Fix a minor glitch with series episode highlight border.

.gitea/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ jobs:
           git clone "${{ gitea.server_url }}/${{ gitea.repository }}.git" .
           git checkout -f "${{ gitea.sha }}"
 
+      # guibuild.py carries its own inline (PEP 723) deps — mediahive[gui]
+      # from the local checkout — so no project sync or --extra is needed.
       - name: Build GUI app and dist packages
         shell: ${{ matrix.shell }}
-        run: uv run --extra gui scripts/guibuild.py
+        run: uv run scripts/guibuild.py
 
       # Every platform converges on the one release for the tag; release.py
       # reuses an existing release and skips already-uploaded assets.
@@ -43,18 +45,33 @@ jobs:
           GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
         run: uv run scripts/release.py
 
-      # Wheel/sdist are platform-independent; the linux job also pushes them
-      # to PyPI. Token is the PYPI_TOKEN repository secret.
-      - name: Publish to PyPI
-        if: matrix.os == 'linux'
-        shell: ${{ matrix.shell }}
-        env:
-          UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
-        run: uv publish
-
       - name: Attach platform artifact to the Gitea release
         if: matrix.os != 'linux'
         shell: ${{ matrix.shell }}
         env:
           GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
         run: uv run scripts/release.py --no-dist
+
+  # Publish the Python package to PyPI only once every platform's GUI build
+  # has succeeded. Jobs don't share a workspace, so the platform-independent
+  # wheel/sdist are rebuilt here (same tag version) instead of being passed
+  # around as artifacts.
+  publish-pypi:
+    needs: gui-build
+    runs-on: linux
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          git clone "${{ gitea.server_url }}/${{ gitea.repository }}.git" .
+          git checkout -f "${{ gitea.sha }}"
+
+      - name: Build wheel and sdist
+        shell: bash
+        run: uv build
+
+      - name: Publish to PyPI
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
+        run: uv publish

README.md

@@ -46,12 +46,13 @@ MediaHive is designed to work with a mouse, keyboard, or gamepad.
 
 MediaHive opens files with the OS default player, but one specific player may be configured via settings. You are of course free to use any player instead.
 
-- `A` toggles play and pause.
+![Controller bindings](https://git.zi.fi/LeoVasanko/mediahive/media/branch/main/docs/controls.avif)
-- `B` closes the player.
+**Gamepad controls are currently available only on MPC-BE, with its WebUI enabled.**
-- `Y` toggles mute.
-- D-pad up and down change volume.
-- D-pad left and right seek during playback, or step frames while paused.
 
 ## Background
 
-This project started as a personal project that I have used for browsing my warez for some time now. It is still in early development, but I have just now made it public for a wider audience.
+This project started as a personal project that I have used for browsing my warez for some time now. After it grew in number of users, I've put serious development effort into it to provide a truly polished view, while responding to user needs.
+
+Little details include flags for audio and subtitle languages (also srt) and a series view with per episode video previews while avoiding spoilers of the episodes you haven't gotten to yet:
+
+![Series view](https://git.zi.fi/LeoVasanko/mediahive/media/branch/main/docs/seriesview.avif)

docs/API.md

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ All media paths are scoped to a **root**, identified by a friendly `root_id`
 | `GET` | `/api/health` | Lightweight health check. |
 | `GET` | `/api/config` | Returns the current root configuration. |
 | `PUT` | `/api/config/roots` | Atomically replace the full root set. Returns `{ "status": "ok", "accepted": [{path, root_id}], "failed": [...] }`. |
+| `GET` | `/api/update` | Returns `{ "version", "auto_update", "pending_version" }` — installed version, auto-update preference, and any downloaded update staged for the next launch (Velopack GUI builds only; `null` elsewhere). |
+| `PUT` | `/api/config/auto-update` | Enable/disable automatic update downloads. Body `{ "enabled": bool }`, persisted in config. |
+| `POST` | `/api/update/restart` | Applies the staged update and restarts into it. `404` when no update is pending. |
 | `POST` | `/api/play/{root_id}` | Opens a media file with a media player. Also starts an assumed-playback session (see notes). |
 | `GET` | `/api/players` | Lists detected media players. Returns `{ "players": [{id, name, family, path}] }`, including synthetic `default` and `custom` entries. |
 | `POST` | `/api/activity` | Reports user input activity; finalizes any assumed-playback session. Returns `{ "status": "ok", "finalized": bool }`. |

