First, I want to wish you all a Happy New Year and hope you all have an amazing 2026!
Stacher version 7.1.5 is currently being rolled out and this update brings the new "Send to Mobile" feature (beta), along with several UI improvements and bug fixes. Additionally, this version is running on an updated version of Electron (38.7.2).
Electron 38.7.2
Some users have reported rendering issues like the Stacher window doesn't appear as expected or the window appears but is simply solid gray or white. I believe these were due, at least in part, to the Electron version that Stacher 7.1.4 is using. Version 7.1.5 has been upgraded to Electron 38.7.2 in hopes to alleviate some of these issues.
Send To Mobile
As described in previous posts, the Send to Mobile feature is intended to allow transferring files from your computer to your mobile device/phone. Anything that can scan a QR code should be able to retrieve the file. When you scan the QR code, the file will be opened in your phone's browser and you should be prompted to either Download or View the file from within the browser. Your data never leaves your home network. The file is transferred through your local network and, because of this, both devices need to be on the same WiFi network. This Feature is being released as Beta. If you encounter any issues with using this feature or have suggestions on how it should evolve, drop me a line in the Developer chat within Stacher. When you first attempt to share a file through your home network, your firewall software may ask you to confirm/allow the transfer. If you deny this, the transfer will fail because... well, the firewall would be blocking it.
Library Video Player
Several UI improvements were made to the Video player within the Stacher Library. One change is the "Heatmap" that appears in the player. The Heatmap displays popular/most viewed parts of a video if that data is available.
As of version 7.1.5, Stacher will automatically collect and store heatmap metadata in your Stacher Library when heatmap data is available! As a fallback, Stacher will also look for heatmap data in any file adjacent info.json data (this has been the behavior pre 7.1.5).
Additionally, when you hover over the seek track of a video, the timestamp of the area at which you hover will appear above your mouse. This is helpful if you are trying to seek to a specific area. If you are generating thumbnail previews for your videos, the timestamp will appear near the bottom of the thumbnail preview.
Aside: The "Generate Previews" option in the Library tab of the Settings window will enable generating previews for every video however, if you prefer leaving that disabled for performance reasons, you can always retroactively generate previews for a video that already exists in your library. This feature is in beta, but hold down the Shift key while clicking the Menu beneath the video player and select the option to retroactively generate previews. The menu will show a spinner while the previews are being generated (longer videos will take longer to process) and will return to a menu button once it's complete. Because this feature is still in beta, you may have to close the video player and re-open it to get the previews to display.
It is safe to close the video player and view other media before the spinner completes as long as Stacher is still running, the process to generate previews will continue to run in the background.
Example:
Additionally, the video player now respects the following hotkeys:
Right Arrow - Fast Forward 10 seconds
Left Arrow - Rewind 10 seconds
Spacebar - Toggle Play/Pause
Other Updates/Notable Bugfixes:
Custom FFMPEG location is respected in the Library. If you have a custom ffmpeg location set in the Advanced tab of the Settings window, Stacher's Library will also use the ffmpeg and ffprobe in that location. It's important that both ffmpeg and ffprobe are available in the custom ffmpeg location directory. Additionally, this should fix issues where "FFMPEG NOT FOUND" badge was being incorrectly displayed
The crop/trim tool will no longer show a blank editor for m3u8 streams. This should show an error message as these streams cannot (currently) be cropped. A future update will allow for manual timestamp entry, but that's not here yet.
CTRL+A/Command Key + A in the Library should now correctly select all files on the currently viewing page.
The filter in the library to filter by configurations will now allow you to easily select multiple configurations without having to close and re-open every time you make a selection
The Chapters view in the Library Video player should now be rendering properly. Some videos would have chapters that would "bleed" off screen.
Comments in the Library Media Player (only visible if comments are available in info.json) now render replies correctly. Additionally, the comment search box will highlight the text within the results that match your search criteria.
As always, the complete list of changes can be found at https://changelog.stacher.io
If you have any issues, questions, or feedback with this update, please don't hesitate to send a message via the Developer Chat within Stacher.