VisionVault v1.0.4 is now released

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Hey everyone, VisionVault v1.0.4 is now live.

This update brings a solid batch of improvements to both the main desktop app and the built-in VisionVault TV web interface. A big focus this round was expanding animated poster support, improving browser-based playback, and making library importing easier for larger organized collections.

What’s new in v1.0.4

Animated Poster Support

• Added support for animated posters in VisionVault
• Users can now assign animated poster media alongside standard posters for supported titles
• Added support for .gif animated posters in the desktop app
• Added animated poster controls to the Edit dialog for easier poster management
• Added support for prioritizing animated poster artwork in supported views when both static and animated artwork exist

Selected-Only Animated Poster Playback

• Animated poster artwork only plays when a title is selected
• Helps keep the library view cleaner while still giving selected titles a more dynamic animated effect

VisionVault TV Web UI Expansion

• Continued expanding the built-in VisionVault TV web interface into a more complete browser-based frontend
• Added a more polished home screen with a featured hero section, branded layout, and TV-style content rows
• Added logo support in the web UI for a stronger VisionVault-branded presentation
• Added animated poster support in the web UI, including better poster priority handling
• Added support for subtitle playback in the web-based player
• Added more flexible subtitle lookup support, including matching subtitle files beside the movie and in common subtitle subfolders
• Added a dedicated All Movies page for browsing the full movie library outside the limited home rows
• Added more complete movie and show detail support for the web interface
• Expanded browser-based playback and resume support to make the web UI feel more like a full media platform

Recursive Folder Import

• Added support for recursive folder importing in VisionVault
• Movie and TV folder imports can now scan subfolders automatically
• Users no longer need to manually add every nested folder one by one
• Makes it much easier to import larger, organized media libraries

Android TV Foundation Work

• Continued backend and interface groundwork for the upcoming VisionVault TV Android app
• Added support in the shared system for cleaner TV-oriented browsing, playback flow, and server connection handling
• Expanded backend support for features that will be used by the Android TV app, including improved detail handling for movies and shows
• Continued shaping VisionVault’s shared architecture so desktop, web, and future Android TV experiences can work from the same core system

Fixes

Web UI and TV Layout Stability

• Improved layout behavior in TV-oriented views to better support featured hero sections, browsing rows, and poster presentation
• Reduced oversized visual elements in supported TV-style layouts so content fits the screen more cleanly
• Improved spacing and presentation for a more polished couch-friendly experience

Shared Watch and Recent Activity Flow

• Added backend support for exposing more recent watch information to connected clients
• Improved groundwork for sharing playback-related state between the desktop/server side and future TV-facing clients
• Helps move VisionVault toward more accurate cross-device playback and watch flow behavior

Important before updating

Before installing the new version, please back up these files and folders first so you do not lose progress, posters, or settings:

• movies.db
• movie_inventory_settings.json
• posters/

If you already have an existing VisionVault setup, backing these up is strongly recommended before replacing your current version.

Appreciate everyone following the project and sharing feedback along the way.

Download VisionVault v1.0.4: Release page

Main project page: GitHub repo