frontend/src/App.vue

@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
       :current-view="headerCurrentView"
       :search-query="searchQuery"
       :roots="headerRoots"
+      :scan-tasks="tasks"
+      :scan-connected="wsConnected"
+      :initial-scan-mode="isInitialScanMode"
       :mpc-be-connected="mpcBeConnected"
       :nav-row="1"
       :position="headerPosition"
@@ -209,7 +212,6 @@ import type {
   SeriesUi,
   MediaItem,
   EpisodeWithSeries,
-  TaskInfo,
   SeriesResumePoint,
 } from "./types"
 import {
@@ -228,6 +230,8 @@ import {
 } from "./composables/useKeyboardNavigation"
 import type { SyncedRowScrollSnapshot } from "./composables/useKeyboardNavigation"
 import { useMediaWebSocket } from "./composables/useMediaWebSocket"
+import { computeProgressRoots, type RootTaskInfo } from "./composables/useScanProgress"
+import { useSettingsOpen } from "./composables/useSettingsOpen"
 import Header from "./components/Header.vue"
 import CollageHero from "./components/CollageHero.vue"
 import MediaRow from "./components/MediaRow.vue"
@@ -292,20 +296,6 @@ const {
   roots: rootStatuses,
 } = useMediaWebSocket()
 
-type RootTaskInfo = TaskInfo & { root_id: string }
-
-interface ProgressRootState {
-  rootId: string
-  rootLabel: string
-  scanTarget: string | null
-  phaseLabel: string
-  phaseDetail: string | null
-  progressPercent: number
-  progressLabel: string | null
-  isDeterminate: boolean
-  toneClass: string
-}
-
 const activeTasks = computed<RootTaskInfo[]>(() => Array.from(tasks.value.values()))
 
 function getRootName(rootId: string | null | undefined): string | null {
@@ -313,132 +303,15 @@ function getRootName(rootId: string | null | undefined): string | null {
   return rootStatuses.value.get(rootId)?.root_id || null
 }
 
-function normalizePosixPath(value: string): string {
+const progressRoots = computed(() =>
-  return value.replace(/\\/g, "/")
+  computeProgressRoots(
-}
+    activeTasks.value,
+    (rootId) => rootStatuses.value.get(rootId)?.path || null,
+    isInitialScanMode.value,
+  ),
+)
 
