Updating

Self-host always runs the same editor version as editor.dontv.shop. Each time a new version goes live on editor.dontv.shop, a self-host release comes out with it, and your install picks it up the next time M3UTool starts. Follow these steps to update by hand or to update the M3UTool program itself.

When updates arrive

Every time the M3UTool program starts M3UTool, it first asks editor.dontv.shop for the newest release. When there is a new one, it downloads it (about 400 MB), checks it and restarts M3UTool with it. When there is none, M3UTool starts right away.

• Windows: This happens when you log in to Windows (with Start with Windows ticked), and when you click Start or Update on the M3UTool icon.
• Linux: This happens when you run dontv start or dontv update, or click Start or Update on the M3UTool icon of dontv tray.

Your playlists, customers and settings are kept in every update.

Update now

1. Start the update: Right-click the M3UTool icon and click Update. On Linux, run dontv update.
2. Wait for Running: The first line of the icon's menu shows the download and then Running. On Linux, the command shows a download bar when there is a new release and ends with "M3UTool is running in the background".
3. Check the version: Open the editor. The version at the right of the top bar (for example v0.2.663) is the same as on editor.dontv.shop.

Update the M3UTool program itself

Update brings a new editor. The M3UTool program (the icon on Windows, the dontv command on Linux) only changes when you run the install command again. Do this now and then, so the program gets its fixes too.

1. Run the install command again: On Windows, the command from Install on Windows. On Linux, the command from Install on Linux.
2. Paste your key: The installer asks for your M3UTool key again.
3. Wait until it is done: The installer replaces the program, fetches the newest editor and starts M3UTool. Your data stays.

Troubleshooting

• The update stops with "your M3UTool plan is not active": Updating needs an active plan, because the download is only handed out for a paid plan. M3UTool that is already running keeps running. Pay your plan, then click Update again.
• The update stops because editor.dontv.shop cannot be reached: Check your internet connection and try again later. Starting M3UTool from the icon also asks for the newest release first, so it needs the internet too.
• The update stops halfway: Click Update again. A download that broke off starts again.
• Anything else: Right-click the M3UTool icon and click Show logs, or run dontv logs -f.