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4.9.0.50-beta

Fix web app playback regression in previous build
Cumulative changes since stable release:

Improve library scan performance
Improve live tv guide refresh performance
Improve database performance
Update to .NET 8
Update to sqlite 3.47.1
Support macOS on all betas going forward
Add up key action option to video player
Add tv mode display setting to show remote control functions
Add network request protocol option to server network settings
Update ffmpeg with fixes related to image extraction and OpenCL
Increase remote quality default value
Split remote quality setting into two, remote and cellular
Reorganize user and app settings
Add experimental hevc transcoding option
Add option to limit resolution of all transcoding to conserve server resources
Add copy user data as an option when creating a new user and initializing with data from another user
Support fb2 book extension
Shorten display name for episode extras
Support external audio tracks for movies and episodes
Add Duplicates library filter
Add library options to control whether multi-part detection is enabled
Add library options to control whether multi-version detection is enabled
Support playback correction in the web app
Add a sleep timer menu option in the web app audio player
Improve title for external SDH subtitles
Add A-Z picker to add to collection/playlist
Add library options to control generation of chapters when none are embedded within video files
Improve usage of embedded .ass fonts in the web app
Separate specials from episodes on series detail screen
Improve title for external subtitles
Artist sorting fixes
Improve camera upload error handling
Fix people search not respecting library access
Add episode title to recording notifications
Fix person sort order
macOS networking fixes
Smb file system fixes
Support locking artists
Rtsp protocol fixes
Improve separation of music and audiobook content in favorites
Remove songs section from audiobook author screen
Support setting shuffle state in audio player
Add Polish ratings
Fixes for sorting multi-part files
Improve titles and descriptions for numerous notifications
Fix scanning quirks with season scanning without season folders
Fix 3D flag being lost in some cases on initial import
Add Group By option on collection screens to choose between grouping collection items by media type or displaying all items in a single list
Transcoding fixes for audio only strm files
Increase image extraction timeout
Show ratings from all libraries on user config screen
Improve played filter for series in folder view
Improve searching for titles with dots in the name
Improve Emby Connect address reporting after network changes
Fix incorrect number of tracks displayed for a music artist
Run database integrity checks before backups
Add date to notification descriptions
M3U Live TV regression fix
Fix sorting by composers and artists when there are multiple values
Add prompt for playback when a channel is recording
Support incremental seek speed using arrow keys
Show more rows in video OSD guide
Support launching videos from photo slideshow
Auto-scroll the guide to the last played channel
Factor in disc number to audio image uniqueness when extracting images from audio files
Fix import collection options not showing in Emby library setup
Fix error after adding a new person using the metadata editor
Improve chapter support with multi-version videos
Fix series scanning regression related to year in folder name
Improve camera upload error handling
Support alternative encodings of playlist files
Improve photo scanning error handling
Support multiple episodedetails nodes in nfo files
Add workaround for older Dlna devices to fix playback failures
Fix temp files from database backup process not being cleaned up
Add channel groups picker above the guide
Improve remote image content-type detection
Fix playlist library folder not generating an image
Start running hardware detection earlier on startup to try and avoid playback errors
Support drag and drop reordering of transcoding codec settings
Portuguese tv naming fixes
Support ja-jp language code
Fix CA-A parental rating value
Improve server log anonymization
Adjust timing calculations for unaired/missing episodes
Fix incorrect items when shuffling or playing all on a music genre
Increase realtime monitor delay to help avoid repeated scanning
Support drag and drop reordering in home screen settings library order
Support drag and drop reordering in the metadata editor for genres, tags, people and studios
Fix extras being played with remote control play commands
Fix external dvdsub delivery
Support launching videos from slideshow
Prompt user when playing live channel with an active recording to ask if they want to start from the current live position or the start of the recording
Convert subtitle offset dialog to a slider
Fix unable to lock People
Fix person nfo not being saved
Set container field when importing all books
Search all subtitle providers on manual subtitle downloads
Fix collections getting lost after subtitle downloading when no nfo file is present
Fix intermittent issue of new recordings not having media info
Various content visibility fixes for newly created libraries
Fix more like this not hiding played media when the option is set
Fix sporadic cases of live streams ending early
Fix multiple live tv views showing
Add series recording option to check all libraries for existing episodes
Restore collections library
Fix adult metadata option not being used with Identify
Add option to group notifications
Fix rotation value for videos not being saved
Fix genres tab missing from music videos library
Support inherited images for music videos
Add date last episode aired sort order to tv shows
Support drag and drop reordering in all library settings
Add playback speed directly to video player OSD
Add up next to video OSD
Support -other for extras
Fix Live TV view not being hidden after removing Live TV from the server
Fix manage collaboration showing for playlists when permission to share personal content is denied
Add photo slideshow time per slide option
Add Play Slideshow context menu action for photos
Fix links section not showing for Collections
Fix .sdh missing from subtitle download file name
Refresh metadata on tracks when music albums are refreshed
Fix Referer header in log not being anonymized
Fix thumbnails for extras not being created

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