-function extractScanPath(detail: string): string | null {
+const isSettingsView = useSettingsOpen()
-  if (!detail.startsWith("Scanning:")) return null
-  let value = detail.replace(/^Scanning:\s*/i, "").trim()
-  value = value.replace(/\s*\(\d+\s+found\)\s*$/i, "").trim()
-  return value || null
-}
-
-function buildScanTarget(rootId: string, rootPath: string | null, detail: string): string | null {
-  const rawPath = extractScanPath(detail)
-  if (!rawPath) return null
-
-  const posixRaw = normalizePosixPath(rawPath)
-  const posixRoot = rootPath ? normalizePosixPath(rootPath) : null
-
-  let relative = posixRaw
-  if (posixRoot) {
-    const lowRaw = posixRaw.toLowerCase()
-    const lowRoot = posixRoot.toLowerCase()
-    if (lowRaw === lowRoot) {
-      relative = ""
-    } else if (lowRaw.startsWith(`${lowRoot}/`)) {
-      relative = posixRaw.slice(posixRoot.length).replace(/^\/+/, "")
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (!relative) return rootId
-  if (relative.toLowerCase().startsWith(`${rootId.toLowerCase()}/`)) return relative
-  return `${rootId}/${relative}`
-}
-
-function describeRootProgress(
-  rootId: string,
-  rootPath: string | null,
-  tasksForRoot: RootTaskInfo[],
-  isInitialScanMode: boolean,
-): ProgressRootState | null {
-  const running = tasksForRoot.filter((task) => task.status === "running")
-  const latestError = [...tasksForRoot].reverse().find((task) => task.status === "error") || null
-
-  if (running.length === 0 && !latestError) return null
-
-  const scanTask = running.find((task) => task.id.startsWith("scan-")) || null
-  const showreelCount = running.filter((task) => task.id.startsWith("showreel-")).length
-  const otherRunningCount = running.length - (scanTask ? 1 : 0) - showreelCount
-
-  let phaseLabel = "Processing media"
-  let phaseDetail: string | null = null
-  let scanTarget: string | null = null
-  let isDeterminate = false
-  let progressPercent = 0
-  let progressLabel: string | null = null
-  let toneClass = ""
-
-  if (scanTask) {
-    const detail = (scanTask.detail || "").trim()
-    scanTarget = buildScanTarget(rootId, rootPath, detail)
-    if (detail.startsWith("Scanning:")) {
-      phaseLabel = isInitialScanMode ? "Scanning folders" : "Checking for updates"
-      phaseDetail = isInitialScanMode ? "Looking for new files" : "Running background scan"
-    } else if (/^Processing\s+\d+\s+(items|movies|series)/i.test(detail)) {
-      phaseLabel = "Preparing titles"
-      phaseDetail = "Matching files and grouping releases"
-    } else {
-      phaseLabel = "Fetching metadata"
-      phaseDetail = detail ? `Current title: ${detail}` : "Updating titles and artwork"
-    }
-    if (scanTask.progress > 0 && scanTask.progress <= 1) {
-      isDeterminate = true
-      progressPercent = Math.max(1, Math.round(scanTask.progress * 100))
-      progressLabel = `${progressPercent}%`
-    }
-  } else if (showreelCount > 0) {
-    phaseLabel = "Generating previews"
-    phaseDetail =
-      showreelCount === 1 ? "Building 1 preview reel" : `Building ${showreelCount} preview reels`
-  } else if (otherRunningCount > 0) {
-    phaseLabel = "Finalizing updates"
-    phaseDetail = "Applying library changes"
-  } else if (latestError) {
-    phaseLabel = "Needs attention"
-    phaseDetail = latestError.detail || "A background task failed"
-    toneClass = "activity-root-error"
-  }
-
-  if (showreelCount > 0 && scanTask) {
-    phaseDetail = phaseDetail
-      ? `${phaseDetail}. Preview generation is running in parallel.`
-      : "Preview generation is running in parallel"
-  }
-
-  return {
-    rootId,
-    rootLabel: rootId,
-    scanTarget,
-    phaseLabel,
-    phaseDetail,
-    progressPercent,
-    progressLabel,
-    isDeterminate,
-    toneClass,
-  }
-}
-
-const progressRoots = computed<ProgressRootState[]>(() => {
-  const byRoot = new Map<string, RootTaskInfo[]>()
-  for (const task of activeTasks.value) {
-    const list = byRoot.get(task.root_id) || []
-    list.push(task)
-    byRoot.set(task.root_id, list)
-  }
-
-  const rows: ProgressRootState[] = []
-  const initial = isInitialScanMode.value
-  for (const [rootId, rootTasks] of byRoot) {
-    const rootPath = rootStatuses.value.get(rootId)?.path || null
-    const row = describeRootProgress(rootId, rootPath, rootTasks, initial)
-    if (row) rows.push(row)
-  }
-  return rows.sort((a, b) => a.rootLabel.localeCompare(b.rootLabel))
-})
-
-const isSettingsView = computed(() => route.path === "/settings")
 const hasLibraryItems = computed(() => {
   if (!mediaIndex.value) return false
   return mediaIndex.value.movies.length > 0 || mediaIndex.value.series.length > 0
@@ -453,10 +326,8 @@ const headerRoots = computed(() =>
 )
 
