v0.8.3 - The UX Refresh Latest

Released by @majora2007

v0.8.3 9c34c19

The much-anticipated UX Refresh is finally here. After over a year of planning and two months of development (including a brief trip to Norway/Finland), this update delivers a major overhaul to Kavita's user experience. Inspired by the design language of Plex, this release aims to make Kavita the Plex of reading platforms, both on mobile and desktop. The changes have been met with overwhelmingly positive feedback from nightly testers. Here are the highlights of what’s new.

Colorscape

One of the most significant new features is "Colorscape," a dynamic tinting system that adds a colorful gradient background to pages with cover images, much like Plex's movie detail pages. This feature wasn’t easy to implement, requiring extensive work on CSS gradients before landing on a solution. Users can turn Colorscape on or off and customize it with themes, allowing theme creators to modify how it looks. The feature doesn’t currently extend to reading lists or collections, but that may come in future updates.

Individual Pages

This update brings a major quality-of-life improvement for book and comic users: the ability to view individual volume and chapter metadata. Users can now access dedicated pages for volumes and chapters, with the option to update metadata for specific chapters or books. Additionally, users can now read a series, chapter, or volume directly from any card, without needing to open the series detail page.

Settings Overhaul

The settings pages have been overhauled, drawing more inspiration from Plex. Tooltip information is now more prominent, and changes to any field are instantly applied, eliminating the need for a "Save" button. All settings—whether for admin controls or user preferences—are now consolidated into one screen, though some workflows have been moved to dedicated pages (e.g., CBL Import and MAL Interest Stack import). This should make features easier to discover and manage.

Publisher Images

A new system for publisher images, similar to favicons, has been introduced. This allows users to submit or edit publisher images through Kavita’s GitHub repo, which will then be dynamically downloaded and displayed on detail pages. While the feature is still in its early stages, the Kavita team is hoping the community will contribute and refine the images over time.

This release lays the groundwork for future UX updates and optimizations. Next on the roadmap is an overhaul of Kavita+, along with continuing efforts to resolve the persistent Foreign Key constraint issue and improve scan loop performance. The release also comes with a big thank you to all the contributors on Weblate for their work on localization, with Kavita now fully supported in 10 languages.

Reminder: Refresh your browser after updating.

---

Added

• Ability to upload a volume cover for Komf users
• Extensive theming options for the login screen, including background images
• Introduction of "Colorscapes," a dynamic tinting system that selects colors from cover images and applies them to the background of pages (currently for series detail pages, configurable via the theming system; recommended to disable for light themes)
• New library actionable to generate Colorscapes (soft refresh covers)
• New tasks tab in Library Settings and Edit Series Modal that shows appropriate tasks and explanations
• Dedicated Volume/Chapter detail pages accessible from any card
• Ability to read directly from cards (volumes, chapters, series, or reading lists)
• Ability to edit chapter metadata, including locking fields and sorting order for comic users with unique issue numbers
• New API and UI for setting a volume cover (with locking option), now supported by Komf
• Publisher images, managed through Kavita's website, are now available
• New metadata filter "is empty" to check for missing links in fields like Writers, Tags, Genres
• .yacreaderlibrary directories now ignored by the scanner
• UI now auto-refreshes on new Kavita releases, busting locale cache for non-admin users
• Admins can trigger Sync Theme job from the Tasks page
• Added a link to the CBL Repo in the CBL Import feature

Changed

• Password limit increased to 256 characters
• Settings and preferences consolidated into one page with a left nav menu, following Plex’s UI style
• Restoring position now works universally when interacting with jump keys
• Jump keys now feature animations rather than tooltips to indicate series numbers
• Filter icon now animates during configuration
• Several screens moved to dedicated sections, including most of Kavita+ settings
• Series and chapter cards now show localized names/titles on hover
• Cover Artists renamed to "Artists" across the app
• On mobile view, dropdown buttons removed for scrolling, with links now displayed in a modal
• Folder watching now runs in a separate background thread to avoid startup delays for large libraries
• Sync Themes job now runs daily (instead of weekly)

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where long passwords would truncate when autofilled
• Fixed CSS variables in the side-nav that were incorrectly assigned
• Numerous localization and theme-related issues resolved
• Fixed pagination bugs in OPDS reading list feeds
• Fixed issues in CBL Import and MAL Interest stacks
• Fixed missing fields preventing manga reader preferences from being saved
• Resolved several errors related to user ratings, CBL imports, themes, and other minor bugs
• Corrected an issue where special volume 0 in book series caused rendering issues in series detail cards

---

Theme

• Tables are now themeable
• Numerous changes to CSS variables. Wiki has been updated with additional documentation, particularly around the Colorscape system.

API

• API updated for resetting cover image fields. All update APIs now accept a LockCover field to force a lock (or not). Defaults to true but can reset the cover with an empty string and false.

Hello!

currently i use Jellyfin for my music library but i am not really happy with it. I used to use Plex and it was wonderful but... here we are...

I already tried Navidrome but for me a crucial feature is to be able to import spotify playlists and rebuild them with my local library.

For jellyfin there is a plugin that does that and it works 90% of the time. But even after finding several scripts and docker-composes i could host i was never able to properly import my spotify playlists into navidrom. Reason why that is so crucial is that i use spotify to build playlists, make song-radios and add them back into the playlist and then i download this playlist using various tools.

I then rebuild these playlists inside my music library.

Now i found Music Assistant 2.0 for my HomeAssistant and it's incredibly awesome! Being able to fully use my sonos speakers and group them on the fly is amazing! But using song radios inside it with my jellyfin as the media provider apparently uses jellyfin's "instant mix" and my goodness is that ever hot garbabe... i have my whole library being properly tagged by Picard and every song has the proper metadata and all that but Instant mix is just plain useless. For 50% of my songs it will just put the same song 5 times into the queue and be done with it. Sometimes it's actually able to build a good sounding radio but that's really hit or miss.

