Infuse 8 - Now Available 🚀

[robee]

And when you press pause, the entire panel remains on the display. Before, it disappeared after a few seconds. It was simple and elegant before, but now it’s ugly.
They removed everything that was good!
I don’t think I will renew the Pro subscription anymore.

[stimpy88]

Many thanks to you and the team! I will try it out tonight!

[Axl2021]

I agree with this remark. However, this distance should also be reduced in the movie layout. If you reduce it, then the photos of the actors will fit without cropping. Or, move these photos down so that they are not visible. As it is in the modern layout.

[zoomnclick]

Nice work with the revised Detail View. The playback skip is messed up though. Skips 12 mins and 5 mins when it should skip 10s forward and 5s backwards on my apple tv

[heylcs]

Half of the screen is an exaggeration but I agree, it should not behave like that.

[JB1970]

The ‘New’ details layout is an improvement but really is spoiled by being able to see the top of the cast and crew images at the bottom. It’s a distraction and ruins the poster view.

[schlotz]

Main screen not displaying correctly. On 7.8.3 my two favorites were displayed in the center of the screen with a large Infuse icon in the background. Now with ver 8, I get this. Definitely not what I call “Pro” worthy. So far I can’t find anyway to correct it. Can we please get the esthetics right on the opening screen for the supposedly new and improved Ver 8?

Using SMB to my NAS to access a large moving and TV show collection. Functionally I see little difference which for the family is a good thing. Can’t decide on the New vs Modern layout, but regardless everything else seems to be working as before.

IMO the I’s & T’s were not addressed prior to rolling out ver 8 in regards to the opening screen.

[F-I-N_INF]

At the bottom of the movie data page

[speedingcheetah]

I actually like this bare clean look. All black background vs that orange Infuse logo background.
Though, if u do not have alot of buttons/library folder to show, it sure does look very tacky.
Need a way to set what position to have those buttons, top, bottom, etc.

[schlotz]

Yup, it definitely went very tacky…shades of 2000

[NC_Bullseye]

@zoomnclick

Skips 12 mins and 5 mins when it should skip 10s forward and 5s backwards on my apple tv

Did you check the chapter control is off in settings (just in case it got switched) and that you still have 10 sec and 5 sec set in the skip time?

[zoomnclick]

That was it. Thank you

[james]

@matthewcouto

I did change the “details view” to New. Does it only change the view of the video details page or is there supposed to be a new UI for the main screen as well?

Visual changes for the home screen didn’t make it into 8.0, but there are some things cooking here.

@athomasm

Is there any chance with the new UI that the tvOS “reduce loud sounds” option can be made available directly in Infuse?

Unfortunately, Apple has limitations on where settings like this can be shown, but you can use Siri to enable/disable while using Infuse.

@JohnCl

I was wondering if there was a way to turn off the TMDB and Trakt rating system?

An option for this will be available shortly.

@avrignaud

I cannot get any of the views to pin to the home screen - I go to Edit, and add things like TV Library, or Recently Added TV, sort them into whatever order I want, and then accept.

The views available on the Home Screen will depend on which mode you are using to connect. With Library Mode disabled, you can pin the lists available under the Plex server, but the normal Infuse library categories will be empty (and will be hidden from the Home Screen if enabled). More info on the differences between Direct Mode and Library Mode can be found here.

@munpip214

9to5Mac article posted:

Infuse video player updated with new design and Vision Pro app

@moyu

can we have a clock module displays the current time on the screen?

Apple TV has a clock built in which can be shown by holding the ‘TV’ button. Does this help?

@paulk.30662

there’s not an internal, as it were, indicator of the app version. Say, somewhere in the General settings. Why is that?

On most platforms the version is listed at the bottom of Infuse > Settings. If you’re on Mac you can select the ‘About Infuse’ option from the menubar.

@rizwaneramadan

I store most of my movie files in Google Drive. And every time I open the folder collection, it takes a very long time.

To help speed things up here you may try disabling the Smart Folders feature. This can make a big difference when browsing folders directly (and not through the library).

@dachshundLove

there is still no system integration for subtitles after all these years. You still can’t turn on subs using Siri or the subtitles button on the tv remote on iPhone.

This is something which could be added in a future release. You can follow this thread for updates.

@mata7

don’t support thumb nails for chapters

This wasn’t a focus area for 8.0, but you can follow this thread for updates.

@68ioqw23563e548

Still can’t see the title of what’s playing in MacOS guess it will never happen

There’s a suggestion thread you can follow for updates on this item.

@Jasell

I have patiently been waiting for full and documented support of manual nfo/xml files for movies and series so that I can organize my private or non-official videos and occasional adjust details where I disagree with movie databases.

This is currently available for movies, and sample files which include examples of the supported fields can be found in this guide.

Series support may be added in the future and you can follow this thread for updates.

@Bluray-UHD_NAS_Guy

I really wish the artwork was still as large as it was

Which artwork are you referring to? This is on Apple TV, correct?

@yaoming

error: Could not access external folder

If this is a local folder on iOS you may try removing and re-adding it in Infuse. We’ve seen some quirks in this area when upgrading between devices as the folder IDs do change, and Infuse doesn’t have a way to smoothly transition to the new one.