 const showProgressPanel = computed(() => {
-  if (isInitialScanMode.value) {
+  if (isSettingsView.value) return false
-    return !wsConnected.value || progressRoots.value.length > 0
+  if (!isInitialScanMode.value) return false
-  }
-  if (!isSettingsView.value) return false
   return !wsConnected.value || progressRoots.value.length > 0
 })
 
@@ -1075,7 +946,7 @@ const activePanelScrollTop = computed(() => {
 })
 
 const headerStyle = computed(() => {
-  if (route.path === "/settings") {
+  if (isSettingsView.value) {
     return {}
   }
   return {

frontend/src/api.ts

@@ -426,13 +426,42 @@ export function getCoverUrl(coverPath: string | null, rootId?: string | null): s
 }
 
 /**
- * Invoke the native OS folder picker via pywebview, then add the selected
+ * Invoke the native OS folder picker via pywebview.
- * folder to the server's root list. Only works inside the packaged desktop app.
+ * Only works inside the packaged desktop app; returns null elsewhere.
  */
-export async function pickFolderAndAddRoot(): Promise<string | null> {
+export async function pickFolder(): Promise<string | null> {
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
   const api = (window as any).pywebview?.api
   if (!api) return null
   const folder: string | null = await api.pick_folder()
   return folder
 }
+
+export interface UpdateStatus {
+  version: string
+  auto_update: boolean
+  pending_version: string | null
+}
+
+/** Fetch version, auto-update preference, and any downloaded pending update. */
+export async function fetchUpdateStatus(): Promise<UpdateStatus> {
+  const response = await fetch("/api/update")
+  if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Failed to fetch update status: ${response.status}`)
+  return response.json()
+}
+
+/** Enable or disable automatic update downloads (persisted server-side). */
+export async function setAutoUpdate(enabled: boolean): Promise<void> {
+  const response = await fetch("/api/config/auto-update", {
+    method: "PUT",
+    headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+    body: JSON.stringify({ enabled }),
+  })
+  if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Failed to save auto-update setting: ${response.status}`)
+}
+
+/** Apply a downloaded update and restart the app into it. */
+export async function restartForUpdate(): Promise<void> {
+  const response = await fetch("/api/update/restart", { method: "POST" })
+  if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Failed to restart for update: ${response.status}`)
+}

frontend/src/components/SeriesFullView.vue

@@ -126,9 +126,7 @@
           @contextmenu="handleContextMenu($event, episode)"
         >
           <!-- SVG focus outline -->
-          <svg class="tile-focus-outline" viewBox="0 0 100 100" preserveAspectRatio="none">
+          <div class="tile-focus-outline"></div>
-            <rect x="0" y="0" width="100" height="100" />
-          </svg>
 
           <!-- Episode preview media -->
           <div class="tile-media">
@@ -1845,25 +1843,21 @@ html:not(.mouse-active) .season-poster-card.nav-focused,
   }
 }
 
-/* SVG focus outline styles for tiles */
+/* Focus outline for tiles; border width is half the SVG stroke width used on
+   poster cards, since a CSS border paints fully inside while an SVG stroke
+   is centered on the path (half of it clipped away). */
 .tile-focus-outline {
   position: absolute;
   inset: 0;
-  width: 100%;
+  border: 2px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9);
-  height: 100%;
+  border-radius: inherit;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
   pointer-events: none;
   z-index: 5;
   opacity: 0;
   transition: opacity 0.2s ease;
 }
 
