Release kawaii-player-v2.9.0-0 · kanishka-linux/kawaii-player

Screenshot of improved Thumbnail Mode for Titles

Separate settings for Title thumbnails and episode thumbnails
New thumbnail mode added (direct fullscreen on click)
Allow getting metadata for entire collection present in Title list in one sweep (ctrl+a: find posters for all), including episode thumbnails/overview from tvdb. Make sure to rename episodes in proper format as given in documentation (Users can mass rename episodes in database without affecting original files)
In thumbnail mode=3 for episodes, ability to increase or decrease size of thumbnail on the fly using keys w and e (for mpv).
Multiple bugs fixed when using mplayer as backend in remote control mode.
new shortcuts, ctrl+q: quit after current file and shift+j: load external subtitle added.
critical bug fixed when deleting empty entry from addons history.
show wait message on resolving external links
Allow selecting and adding multiple items to categories and playlist.
Use threading when updating music section on start
Application remembers fullscreen mode (entered with shift+f: fullscreen main window not video) along with thumbnail settings.
Auto restart video when mpv/mplayer quits abruptly
Allow setting aspect ratio for mplayer
Sorting fixed for alphanumeric keys

No need to setup local ip before starting media server. Application will find the local ip automatically on starting media server. Only change local port as per convenience.
option added to autostart media server on launch of the application. Set 'MEDIA_SERVER_AUTOSTART=True' in other_options.txt file.
Thumbnail mode is default for web interface.
kawaii-player extension kcast for casting to kawaii-player can follow authorization of web server. Once remote control mode is enabled from web interface, kcast can cast to kawaii-player till that mode remains enabled.
Multiple minor bugs fixed. See commit history for details.

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