season within the month will be substituted.
-Fixed "Play from here" not applying offset start position.

v.0.3.7
-Improved "Seasonal" channel , moved from third-party plugin to local code. Added additional holidays and weekly scheduling. 
-Added "New" overlay technique.
-Removed Previously added overlay controls ie. (left/right/up/down/ok).

v.0.3.6
-Fixed "Future Days to display" PVR & LiveTV settings syncing.
-Fixed Duration parsing logic.
-Added Resource Pack enforcement to client instances.
-Improved Channel Bug and "OnNext" notification timing.
-Improved Global fillers framework. Feature Pending!
-Improved Navigation while overlay is active.
 -"Enter/OK/Select" Info.
 -"Up/Down" Browse Channels.
 -"Left" Channel List.
 -"Right" Channel Guide.
-Added limits on xmltv meta (Writers, Actors, Directors and Genres limited to 5 entries each).
-Improved Channel manager path selection, content validation and seek compatibility.
-Added Framework to introduce "Advanced Channel Rules".
-Added Fallback .nfo duration parsing. If "Parse for Accurate Duration Meta" is enabled and both the Kodi Library and file are missing duration meta. A matching filename nfo will be parsed for meta.
-Notice If you are enjoying this project, please consider making a donation; See readme for details.

v.0.3.5
-Notice Moved Cache folder incl. logo folder to "Centralized File Location". Default path changed to "special://profile/addon_data/plugin.video.pseudotv.live/cache".
-Improved Third-Party playlist importing. New XMLTV Import type "Use XMLTV from M3U (if Available)." XMLTV meta will be pulled from M3Us w/"x-tvg-url".
-Fixed Third-Party XMLTV importing and malformed meta detection.

v.0.3.4
-Refactored Background service.
-Notice File Locations Changed! channels.json and library.json now stored locally. M3U/XMLTV by default stored locally or users can select a path via "Centralized File Location".
-Added Moving existing files during "Centralized File Location" change.
-Added HTTP file Server. M3U/XMLTV are shared via local network for clients. Check "Multi-Room" for information and see readme for details.
-Added Automatic PseudoTV server detection via local UDP discovery. Set "Enable Client" to remote path for plugin and play configuration, see readme for details.
-Added Favorite channel flagging and EPG Category "Favorites".

v.0.3.3
-Fixed sleep idle timer.
-Tweaked background service.
-Improved Smartplaylist parsing.
-Improved importing third-party xmltv meta.
-Improved channel recovery.
-Added Nexus support.
-Improved file handling for offline paths.
-Fixed Android Multi-threading.

v.0.3.2
-Added channel building error notification.
-Fixed channel manager name selection.
-Fixed channel bug not appearing.
-Tweaked playback protocols.
-Changed default video/program icon execution behavior: Video opens TV Guide (PseudoTV Live Group), Program opens settings.
-Updated background overlay layout/artwork.
-Fixed channel Backup/Recovery? requires real-world testing...
-Refactored channel logo parsing, see readme for details.
-Tweaked performance, optimized caching.
-Fixed Radio channels and corrected artwork.
-Added channel logo selection to the channel manager. User can either:[CR]Browse - Browse filesystem for logo.[CR]Select - Select from a curated list of logos. Matched by name and available logos.[CR]Match - Auto select best match if available.
-Added channel bug visibility settings to "Tweaks" setting tab.
-Tweaked "random" shuffle and "random" pagination during channel building.
-Improved dialog notifications.
-Improved Plugin/UPNP channel building and meta parsing.

v.0.3.1
-Added overlay actions. When overlay is active: Left/Right opens channel guide and programmes guide.
-Fixed custom smartplaylist paths, existing channels will require replaced/updated path in the channel manager.
-Fixed playlist playback mode busy spinner.
-Improved concurrent/parallel operations (reduced memory demands).
-Added consolidated utilities, one menu accessible in settings. PseudoTV Live default execution changed to open settings and moved from video to program menu.
-Max guide day setting disabled and moved to Kodi "PVR & LiveTV" and now reflects aforementioned setting.
-Added additional xmltv meta: Actors, Director, Audio, Language and Subtitles.
-Various improvements, tweaks and fixes.
-"Smarter" updating methods, less redundant background parsing and updates.