-.tile-focus-outline rect {
-  fill: none;
-  stroke: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9);
-  stroke-width: 4;
-  vector-effect: non-scaling-stroke;
-}
-
 /* Show outline on hover and focus */
 html.mouse-active .episode-tile:hover .tile-focus-outline,
 html:not(.mouse-active) .episode-tile.nav-focused .tile-focus-outline {
@@ -1872,9 +1866,9 @@ html:not(.mouse-active) .episode-tile.nav-focused .tile-focus-outline {
 }
 
 /* Brighter outline for keyboard focus */
-html:not(.mouse-active) .episode-tile.nav-focused .tile-focus-outline rect {
+html:not(.mouse-active) .episode-tile.nav-focused .tile-focus-outline {
-  stroke: #ffffff;
+  border-color: #ffffff;
-  stroke-width: 5;
+  border-width: 2.5px;
   filter: drop-shadow(0 0 6px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8));
 }
 

frontend/src/composables/useScanProgress.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+import type { TaskInfo } from "../types"
+
+export type RootTaskInfo = TaskInfo & { root_id: string }
+
+export interface ProgressRootState {
+  rootId: string
+  rootLabel: string
+  scanTarget: string | null
+  phaseLabel: string
+  phaseDetail: string | null
+  progressPercent: number
+  progressLabel: string | null
+  isDeterminate: boolean
+  toneClass: string
+}
+
+function normalizePosixPath(value: string): string {
+  return value.replace(/\\/g, "/")
+}
+
+function extractScanPath(detail: string): string | null {
+  if (!detail.startsWith("Scanning:")) return null
+  let value = detail.replace(/^Scanning:\s*/i, "").trim()
+  value = value.replace(/\s*\(\d+\s+found\)\s*$/i, "").trim()
+  return value || null
+}
+
+function buildScanTarget(rootPath: string | null, detail: string): string | null {
+  const rawPath = extractScanPath(detail)
+  if (!rawPath) return null
+
+  const posixRaw = normalizePosixPath(rawPath)
+  const posixRoot = rootPath ? normalizePosixPath(rootPath) : null
+
+  if (posixRoot) {
+    const lowRaw = posixRaw.toLowerCase()
+    const lowRoot = posixRoot.toLowerCase()
+    if (lowRaw === lowRoot) return posixRoot
+    if (lowRaw.startsWith(`${lowRoot}/`)) {
+      return posixRaw.slice(posixRoot.length).replace(/^\/+/, "")
+    }
+  }
+  return posixRaw
+}
+
+function describeRootProgress(
+  rootId: string,
+  rootPath: string | null,
+  tasksForRoot: RootTaskInfo[],
+  isInitialScanMode: boolean,
+): ProgressRootState | null {
+  const running = tasksForRoot.filter((task) => task.status === "running")
+  const latestError = [...tasksForRoot].reverse().find((task) => task.status === "error") || null
+
+  if (running.length === 0 && !latestError) return null
+
+  const scanTask = running.find((task) => task.id.startsWith("scan-")) || null
+  const showreelCount = running.filter((task) => task.id.startsWith("showreel-")).length
+  const otherRunningCount = running.length - (scanTask ? 1 : 0) - showreelCount
+
+  let phaseLabel = "Processing media"
+  let phaseDetail: string | null = null
+  let scanTarget: string | null = null
+  let isDeterminate = false
+  let progressPercent = 0
+  let progressLabel: string | null = null
+  let toneClass = ""
+
+  if (scanTask) {
+    const detail = (scanTask.detail || "").trim()
+    scanTarget = buildScanTarget(rootPath, detail)
+    if (detail.startsWith("Scanning:")) {
+      phaseLabel = isInitialScanMode ? "Scanning folders" : "Checking for updates"
+    } else if (/^Processing\s+\d+\s+(items|movies|series)/i.test(detail)) {
+      phaseLabel = "Preparing titles"
+    } else if (/^(Starting scan|No new items|Done|Scan cancelled)/i.test(detail)) {
+      phaseLabel = isInitialScanMode ? "Scanning folders" : "Checking for updates"
+    } else {
+      phaseLabel = "Fetching metadata"
+      phaseDetail = detail || null
+    }
+    if (scanTask.progress > 0 && scanTask.progress <= 1) {
+      isDeterminate = true
+      progressPercent = Math.max(1, Math.round(scanTask.progress * 100))
+      progressLabel = `${progressPercent}%`
+    }
+  } else if (showreelCount > 0) {
+    phaseLabel = "Generating previews"
+  } else if (otherRunningCount > 0) {
+    phaseLabel = "Finalizing updates"
+  } else if (latestError) {
+    phaseLabel = "Needs attention"
+    phaseDetail = latestError.detail || "A background task failed"
+    toneClass = "activity-root-error"
+  }
+
+  return {
+    rootId,
+    rootLabel: rootId,
+    scanTarget,
+    phaseLabel,
+    phaseDetail,
+    progressPercent,
+    progressLabel,
+    isDeterminate,
+    toneClass,
+  }
+}
+
+export function computeProgressRoots(
+  tasks: Iterable<RootTaskInfo>,
+  getRootPath: (rootId: string) => string | null,
+  isInitialScanMode: boolean,
+): ProgressRootState[] {
+  const byRoot = new Map<string, RootTaskInfo[]>()
+  for (const task of tasks) {
+    const list = byRoot.get(task.root_id) || []
+    list.push(task)
+    byRoot.set(task.root_id, list)
+  }
+
+  const rows: ProgressRootState[] = []
+  for (const [rootId, rootTasks] of byRoot) {
+    const row = describeRootProgress(rootId, getRootPath(rootId), rootTasks, isInitialScanMode)
+    if (row) rows.push(row)
+  }
+  return rows.sort((a, b) => a.rootLabel.localeCompare(b.rootLabel))
+}

