v1.12.0

gitroomhq/postiz-appv1.12.0Mar 20, 2025by iwalton3

AI Summary

A bugfix release addressing critical display and connectivity issues, including Wayland GPU acceleration, SRT text rendering, and SSL certificate verification problems.

Key Highlights

  • Dropped support for MacOS 12
  • Prevent Wayland black screen due to broken GPU accel
  • Fix SRT text being squished and unreadable
  • Handle server connection timeout
  • Remove obsolete skip intro support

Breaking Changes

  • Dropped support for MacOS 12
  • Removed obsolete skip intro support

Full Release Notes

> [!IMPORTANT]
> Please do not open any GitHub issues for this release. It is the last of the Qt 5 releases and we have recently changed the master branch to Qt 6. 
>
> We will only be accepting GitHub issues relating to Qt 6 builds going forward. The latest of those builds are linked to in the **Development Builds** section of the README https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop?tab=readme-ov-file#development-builds

This version fixes a bunch of bugs and removes the obsolete third party plugin for intro skipping. Please note this release drops support for MacOS 12 due to GitHub Actions dropping runner support.

Changes:
  * Prevent issue where wayland has black screen due to broken gpu accel (#165, #610)
  * Prevent SRT text being squished and unreadable (#643)
  * Handle server connection timeout. (#747)
  * Remove obsolete skip intro support.
  * Update branding
  * Fix caching issues to prevent broken web client when the server web version updates
  * Auto fill last used server into server box if server connection fails on startup
  * Fix SSL certificate verification issues on Linux

About Windows Downloads:
 - If your CPU is older than roughly 2013 or you get a `0xc0000142` error you need to use the x64-legacy build.
 - The desktop installer requires administrator rights.
 - You can avoid warnings on files by unblocking the file in the properties dialog.
 - You can manually build a release [using these instructions](https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-media-player#building-for-windows).