So to conclude, what would you guys recommend if i want a music library that:

1. Has preferably a subsonic API to maximise compatibility with different players
2. Has the ability to import and reconstruct my spotify playlists
3. Has a working song radio / instant mix feature that will not collapse as soon as you try to use it

Thank you very much!

📢 Update Alert! 📢

New Features

• Komelia WebUI: Added Komelia wasm webui (Komf integration is a work in progress).
• ComicInfo Enhancements: Added StoryArc and StoryArcNumber support.
• Metadata Job History: Track your metadata jobs more effectively.
• Apprise Notifications: Integrated Apprise notifications. #145
• Kavita Enhancements: Added chapter metadata updates for API mode and mangadex links configuration.
• New Providers: Added Hentag provider.
• Metadata Updates: ComicInfo now updates Title, Series StoryArc, and StoryArcNumber. Books titles are now updatable in API mode.

Fixes

• Komga: Fixed tags and links not being added to oneshots. #153
• Kavita: Resolved connection errors in event listener and fixed issues with volume and chapter covers.
• Bangumi: Trimmed summary indent. #75
• API Improvements: Fixed event listener not detecting new books and improved response parsing for Yen Press and Kodansha.

Breaking Changes

• Config Changes:
  • Moved publisher tags configuration to the postprocessing section. Fixes #102.
  • Updated Discord templates configuration to use predefined filenames.
• Removed Features: CLI commands and OPF mode support have been removed.

Config Deprecations

• Deprecated several configs, including Discord, Komga/Kavita notifications, and post-processing score tags. Check the release notes for full details.

Is there any up-to-date method to keep the Meta Quest 3 as privacy friendly as possilbe? I know it can't be made perfect, but maybe some known working block lists etc.?

i'm thinking about getting one but their data hoarding is the reason i don't want to. Unless i can somehow make it less invasive.

🚀 12.329 Update Released! 🚀

New Features

• Rollable Option: Adds a button to roll on an embedded RollTable.
• <dfn> Element Support: Enhanced sanitized HTML content.
• Alphabetical User Sorting: User names in Ownership Configuration are now sorted.
• Improved Chat Log: No more automatic jumping to the bottom after switching tabs.

Game Canvas Enhancements

• New Bronze Token Ring: Based on the "Token Packs: Bestiaries" module.
• Texture Transitions: Added Glitch and Dots transitions.

Package Development

• Error Messages: Now includes the module name on parsing errors.
• Invalid Document Tracking: Easier tracking with UUID in error messages.

Bug Fixes

• Macro Directory: Restored missing buttons.
• Compendium Packs: Fixed errors when accessing folder contents.
• Token and Actor Issues: Various fixes improving stability and functionality.
• UI Fixes: Addressed several issues with the ApplicationV2 header, context menus, and resizing controls.

Other Improvements

• Occlusion Mode: Overhead Tiles with "None" mode won't fade when hovered.
• Dynamic Token Ring: Corrected color band defaults and refresh behavior.
• S3 File Uploads: Resolved upload failures.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/24154583 >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. >

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.

🚀 New Features & Improvements

Architecture and Infrastructure

• Enhanced metadata for Premium content Packages with sidegrade workflows.
• Pre-install integration of sidegrade data for Packages.

Applications and User Interface

• Teleport Tokens: Users can now choose to teleport Tokens when moved.
• Tokens teleport after completing their movement animation.
• Backup creation autofills Backup Name field.
• Increased max value for Subject Scale Correction Token setting.
• Improved placeholder text informativeness.

The Game Canvas

• Reduced Starlight animation speed.
• Observer permissions reveal Token dispositions.
• Clamped elevation for teleported Tokens.
• Support for Ring Scale and Subject animation.

Dice and Cards

• Autofocus applied to the first input field in roll resolver.
• Blind rolls no longer evaluated interactively.

Localization and Accessibility

• Static localization prefixes for RegionBehaviorType subclasses.

🛠 Other Changes

• Region events now awaited before workflow continues.
• Assistant GMs restricted from creating/changing Execute Script Region Behaviors.
• Region events triggered at the end of the CRUD workflow.

📜 API Improvements

Documents and Data

• Event parameter added to Macro execution.

Applications and User Interface

• Added validation logic support for HTMLDocumentTagsElement.
• HTMLStringTagsElement disallows empty strings and can convert input to slugs.
• Autofocus option for FormInputConfig.
• Modules can register additional Dynamic Token Rings.
• API for System/Module-defined Token-Region containment.
• Configurable Token Ring color band positioning.

🐛 Bug Fixes

Documents and Data

• Fixed full text search issues.
• Script Macros creation/update permission enforced.
• Markdown to HTML conversion in JournalEntryPage fixed.

Applications and User Interface

• Disabled Roll button for non-editable Roll Tables without formula.
• Fixed color picker placeholders and vertical scrolling for Scene Region Shapes.

The Game Canvas

• Improved texture transitions for Tokens.
• Fixed Token disappearance with render flag.
• Fixed status effect icon flashing issue.
• Flags added to Document reverted by CTRL+Z.

Package Development

• Fixed unzipping for large package archives.

Dice and Cards

• Fixed Cards#_resetStack and DiceTerm evaluation with negative numbers.

Localization and Accessibility

• Localized UI notification for capturing Scene view.

Other Changes

• Fixed Configure Ownership dialog error in Compendium Packs.
• Fixed invalid password error on login.
• /reply command fixed for whispers.
• ChatMessage#testUserPermission fixed for message authors.

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

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

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra + Expert Raw + Adobe Lightroom