frontend/src/composables/useSettingsOpen.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { ref } from "vue"
+
+// Settings is an overlay, not a route: opening it must not change the URL or
+// the view behind it, so the open state is plain shared local state.
+const settingsOpen = ref(false)
+
+export function useSettingsOpen() {
+  return settingsOpen
+}

frontend/src/router.ts

@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ const router = createRouter({
       component: EmptyRouteComponent,
     },
     {
+      // Settings is now an overlay with no URL of its own; keep old links working.
       path: "/settings",
-      name: "settings",
+      redirect: "/movies",
-      component: EmptyRouteComponent,
     },
     {
       path: "/series",

frontend/src/styles/main.css

@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ html.mouse-active ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover {
   transition: top 0.6s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);
 }
 
+/* Leave room for the fixed app-exit button in desktop (pywebview) mode. */
+.header--gui {
+  padding-right: 3.5rem;
+}
+
 .header::before {
   content: "";
   position: absolute;

mediahive/config.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from platformdirs import user_config_path, user_log_path
 
 class Config(msgspec.Struct, omit_defaults=True):
     roots: dict[str, str] | None = None
+    auto_update: bool = True
 
 
 # Runtime config shared between the CLI entrypoint and the server process via

mediahive/server.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 import aiofiles
 import msgspec
+import msgspec.structs
 from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Request, WebSocket, WebSocketDisconnect
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from fastapi.responses import (
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@ from fastapi.responses import (
 )
 from fastapi_vue import Frontend, env
 
-from mediahive.config import config, load_config, log_dir
+from mediahive import updater
+from mediahive.config import config, load_config, log_dir, save_config
 from mediahive.hivescan.images import close_image_client
 from mediahive.hivescan.scanner import RootScanner
 from mediahive.hivescan.tmdb_client import close_http_client
@@ -1079,6 +1081,46 @@ async def get_version():
     return {"version": version}
 
