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Media Servers

A self‑hosted podcast manager that lets you subscribe to YouTube and Bilibili channels, generate protected RSS feeds, and download audio/video with fine‑grained controls.

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Java Latest 1.29.1 · 7d ago Security brief →

Features

Smart subscription & preview for YouTube/Bilibili channels and playlists
Generate secure RSS feeds compatible with any podcast client
Flexible audio/video download with quality/format options
Auto‑sync, history backfill, and advanced filtering/retention controls

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1.29.1 Mixed 7d

Sync interval + log format + sync fix

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1.28.0 New feature 1mo

Notable features

Show retry count and next scheduled retry timestamp for failed episodes in the dashboard
Add automatic log rotation to manage application log file sizes

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Changelog

Features

Transform YouTube playlist synchronization strategy to use the official YouTube Data API instead of yt-dlp --flat-playlist, significantly improving metadata sync speed and reliability.
Show the current retry count and the next scheduled retry timestamp for failed episodes in the dashboard, providing better visibility into the auto-recovery process.
Add automatic log rotation to manage application log file sizes more effectively.

Fixes

Fix download failures caused by special symbols in file names during the yt-dlp process.
Implement execution timeouts for yt-dlp and a task recycling policy to prevent download tasks from being stuck indefinitely in the "downloading" state.

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新增功能

重构 YouTube 播放列表同步策略：从 yt-dlp --flat-playlist 切换至官方 YouTube Data API，大幅提升元数据同步的速度与稳定性。
仪表盘失败任务列表新增显示当前重试次数及下次预定自动重试的时间戳，提升自动恢复过程的透明度。
新增日志轮转规则，更有效地管理应用程序日志文件大小。

修复问题

修复由于文件名中包含特殊符号导致 yt-dlp 下载失败的问题。
为 yt-dlp 执行过程增加超时机制，并引入任务回收策略，防止下载任务无限期卡死在“下载中”状态。

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v1.27.0 Mixed 1mo

Notable features

Post-download media validation catches broken or incomplete files before they remain in the library
Configurable download file name pattern with variables: {channel}, {title}, {id}, {date}
Auto-create playlist when adding single YouTube video for subscription-style management

Full changelog

Changelog

Features

Add post-download media validation to catch broken or incomplete files before they remain in the library.
Add bulk delete actions in the failed episode list so users can clean up failed tasks faster.
Add a configurable download file name pattern with variables such as {channel}, {title}, {id}, and {date}.
Automatically create a playlist when adding a single YouTube video, so individual videos can be subscribed to and managed like a normal feed.

Fixes

Improve YouTube VOD and Premiere detection so episode filtering behaves more accurately.
Fix cases where automatically created episodes could be skipped by auto-download tasks.
Fix manually submitted download tasks that were not entering the queue in some cases.
Fix playlist auto-download behavior by preserving episode order and avoiding unintended auto-downloads when retrying from playlist details.
Fix download file name collisions by appending numeric suffixes instead of reusing an existing name.
Fix the failed task list layout on small phone screens.