A new stable release is here with three major improvements and numerous smaller changes. Let's dive into the highlights:

Built-in Theme Explorer

Users can now browse, preview, and download themes directly within Kavita. Uploaded themes will update automatically.

Smart Collections for Kavita+

Users can import Interest Stacks/Restacks from their MAL accounts into Kavita, syncing every two days. These collections are read-only but can be promoted if the user has the promotion role.

Scanner Changes

Optimizations have been made to improve scanning performance for larger libraries, reducing the processing time significantly.

Misc Changes

• WAL Enabled by Default: Fixes common database lock issues.
• Double Scrollbar on Mobile: Fixed on all pages.
• OPDS Improvements: Enhanced metadata and reading list support.
• Manga Reader Tweaks: Improved fit-to-height/width functionality.

New Features

• Smart Collections: Sync with MAL every 2 days.
• Theme Downloads: Direct from the Theme Repo, with automatic updates.
• Book Series Specials: Classified with specific filename markers.
• OPDS-PS: Convert PDF files to images.
• Random Sort Option: New sorting method for streams.
• Manual Width Override: For manga/webtoon reader.

Changes

• Password Reset: Works without email setup.
• Reduced Memory Usage: When adding series to a collection.
• Manga Reader Scaling: Improved to meet user expectations.
• Search Improvements: Faster for larger libraries by default.
• Scanner Optimizations: Less work on lower-level folders.
• Updated Cover Generation: Better handling for webtoons.

Fixes

• Hangfire Access: Corrected unauthorized access.
• Theme Deletion: Admins can no longer delete themes in use.
• Manga Reader Double Setting: Fixed cover and last page positioning.
• Series Parsing: Improved handling of special cases.
• Double Scrollbar: Fixed in various components.
• Metadata Access: Corrected access issues for restricted libraries.
• Event Widget: Enhanced responsiveness and localization.

@DieselTech has joined the Kavita team, contributing significant improvements for comic users.

Looking Ahead

Plans for the next release include a PDF rework, considering user feedback and holiday schedules.

Enjoy the new features and improvements, and please provide feedback for further enhancements.

Canon 1100D + Darktable

Canon 1100D + Darktable

Canon 1100D + Darktable

I really love this approach. Many services which increase their subscription prices also do so for existing customers.

Shot on Samsung S23 Ultra - Expert Raw - Adobe Lightroom for Samsung

My wife and I regularly misplace our phones in the house and we also keep them on mute like 99% of the time.

Are there any apps that allow us to ping the other ones phone audibly despite it being on mute?

One is a oneplus 6t the other a s23 ultra if that makes a difference

EDIT: I found a solution i like; Homeassistant with TTS Notifications. Of couse you can still list some apps and solutions for others to find, but i am happy now!

Hey guys!

So maybe i understood something wrong or maybe my settings are way off. Any way, i need your help.

I have two issues:

1. When i add a new show it SOMETIMES get's shown in "Latest Media / Latest Shows" sometimes it does not. For example, yesterday i added The Office, it was added to latest shows immediately, today i added Dracula and it's not added there despite me being able to find and watch it.

2. When watching an episode from a season that is not the very first it, the next episode will not be shown in Continue Watching. For example, i have all the Dimension 20 Seasons (i pay for Dropout but their video player is abysmal). Now i started to watch Season 20 and didn't watch the seasons before that. I watched the first episode of it, but it won't show me Episode 2 as "Continue Watching" or "Up Next"

Is anyone else facing similar issues?

Heyho,

does anyone know if an alternate or "modded" Android TV Version of the client exists?

I'd love to have intro skipping on my NVidia Shield but as far as i know this isnt possible? I can install the server plugin but i have to mount a modified web client for that; Maybe this is different for the android tv version?

Intro skipping is such a nice feature and i hope it someday gets upstreamed and properly implemented in all clients.

Heyho, i am a long time Plex user but since they go more and more corpo each day and i have a few .... otherwisely obtained assets in my library i want to make the switch to Jellyfin before i really HAVE to.

Everything works great so far! But i have a DVB-C access on my router and it can create a m3u playlist for me to simply plug into VLC for example. On plex this was super easy and i just had to reorder some channels here and there and then everything worked great.

Now i was able to put the m3u playlist into jellyfin and it manages to find the channels... but when i click on a channel i only get audio. the image stays black. My router shows me that the stream is going and shows the quality is good.

Also plex was able to actually grab the metadata of all the shows running.

Am i missing something?

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra + Expert Raw + Adobe Lightroom