Fixes several issues and enhances the Chromecast casting experience:
- Prevents errors when loading media by slimming down the customData payload to avoid exceeding message size limits.
- Improves logic for selecting custom data from media status.
- Fixes an issue with subtitle track selection.
- Recommends stereo audio tracks for better Chromecast compatibility.
- Improves volume control and mute synchronization between the app and the Chromecast device.
- Adds error handling for `loadMedia` in `PlayButton`.
- Fixes image caching issue for season posters in mini player.
- Implements cleanup for scroll retry timeout in episode list.
- Ensures segment skipping functions are asynchronous.
- Resets `hasReportedStartRef` after stopping casting.
- Prevents seeking past the end of Outro segments.
- Reports playback progress more accurately by also taking player state changes into account.
Fixes several issues and improves the overall Chromecast casting experience:
- Implements an AbortController for fetching item data to prevent race conditions.
- Syncs live progress in the mini player more accurately using elapsed real time.
- Prevents event propagation in the mini player's play/pause button.
- Ensures the disconnect callback in the connection menu is always called.
- Retries scrolling in the episode list on failure.
- Handles unmute failures gracefully in volume controls.
- Clamps seek positions to prevent exceeding duration.
- Fixes reporting playback start multiple times
- Improves segment calculation in `useChromecastSegments`
- Prevents race condition with `isPlaying` state in `Controls` component
Also includes minor UI and timing adjustments for a smoother user experience.
Performance Optimizations:
- Add progress tracking to skip redundant Jellyfin API calls (< 5s changes)
- Debounce volume changes (300ms) to reduce API load
- Memoize expensive calculations (protocol colors, icons, progress percent)
- Remove dead useChromecastPlayer hook (redundant with useCasting)
Feature Integrations:
- Add ChromecastEpisodeList modal with Episodes button for TV shows
- Add ChromecastDeviceSheet modal accessible via device indicator
- Add ChromecastSettingsMenu modal with settings icon
- Integrate segment detection with Skip Intro/Credits/Recap buttons
- Add next episode countdown UI (30s before end)
AirPlay Support:
- Add comprehensive documentation for AirPlay detection approaches
- Document integration requirements with AVRoutePickerView
- Prepare infrastructure for native module or AVPlayer integration
UI Improvements:
- Make device indicator tappable to open device sheet
- Add settings icon in header
- Show segment skip buttons dynamically based on current playback
- Display next episode countdown with cancel option
- Optimize hook ordering to prevent conditional hook violations
TODOs for future work:
- Fetch actual episode list from Jellyfin API
- Wire media source/audio/subtitle track selectors to player
- Implement episode auto-play logic
- Create native module for AirPlay state detection
- Add RemoteMediaClient to segment skip functions
- Fix deviceName property to use friendlyName
- Update disconnect to use stop() instead of endSession()
- Fix null handling in getPosterUrl and useTrickplay
- Remove unused variables and imports
- Add proper null checks in segment skipping
- Disable auto-skip until settings are available