v.0.3.0
-Added import support for new IPTV Simple m3u parameters. ie. "x-tvg-url", all "provider" and "catchup" parameters; including "#EXTGRP" (#EXTGRP converted to "group-title").
-Added m3u/xmltv support for "xmltv_ns", "provider" parameters.
-Miscellaneous Tweaks & Improvements.
-Fixed Radio Stations.
-Fixed Recommended Services Imports.
-Fixed Playback bug regarding channels containing a comma in it's name (requires IPTV Simple v7.6.5).
-Added m3u/xmltv imports that lack guidedata default to a single cell playable EPG entry.
-Added m3u import support for #EXTM3U parameters, all compliant parameters converted to #EXTINF.

v.0.2.9
-Fixed "UpNext" display.
-Fixed ability to disable "Static" effect overlay.

v.0.2.8
-Added "Show Readme" and "Show Changelog" to "Miscellaneous" settings tab.
-Improved channel loading and surfing performance. Short-term caching (10secs) added to increase channel surfing responsiveness.
-Settings.xml updated to new Matrix format; layout modified.
-Added Channel Backup and Recovery to settings (Experimental).
-Added Idle stop playback timer.
-Improved Channel & Library recovery.
-Added "Recover" option to auto-tune prompt (if backup available).
-Fixed random removal of channels?
-Improved Pre-defined TV Shows. List now features only the top 250 by episode count.

v.0.2.7
-Warning It's strongly recommend users using Flash/SSD device change the "centralize file location" to HDD.
-Notice Requires Kodi IPTV Simple v.7.5.0 and greater.
-Added Install resources button to filler settings.
-Fixed XMLTV Unicode characters.
-Fixed content filling for channels with limited content.
-Improved M3U channel imports.
-Refactored Settings, Caching, Dialogs and Concurrent/Parallel methods.
-Added CPU affinity (pinning) control under "Tweaks" settings tab. Delegate Disable|Single|Half|Full CPU cores during Concurrent/Parallel calls.
-Optimized Memory and I/O usage, limited redundant calls.
-Miscellaneous improvements, visual tweaks and performance boosts.

v.0.2.6
-Warning Requires Kodi Matrix Nightly (1/12/21) or greater.
-Fixed custom m3u/xmltv importing.
-Tweaked settings menu.
-Improved library parsing.
-Improved logo parsing.
-Improved importing "Recommended Services".
-Improved custom EPG genre.xml creation.
-Added 3D media Global filter.

v.0.2.5
-Notice If you experience issues/errors a "Clean Start" is required! Open plugin, select "Utilities" and click "Clean Start".
-Improved Library/Predefined/Logo meta parsing.
-Added support for 'jpg','gif' channel logos in addition to 'png'. With improvements to logo detection. 
-Added "year" label to TV shows.
-Added Silence notifications during playback.
-Added "tvg-chno" conflict detection to m3u imports.

v.0.2.4
-Warning If you are upgrading versions a "Clean Start" is required! Open plugin, select "Utilities" and click "Clean Start".
-Fixed Channel building bug which effected program start times overlapping with new content.
-Setting options can disable themselves when unavailable. ex. Predefined channels will appear "greyed out" when either no media is found or PseudoTV is temporarily busy. ie. You can't configure channels while PseudoTV is building channels... vice versa.
-Refactored Predefined channel aggregation.
-Improved Channel Logo parsing.
-Improved Predefined channels parsing and menu load times.
-Fixed Radio programmes.
-Improved programmes parsing.
-Improved Overlay performance.
-Fixed Overlay crashes.
-Reworked Duration meta parsing, Check settings!
-Artwork changes, preference options in settings.
-Improved Scheduling.
-Removed "Channel Change" Overlay, no longer needed due to performance enhancements. 
-Added "OnNext" pop-up to overlay. Global option to enable on all channels under tweaks. Pending release use Advanced Channel rule to disable on individual channels.