 
+# --- Auto-update (Velopack, GUI builds only) ---
+
+
+@app.get("/api/update")
+async def get_update_status():
+    """Version, auto-update preference, and any staged (downloaded) update."""
+    version = (await get_version())["version"]
+    cfg = load_config()
+    pending = await asyncio.to_thread(updater.pending_update)
+    return {
+        "version": version,
+        "auto_update": cfg.auto_update,
+        "pending_version": pending,
+    }
+
+
+@app.put("/api/config/auto-update")
+async def put_auto_update(request: Request):
+    """Enable/disable automatic update downloads (persisted in config)."""
+    body = msgspec.json.decode(await request.body())
+    enabled = bool(body.get("enabled", True))
+    cfg = load_config()
+    save_config(msgspec.structs.replace(cfg, auto_update=enabled))
+    with suppress(AttributeError, TypeError):
+        config.auto_update = enabled
+    if enabled:
+        # Catch up on anything missed while updates were disabled.
+        asyncio.create_task(asyncio.to_thread(updater.check_and_download))
+    return {"auto_update": enabled}
+
+
+@app.post("/api/update/restart")
+async def restart_for_update():
+    """Apply the staged update and restart into it (never returns on success)."""
+    applied = await asyncio.to_thread(updater.apply_pending_and_restart)
+    if not applied:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="No downloaded update to apply")
+    return {"status": "restarting"}
+
+
 def _read_log() -> str:
     """Return the full application log file."""
     path = log_dir() / "mediahive.log"

mediahive/updater.py

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+"""Optional Velopack auto-update integration (GUI builds only).
+
+In development and portable-ZIP runs Velopack is either not installed or the
+app is not a Velopack installation; every helper degrades to a no-op then, so
+callers never need to special-case those environments.
+"""
+
+import logging
+
+from mediahive.config import load_config
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+VELOPACK_REPO_URL = "https://git.zi.fi/LeoVasanko/mediahive"
+
+
+def _manager():
+    """Return a Velopack UpdateManager, or None when updates are unavailable."""
+    try:
+        import velopack
+    except ImportError:
+        return None
+    try:
+        return velopack.UpdateManager(velopack.GiteaSource(VELOPACK_REPO_URL))
+    except RuntimeError, OSError:
+        # Not a Velopack installation (dev / portable run).
+        return None
+
+
+def pending_update() -> str | None:
+    """Version of a downloaded update staged for the next launch, if any."""
+    mgr = _manager()
+    if mgr is None:
+        return None
+    try:
+        asset = mgr.get_update_pending_restart()
+    except RuntimeError, OSError:
+        return None
+    return str(asset.Version) if asset is not None else None
+
+
+def apply_pending_and_restart() -> bool:
+    """Apply the staged update and restart into it. False when nothing pending."""
+    mgr = _manager()
+    if mgr is None:
+        return False
+    try:
+        asset = mgr.get_update_pending_restart()
+        if asset is None:
+            return False
+        logger.info("Velopack: applying staged update %s and restarting", asset.Version)
+        mgr.apply_updates_and_restart(asset)
+    except (RuntimeError, OSError) as exc:
+        logger.warning("Velopack: failed to apply staged update: %s", exc)
+        return False
+    return True
+
+
+def check_and_download() -> None:
+    """Download available updates in the background, unless disabled in config.
+
+    Downloaded updates are applied automatically by Velopack on the next app
+    start, so the running session is never interrupted. Network failures and
+    non-Velopack runs are expected and skipped quietly.
+    """
+    if not load_config().auto_update:
+        logger.info("Velopack: automatic updates disabled, skipping check")
+        return
+    mgr = _manager()
+    if mgr is None:
+        return
+    try:
+        info = mgr.check_for_updates()
+        if info is None:
+            logger.info("Velopack: no update available")
+            return
+        version = info.TargetFullRelease.Version
+        logger.info("Velopack: downloading update %s", version)
+        mgr.download_updates(info)
+        logger.info("Velopack: update %s staged, applies on next launch", version)
+    except (RuntimeError, OSError) as exc:
+        logger.info("Velopack update check skipped: %s", exc)

mediahive/winmain.py

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ from fastapi_vue.logging import patch_log_config
 from fastapi_vue.startupbox import print_box
 from tracerite.html import html_traceback
 