@ALIE

Nested filters where you quickly can sort by multiple filters example.

This is on our wishlist.

@oferlaor

I like the new player controls and layout (why isn’t it the default, though?)

The New layout on Apple TV is default for new installs, but upgrading users will keep their existing preference.

@oferlaor

It was a bit weird that the main gallery wasn’t touched at all - looks identical. Time for a new coat of paint there, don’t you think?

In progress…

@Macy

still doesn’t support a Plex Folder Structure for Extras like Featurettes

This isn’t part of 8.0 but is still on our wishlist.

@kinnittyken

I recall a promise of a new modular design in V8 and that hasn’t materialised.

There are a ton of under-the-hood changes with regard to the home screen in 8.0, and visual changes are to follow. Infuse has always been about iterative updates and constant forward progress.

@speedingcheetah

Also, pressing down, it is more expected to have the top bar show up at the top of the screen, rather than it showing up on the bottom. Aliek to swipeing on a screen. To make something show up from the bottom, one would swipe up.

The new playback overlay is similar to Apple’s native player in the TV app.

@robee

The modern panel is much better than the new one.

Both are available in 8.0 so you can pick the one you like.

@JackBurton

Just noticed now when the ‘Skip Intro’ button appears on TV shows WHY, OH WHY does everything else pop up with it?

This is something we will be adjusting.

@zoomnclick

The playback skip is messed up though. Skips 12 mins and 5 mins when it should skip 10s forward and 5s backwards on my apple tv

You may check to see if the ‘Chapter Controls’ option is enabled in Infuse > Settings > Playback. With this on the edge taps will skip between chapters instead of the 10s time skips.

@schlotz

Main screen not displaying correctly.

Will look into this to see what may be going on.

Just to confirm, you have favorites only? No lists or Up Next list?

@F-I-N_INF

At the bottom of the movie data page

That must be a long file name.

[kinnittyken]

@james

There are a ton of under-the-hood changes with regard to the home screen in 8.0, and visual changes are to follow. Infuse has always been about iterative updates and constant forward progress.

Love to see some of what the visual changes will look like. Really excited for this as this is my go to player across my devices and want it to remain so

[davesmith]

i would prefer the firecore team to do a playback improvement rather than doing the visual improvement.

[Bluray-UHD_NAS_Guy]

It’s not there, they lied to us, I’m irritated that I spent $100 on this program, I mean keep it the way it was but don’t lie to me and tell me that you’re giving me new features and a completely revamped design and then don’t do it, Instead just make the icon smaller so people think they’re getting something now the interface looks terrible on a large format TV anything above 42 inches looks like garbage on this app now, looking elsewhere to find a better application wish I could get my money back

[speedingcheetah]

@davesmith

playback improvement

Yea… like seek/buffering times. It takes 5-6 secs to seek 10 sec on large GB 4K files. CDVR seeking/skipping is instant. I know SMB connection has more overhead, but i feel, past versions of Infuse did not have such sluggish performance. Even when i used Plex connection, its performance was lacking. (have since dropped Plex entirely)

I also very much would like to see actual picture controls, Contrast, brightness, Saturation, Sharpness. Some players on a PC or Mac even have this (VLC or MPV), and that would be beast for me, if i could set Infuse to Sharpen things a tad, as i find my TV does not get sharp enough…etc. I think Infuse uses their own custom player, not the native Apple TV player, so, in theory, they could ad user picture processing controls.

EDIT: just to be clear, my dislike of the new 8.0 changes, are exclusive to the Apple TV version, which is my primary platform for playing media. The iOS version, i have no issues with the changes. (however, i rarely use Infuse or any other player on a mobile device)

[davesmith]

yeah thats what i am talking about…
there is a lag when u fast forward/backward on large 4k file or video files with DDP5.1 and dolby atmos 5.1

[Bluray-UHD_NAS_Guy]

There’s nothing forward about this Program, you’ve gone back this is the first time I’ve seen an update with this application caused so much decent, we need A rollback, They need to roll back to the last version and fix problems, the Thumbnail images for the movies and TV shows being smaller is a dealbreaker it looks like garbage and it’s completely unusable on large format TVs now

[lys]

Thank you for the update. I generally like it, minus a few minor bugs which I already saw mentioned.

But there’s one thing, that I don’t like at all (Apple TV) - it would be a real dealbreaker for me, if there was another real option:
The player controls / pause menu (audio, subtitles, etc.) and their placement.
I know what I am watching, no need for a big title of the movie / show name, which, with the rest, uses up 1/3 of the screen, nor which episode it is - if i really wanted to know, a simple swipe-down sufficed. Now the swipe-down results in the info, video, audio & subtitles blocking even more of the screen. The placement in the middle of the screen is also far from optimal and just wastes usable space. No way I’m using that without having to pause.
I’m sure there are users, who like the new player controls better. For me it’s total overkill and I liked the “splitted” / slim version much better. Is there a chance you’ll add a “slim / legacy player controls” to the options menu?