Today we’re happy to present the twelfth public alpha version of Infuse for macOS! 
This build represents a work in progress, and is still very rough around the edges - but we think it’s usable in many ways and wanted to give you all something to start playing with.
We are planning to have new updates every week (or so), so things will to improve until the official release of 7.0 in Spring 2021.
Changes in alpha 12 (3482) 3/5
- New download files screen
- Pin Playlists section to Home screen
- Pin library categories from the home edit screen
- Eliminated Movies, TV Shows, Other sections
- Updated placeholders when Home screen is empty
- Renamed ‘Add to Favorites’ to ‘Pin to Home Screen’ for library items
- Moved settings to the menu bar (Settings UI updates still in progress)
Changes in alpha 11 (3474) 2/26
- Updated ‘via Direct URL’ layout
- New download icons
- Direct URL validation
- Enabled ‘via Finder’ feature in Add Files
- Updated Speed Test layout
- Pre-filled names for Cloud shares
- Fixed a crash when adding Plex shares
- Improved buttons visibility in dark mode
- Added protocol next to the added share name
- Resolved a crash related to invalid UTF8 characters in titles
Changes in alpha 10 (3465) 2/19
- Updated Add Files layout (work in progress)
- Improved flow for adding shares
- Library renamed to Home
- Browse renamed to Library
- Files moved to the third slot
- Drag-n-drop playback of .dvdmedia files
- Fixes for crashes with multichannel Opus audio
Changes in alpha 9 (3459) 2/16
- Fixed disappearing sound after seeking
- Improved Dolby playback in certain configurations
Changes in alpha 8 (3452) 2/12
- Revamped audio processing for improved clarity and detail
- Drag-n-drop playback for ISO videos
- Resolved issues with delayed audio
Changes in alpha 7 (3446) 2/5
- Adjusted live preview position during playback
- Fixed pausing in PiP mode
- Fixed opening settings after leaving PiP
- Fixed disappearing close/minimize buttons
Changes in alpha 6 (3440) 1/29
- Utilize discrete GPUs for playback, if available
- Live preview on mouse hover during playback
- Improved HDR rendering with discrete GPUs
- Save playback progress after switching spaces
- Faster playback start via drag-and-drop or double-click
- ESC closes modal windows and context menus
- Display downloading progress at the top bar
- Improved presentation of long descriptions
Changes in alpha 5 (3434) 1/22
- Fix for broken thumbnails and live previews (clear metadata to generate new cached thumbnails)
- Support for subtitles imported via Drag’n’Drop
- Select language when downloading from OpenSubtitles
- Delete subtitles downloaded from OpenSubtitles
- Adjust timing offset for subtitles
- Full screen button on the player
- Press ESC key to exit full screen
- Press ESC to close playback settings
- Precise tuning of playback speed
- Improved playback settings legibility
- Fixed seek button transparency
- Fixed crash on macOS 11.2
- Improved UI of expanded movie descriptions
- Improved indexing of Plex collections
- Filter br tags from Emby descriptions
Changes in alpha 4 (3423) 1/15
- OpenSubtitles support
- Use default browser for Trakt logins
- Added app-specific volume control
- Improved playback performance in some cases
- Improved playback with multiple displays connected
- Added automatic daily update checks with download prompt
- Display Play button in Up Next on mouse hover only
- Updated Pause and Stop PiP icons
- Updated Back button icon
Changes in alpha 3 (3410) 12/29
- iCloud: Library settings and favorites sync between macOS devices
- Playback: Support for moving around the playback controls
- UI: Crisp buttons on Library screen
- UI: Back button highlighting
Changes in alpha 2 (3408) 12/25
- Added volume control slider
- Double-click to enter/exit fullscreen
- Avoid screensaver/dimming during playback
- Improved playback with a secondary displays
- Background playback when switching spaces
- Improved video rendering performance
- Updated device identifiers for Plex/Emby/Jellyfin
- Option to expand long descriptions
- Removed ‘Cellular Download’ and ‘Disable Files app’ options from Settings
- Updated Back button clickable area
- Set minimum OS version to 11.0
Known issues
- Settings page design is unfinished
- List view design is unfinished
- Reworked layout of Library/Browse pages
- Some issues when using HomePods
- Dolby Vision videos play with incorrect colors
- Probably many other things
How you can help
- The best way to help is to simply start using Infuse for macOS as you normally would. Let us know what’s working, what’s broken, and any weirdness you may see.
- Share feedback publicly in this thread to facilitate discussion with others who may be seeing a similar issue.
- If you find something that is broken, it may be helpful to submit a diagnostic report. To do this, simply tap the ‘Email Us’ option found in Settings, copy the 5 digit code, and post it in this thread with a description of the issue. Sending an email from the app is not required.
Compatibility
Any Mac (both Intel and M1) running macOS 11.0 (Big Sur) or later
Download the latest build (available to registered testers only)
How to become a macOS tester (it’s easy and free!)
- Create a forum account (if you don’t already have one)
- Join the macOS testing group
I cant upgrade my work laptop to Big Sur just yet… I’ll have to wait
