MTDb - Ultimate Movie&TV Database 4.0.3

New Features

• Added support for adaptive hls and dash streams (.m3u8, .mpd, .ts etc) with automatic quality and caption selector.
• Browse page can now be set as homepage.
• Added tags and reviews data tables in admin area.
• Video plays are now tracked and the total count can be viewed in videos table in admin area.
• Added configurable GDPR cookie notice.
• Added configurable confirmation policies to register page.
• Added chunked uploading. This allows MTDb to upload large files in smaller chunks for better upload reliability and avoid server max file size limits.
• Added support for XSendFile and XAcceleratedResponse for reducing server RAM and CPU usage when previewing or downloading files.
• Added resumable uploads functionality.

Enhancements

• Video and other uploads can now be stored on cloud providers (s3, digitalocean, backblaze etc)
• Possible video qualities can now be specified from settings page.
• Minimum and maximum years can now be specified for release date slider in browse titles page.
• Landing page image and overlay color can now be changed from appearance editor.
• "Add Credit" modal in edit title page will now show a list of available jobs and departments.
• Videos can now be added for a series without selecting a specific season or episode.
• Title selector in video modal will now use regular site search for better results accuracy.
• Improved genre, keyword and production country management when editing titles.
• Local search will now order results by relevance first and then by popularity.
• Added "videos.play" permission. Users without this permission will be redirected to upgrade page when trying to play a video.
• Show 5 episode credits per series in actor filmography by default with a button to show more.
• Next video will now be played automatically when player overlay is open and current video ends.
• Translation lines can now be removed in "admin > translations" page.
• Show more descriptive error message in create video modal.
• Redirect user from "billing/pricing" to "billing/upgrade" url if they are already logged in or subscribed.
• Close filters sidebar in browse page on mobile by default.
• Slugs will now be generated properly for cyrillic and chinese characters.
• Billing plans will now be synced automatically when changing paypal or stripe credentials from settings page.
• User password can now be changed from admin area.
• Increase time period for "next and previous episodes" panel to two weeks from current date (was one week previously).
• If title primary video has a thumbnail, use that thumbnail as title video cover image.
• Hide title videos panel if there are no videos to show and user can't add new videos.
• Strip title name from automatically imported youtube videos.
• Compatibility with latest tmdb and stripe API.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where wrong episode count was shown in edit video modal.
• Don't show news articles in custom pages table in admin area.
• Don't remove old image if there's no new poster image available on themoviedb.
• Fixed a few issues with enabling memcached cache driver.
• Clicking related videos in player sidebar will now always correctly load captions.
• Titles with accented characters will now work properly in urls.
• Corrected a few issues with input texts having low contrast in dark mode.
• Adding production countries when editing title will no longer require page reload.
• Show age ratings from settings page in edit title page.
• Prevent deletion of billing plans if any users are subscribed to them.
• Prevent billing plan parent being set to the plan itself.
• Properly escape double quotes in page meta description tag.
• Don't show videos in title page if user has no "videos.show" permission.
• Email confirmation sent via "Resend" button will now contain correct email confirmation url.
• Fixed a few issues with syncing filters and url in browse page.
• Search bar will now have proper background color on mobile when dark mode is active.
• Fixed a few issues with translations.
• Properly show landing or homepage preview in appearance editor when relevant menu item is selected.
• Public lists can now properly be accessed event without "lists.view" permission.
• Don't disable "onlyStreamable" filter when clicking "movies" or "series" navbar menu items.
• Hide reviews tab in title page if user does not have "reviews.view" permission.
• Show correct character name in filmography if actor has been in multiple seasons of same show as different character.
• Chart legend items will now wrap to new line if there's not enough space.
• A number of other smaller fixes and improvements.

New Features

• Added subscriptions and billing functionality.
• Data tables in admin area now have a number of built-in filters for easier data management.
• Added new table design for title and episode videos. Active design can be changed from settings page.
• Added an option for users to report videos.
• Video table in admin area can now be filtered by title, season and episode.
• Added new list auto update options for getting most recently created movies and series and most recently published videos.
• Added "Back to top" button to browse titles and series page.
• Search can now be performed using both TMDb and Local providers.
• Captions can now be added to videos.
• Added new video player with support for captions, player speed, pip and more.
• Player overlay can now show other videos from same season in related videos panel.

Enhancements

• Added a number of new content and streaming related settings allowing further fine tuning of the site.
• Images will now be lazy loaded to improve performance.
• Videos can now be added from admin "videos" page as well as from "titles" page.
• Movie and series urls will now contain titles.
• Sorting order on people page can now be changed.
• Admin area is now fully responsive.
• Video files can now be uploaded directly from add and edit video modals.
• Default video order for title and episode pages can now be changed from settings page.
• Language can now be specified for videos.
• Videos automatically imported from themoviedb can now be hidden from title and episode pages.
• Videos can now be deleted from title page by user who uploaded them or admin.
• Videos on title page will now scroll in a single row, instead of being displayed in a grid.
• Movies and episodes can now have "streamable" label.
• List description will now be shown on main list page.
• Videos can now be approved or disapproved from admin area. Disapproved videos will not be shown to users.
• Title images can now be re-ordered.
• Title, person, list and search method can now be set independently to "local" or "tmdb".
• Person filmography syncing can now be toggled if person data provider is set to "tmdb".
• Movie posters will now always be scaled to same height.
• If list is set to "auto update" its content will now be immediately updated after creating or updating that list.
• Users can now update or delete their own videos from title or episode page.
• Custom HTML can now be entered from "admin -> appearance > custom code" page.
• Minimum popularity for people page can now be specified from settings page.
• Increased performance of local search.

Bug Fixes

• Automatically delete user lists when user is deleted from admin.
• Lists with both people and titles will now work properly.
• Properly show page title on news article page.
• Episode credits in person filmography will now be properly ordered by season and episode number.
• Episode year will now be automatically filled in when creating episode from admin area.

- Fixed some issues with social login.
- Fixed some visual issues with navbar.