v1.12.0-pre1 - Bugfix Prerelease

[iwalton3]

Prerelease note:

• This version is in prerelease state to allow people to test it before it gets rolled out to everyone.
• You'll get an update notifier message saying to downgrade to the latest stable version. This is expected, please don't report this, it will go away when this version (or a version with more fixes) is released.

MacOS Prerelease note:

• The prerelease build is not notarized.
• You need to go to System Settings -> Privacy & Security to manually authorize the executable to run.
• You can also use the command xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine JellyfinMediaPlayer-*.dmg to allow it to run.

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This version fixes a bunch of bugs and removes the obsolete third party plugin for intro skipping.

Changes:

• Prevent issue where wayland has black screen due to broken gpu accel (Black screen with Wayland (Sway) #165, Black screen in Wayland Fedora 39 #610)
• Prevent SRT text being squished and unreadable ([Bug] Subtitles format bugged when loaded automatically #643)
• Handle server connection timeout. (Cannot connect to any server if cannot connect to previously logged in server #747)
• Remove obsolete skip intro support.
• Update branding
• Fix caching issues to prevent broken web client when the server web version updates
• Auto fill last used server into server box if server connection fails on startup
• Fix SSL certificate verification issues on Linux

About Windows Downloads:

• The desktop installer requires administrator rights.
• You can avoid warnings on files by unblocking the file in the properties dialog.
• You can manually build a release using these instructions.

Flatpak Test Build:

flatpak install --user https://dl.flathub.org/build-repo/170842/com.github.iwalton3.jellyfin-media-player.flatpakref

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