v.0.2.3
-Warning If you are upgrading versions a "Clean Start" is required! Open plugin, select "Utilities" and click "Clean Start".
-Improved M3U/XMLTV imports (now supports urls and m3u playlists containing #KODIPROP).
-Fixed bug where adding "Predefined" channels was ignored.
-Added "Recommended Services" Pre-defined channel configurations, currently supports PlutoTV, Channels DVR Plugin.
-Improved custom IPTV simple genre.xml list.
-Changed IPTV Simple dependency version to v.7.0.0
-Tweaked performance with core-code refactoring.

v.0.2.2
-Improved Internal meta handling; Default director & writer meta restored.
-Improved playback handling.
-Fixed playback issue (during the end of Non-PseudoTV playback, PseudoTV would launch last channel played).
-Tweaked client detection and Multi-Room sharing.
-Fixed saving accurate duration data to Kodis Library.
-Added IPTV Simple VOD support ("Play OnDemand" context item removed, use "Play Programme").
-Added initial support for Advanced Channel Rules.

v.0.2.1
-Added Changelog dialog after update.
-Added "Pre-defined" Seasonal Holiday Channel to "Mixed Other". When enabled the channel will automatically appear only during the holiday months and if matching media is found. Supported Seasons (Star Trek Day (September), Halloween (October), Christmas (December), Star Wars Day (May)).
-Fixed Misc. Channel Manager issues.
-Added Node/Smartplaylist "caching" for client instances. Nodes and Smartplaylists copy from server to client needed for channel building.
-Added Seek Compatibility Test to Channel Manager (triggered by Plugin/UPNP sources). 
-Tweaked "Special/Extras" Detection to ignore false positives from Plugin/UPNP sources.

v.0.2.0
-Added "Channel Manager" to settings. Configure "User-Defined" here!
-Added Misc. Tweaks & Improvements.
-Improved Logo folders, moved to "cache/logos"
-Added Seek Threshold adjustment to settings.
-Added "Start Clean" option to utilities menu. Removes all files (m3u,xmltv,genres,settings,channels).
-Added "More Info" context menu item.
-Added Misc. Community Feedback Tweaks & Improvements.

v.0.1.4
-Removed Static intermission, replaced with Modern alterative. 
-Improved Thumbnail & streamdetail parsing. 
-Added "Auto Tuning" on initial run or when no channels are selected.
-Added "Force Client Mode" under options. Manually flag PseudoTV instance as client; bypassing automatic detection added to v.0.1.3.

v.0.1.3
-Improved Logo detection.
-Improved overall Channel loading time.
-Fixed "New" programme flagging.
-Fixed "OnDemand" playback issues.
-Moved channels.json to user-selected folder location to allow for multi-room configurations.
-Added Automatic Client Mode: automatically disables client side m3u/xmltv updating. In Multi-Room environments users can edit channel lineups from any instance of PseudoTV; However, only one instance of PseudoTV is allowed to write to m3u/xmltv inorder to keep lineup/cache congruency.
-Added "Pre-defined" Channel sync for client instances. Settings on local client will reflect server configurations.

v.0.1.2
-Moved Predefined channels to channels.json config. (Persistent channel numbers).
-Added BCT (Bumpers, Commercials, Trailers) injection, currently supports Ratings bumper packs.
-Improved background service.
-Improved channel management.

v.0.1.1
-Added "Play from here" to context menu options, starts a channel playlist from the position selected. Moved Files over to new file structure in preparation for second wave beta features.
-Added Pre-defined music genres for PVR Radio
-Fixed Misc. Channel building issues, optimized background service. 
-Improved media interleaving. 

v.0.1.0
-Initial release