+from mediahive import updater
 from mediahive.config import config, load_config, log_dir, save_config
 from mediahive.volume_control import get_volume, set_volume, volume_max
 
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ HEALTH_TIMEOUT = 2  # seconds
 BACKEND_HEALTH_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 2  # seconds
 BACKEND_HEALTH_POLL_SECONDS = 0.25
 MPC_BE_URL = "http://127.0.0.1:13579"
-VELOPACK_REPO_URL = "https://git.zi.fi/LeoVasanko/mediahive"
 GAMEPAD_REPEAT_SECONDS = 0.008
 GAMEPAD_POLL_SECONDS = 0.008
 MPC_BE_FRAME_REPEAT_SECONDS = 0.016
@@ -989,25 +989,14 @@ def _velopack_startup() -> None:
 
 
 def _check_for_updates() -> None:
-    """Download available updates in the background.
+    """Download available updates in the background (unless disabled in config).
 
     Downloaded updates are applied automatically by Velopack on the next app
     start (via _velopack_startup), so the running session is never
     interrupted. Not a Velopack install (dev/portable) and network failures
     are expected and skipped quietly.
     """
-    try:
+    updater.check_and_download()
-        mgr = velopack.UpdateManager(velopack.GiteaSource(VELOPACK_REPO_URL))
-        info = mgr.check_for_updates()
-        if info is None:
-            logger.info("Velopack: no update available")
-            return
-        version = info.TargetFullRelease.Version
-        logger.info("Velopack: downloading update %s", version)
-        mgr.download_updates(info)
-        logger.info("Velopack: update %s staged, applies on next launch", version)
-    except (RuntimeError, OSError) as exc:
-        logger.info("Velopack update check skipped: %s", exc)
 
 
 def gui_main() -> None:
@@ -1033,6 +1022,16 @@ class JsApi:
         result = self._window.create_file_dialog(webview.FOLDER_DIALOG)
         return result[0] if result else None
 
+    def exit_app(self) -> None:
+        """Close the window, shutting the app down (like the OS close button)."""
+        if self._window:
+            self._window.destroy()
+
+    def toggle_fullscreen(self) -> None:
+        """Switch between fullscreen and windowed mode in place."""
+        if self._window:
+            self._window.toggle_fullscreen()
+
     def set_volume(self, x: float) -> None:
         """Set system master volume from slider position ``x`` (0.0 .. 1.5)."""
         # Clamp to the platform's maximum so the slider never exceeds what

pyproject.toml

@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ gui = [
     "velopack>=1.2",
     "pythonnet>=3.1.0rc0; platform_system == 'Windows' and python_version >= '3.14'",
     "pyinstaller>=6.0",
+    # scripts/guibuild.py reads the version with it (same logic as hatch-vcs).
+    "setuptools_scm>=8",
 ]
 
 [dependency-groups]

scripts/guibuild.py

@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env -S uv run
+# /// script
+# requires-python = ">=3.14"
+# dependencies = [
+#     "mediahive[gui]",
+# ]
+#
+# [tool.uv.sources]
+# mediahive = { path = "../" }
+# ///
 """Build the desktop GUI application and package it with Velopack.
 
 Usage:
     uv run scripts/guibuild.py
 
-This runs in the project environment where dependencies
+Self-contained: inline script dependencies above make uv resolve the
-are available via pyproject.toml.
+package (with the gui extra) plus this script's own direct imports.
 
 This script:
     1. Reads the version from pyproject.toml