chore(main): release 1.7.0

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1.7.0 (2026-07-20)

Features

• add badges to the readme (cf33c6d)
• add better feedbacks (cb5b4e3)
• browse: genre discovery, rich metadata, and componentized TUI (898dcdd)
• browse: tmdb browse tui (abe7305)
• cast: auto-detect the local interface from the default route (d36085d)
• cast: read-once spooled pipeline with staged execution (d11493b)
• cmd: load config lazily so scan and info need none (106afcb)
• config: default every setting except device and sources (b544edc)
• discover chromecast devices via mDNS (20993bc)
• discover Chromecast devices via mDNS (e757f7a)
• dive into iframe to trigger loading video (eabc76f)
• don't use ring buffer anymore (172f1dc)
• drop short streams when ranking candidates (dd93e4d)
• first commit (849910a)
• live-edge pacing at realtime with no burst (4feef28)
• make logs a little bit better looking (4bfa393)
• release: static CGO whisper.cpp via matrix + zig cross-compilation (48feee9)
• replay real browser headers to ffmpeg and ffprobe (7ef788f)
• simplify browse tui access (7b13c18)
• tmdb: add genre, discover, and details endpoints (3bac0d5)
• update docker run instruction with working proxy (cf5e010)
• whisper: in-process transcription via whisper.cpp (a09d67d)
• whisper: stream subtitles via LocalAgreement-2, VAD, and a realtime-paced encoder (1386dec)

Bug Fixes

• apply HLS-only ffmpeg input flags to HLS sources only (60207bc)
• clear quarantine xattr in cask postflight (1d15a29)
• clear quarantine xattr in cask postflight so castor runs after brew install (c425683), closes #17
• config: keep defaults when a section is present but empty (bc9fd8b)
• dlna: drive AVTransport and ConnectionManager v1, v2 and v3 (#23) (b18f045)
• dlna: stop pacing delivery to the renderer (81183ee)
• docker image has old ffmpeg version (0affafa)
• docker: install the ffmpeg/chromium/TLS runtime the pipeline needs (bd1cb14)
• drop component prefix from release tags (612341f)
• extract: pass --disable-dev-shm-usage to chromium (a793431)
• extract: reap headless Chrome on session teardown (aa56480)
• let real request headers win over header-less captures (b9f6632)
• pass ggml include path to cmake for Metal .m files (4b70efd)
• reconnect on HTTP 429 with backoff (a2e6eb5)
• release: build whisper with GGML_NATIVE=OFF for portable binaries (98efaa8)
• release: ignore .zig-cache and whisper build_* dirs (d58ee28)
• release: matrix parallel whisper builds; stub install_name_tool for darwin cross (114775c)
• release: native runners for whisper builds, no cross-compile hacks (2c0b780)
• release: replace Pro-only split/merge with single-runner zig cross-compilation (976eab6)
• release: use MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH format for zig macOS target triple (6ca20fd)
• remove non-canonical timestamp gate from LA-2 (0b789d4)
• remove v prefix from cask download URL (250bc55)
• resolve: drop decoy streams with no castable video+audio (4d0f14d)
• send browser request headers to puller so hotlinked streams work (5651dd9)
• send browser request headers to puller so hotlinked streams work (ca50081), closes #14
• stream buffers too much (eeb5bb9)
• stream can stop after some time (e1aef10)

Refactors

• cast: split cue shaping out of whisper into a cue package (1e2ea3c)
• cmd: typed config wiring (a5fcc76)
• config: compose per-package configs (067977b)
• device: flatten renderers behind a connect factory (4c02e50)
• make sources an array without names, remove --source flag (657d041)
• media: add http header helpers (6360bf9)
• mirror DLNA discovery on the chromecast pattern (afa52f1)
• modernize Discover and gate device interface impls (b277fef)
• replay: remove the now-unused token bucket (7858d0e)
• source: group extraction and resolution under internal/source (c0eeee4)
• split HLS fetch from parse (d1f44dd)
• use explicit 2xx range check instead of the /100 trick (3999cab)

Documentation

• add a castor mascot to the README (be9cd9b)
• document Docker usage (ab0dfbd)
• document resolver max_height and other options (9e4a9c4)
• document subtitle generation and source build (b90c621)
• drop stale references to the send pacer (8157dd9)
• minimal config and direnv setup (f925ca9)
• overhaul README, add CONTRIBUTING and SECURITY (e010f18)
• readme: add Installation section (Homebrew, Docker, source) (a1c5d13)
• readme: fix stale commands, add config quickstart and screenshots (b01c55e)

Continuous Integration

• automate releases with release-please and on-demand canary previews (#26) (3aee244)
• check out submodules and build libwhisper before test and vet (ec0adb3)
• drop v prefix from release tags (8fb06fc)
• fix empty release version and release on ci commits (a241612)
• rebuild release pipeline native-per-platform, drop goreleaser (e1d492c)
• skip push CI on main (ecfc8e2)

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