diff --git a/dashboard-ui/css/card.css b/dashboard-ui/css/card.css
index 92ad29b820..c06aafd497 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/css/card.css
+++ b/dashboard-ui/css/card.css
@@ -275,10 +275,6 @@
 
 @media all and (min-width: 540px) {
 
-    .portraitCard {
-        width: 25%;
-    }
-
     .smallBackdropCard {
         width: 33.3%;
     }
@@ -287,6 +283,12 @@
 
 @media all and (min-width: 640px) {
 
+    .portraitCard {
+        width: 25%;
+    }
+}
+
+@media all and (min-width: 700px) {
     .backdropCard {
         width: 33.3%;
     }
@@ -296,7 +298,6 @@
     }
 }
 
-
 @media all and (min-width: 800px) {
 
     .squareCard {
@@ -319,10 +320,6 @@
         width: 20%;
     }
 
-    .backdropCard {
-        width: 25%;
-    }
-
     .smallBackdropCard {
         width: 20%;
     }
@@ -331,6 +328,10 @@
 
 @media all and (min-width: 1200px) {
 
+    .backdropCard {
+        width: 25%;
+    }
+
     .squareCard {
         width: 16.666666666666666666666666666667%;
     }
@@ -483,15 +484,6 @@
     }
 }
 
-
-@media all and (min-width: 600px) {
-
-    .detailPageSquareCard {
-        width: 20%;
-    }
-}
-
-
 /** homePageSmallBackdropCard */
 .homePageSmallBackdropCard .cardPadder {
     padding-bottom: 56.25%;
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/css/librarybrowser.css b/dashboard-ui/css/librarybrowser.css
index 32131bdf6c..7fd62c5291 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/css/librarybrowser.css
+++ b/dashboard-ui/css/librarybrowser.css
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ span.itemCommunityRating:not(:empty) + .userDataIcons {
 
 .noBackdrop {
     height: auto;
-    margin: 2.5em 0 0;
+    margin: 3em 0 0;
 }
 
     .noBackdrop .itemBackdropContent {
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ span.itemCommunityRating:not(:empty) + .userDataIcons {
 
 .detailSection {
     vertical-align: top;
-    margin-bottom: 2em;
+    margin-bottom: 2.5em;
 }
 
 .detailCollapsibleSection:not(.hide) + .detailCollapsibleSection {
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ span.itemCommunityRating:not(:empty) + .userDataIcons {
 }
 
     .detailSectionHeader, .detailSectionHeader h3 {
-        font-size: 16px;
+        font-size: 17px;
         font-weight: 400;
     }
 
@@ -754,13 +754,37 @@ span.itemCommunityRating:not(:empty) + .userDataIcons {
 
 @media all and (max-width: 800px) {
 
-    .editorMenuLink {
-        display: none;
+    .itemBackdrop:not(.noBackdrop) {
+        height: 500px;
     }
+}
+
+@media all and (max-height: 800px), (max-width: 700px) {
+
+    .itemBackdrop:not(.noBackdrop) {
+        height: 400px;
+    }
+}
+
+@media all and (max-height: 700px) {
+
+    .itemBackdrop:not(.noBackdrop) {
+        height: 340px;
+    }
+}
+
+@media all and (max-height: 600px), (max-width: 600px) {
 
     .itemBackdrop:not(.noBackdrop) {
         height: 280px;
     }
+}
+
+@media all and (max-width: 800px) {
+
+    .editorMenuLink {
+        display: none;
+    }
 
     .itemDetailImage {
         max-height: 240px;
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/css/librarymenu.css b/dashboard-ui/css/librarymenu.css
index acf97b0bd3..5f26e2072f 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/css/librarymenu.css
+++ b/dashboard-ui/css/librarymenu.css
@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@
 
 .libraryMenuDivider {
     height: 1px;
-    background: #333;
+    background: #282828;
     margin: .5em 0;
 }
 
+.headerBackButton {
+    padding-right: 0 !important;
+}
+
 .viewMenuBar, .barsMenuButton, .libraryMenuButtonText, .btnCast {
     height: 50px;
 }
@@ -50,7 +54,6 @@
 }
 
 .headerButtonLeft {
-    float: left;
     padding: 0 15px;
 }
 
@@ -176,22 +179,22 @@
     vertical-align: top;
 }
 
-.librarySidebarLinks a {
-    font-weight: 300 !important;
+.librarySidebarLinks {
+    margin-left: -1em;
+    margin-right: -1em;
+    margin-top: -1em;
+    padding-top: 0;
 }
 
-    .librarySidebarLinks a:hover {
-        background-color: #38c !important;
-        color: #fff !important;
+    .librarySidebarLinks a {
+        font-weight: 300 !important;
+        padding: .7em 20px .7em 0;
     }
 
-.homeViewMenu {
-    background-image: url(images/mblogoicon.png) !important;
-    background-size: 39px 26px !important;
-    background-position: 13px center !important;
-    padding-left: 66px !important;
-    background-repeat: no-repeat !important;
-}
+        .librarySidebarLinks a:hover {
+            background-color: #38c !important;
+            color: #fff !important;
+        }
 
 .viewMenuSecondary {
     position: absolute;
@@ -210,7 +213,7 @@
 }
 
 .ui-panel.ui-body-b {
-    background-color: #222;
+    background-color: #161616;
 }
 
 .libraryViewNav .ui-btn-active {
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/css/mediaplayer-video.css b/dashboard-ui/css/mediaplayer-video.css
index b523c4199b..14cbd735bb 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/css/mediaplayer-video.css
+++ b/dashboard-ui/css/mediaplayer-video.css
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@
 }
 
 /* Hack for safari because it doesn't allow clickable content over the video surface. */
-.itemVideo { (;top: 9%!important;height: 91% !important;); }
-.itemVideo { [;top: 9%!important;height: 91% !important;]; }
+/*.itemVideo { (;top: 9%!important;height: 91% !important;); }
+.itemVideo { [;top: 9%!important;height: 91% !important;]; }*/
 
 #mediaPlayer .ui-slider-track, .nowPlayingBar .ui-slider-track, .nowPlayingPage .ui-slider-track {
     border-color: #2ad !important;
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/css/site.css b/dashboard-ui/css/site.css
index a9cec93db7..74d6cd9b9a 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/css/site.css
+++ b/dashboard-ui/css/site.css
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@
 
 /* latin */
 @font-face {
-  font-family: 'Montserrat';
-  font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 400;
-  src: local('Montserrat-Regular'), url(fonts/Montserrat.woff) format('woff');
-  unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02C6, U+02DA, U+02DC, U+2000-206F, U+2074, U+20AC, U+2212, U+2215, U+E0FF, U+EFFD, U+F000;
+    font-family: 'Montserrat';
+    font-style: normal;
+    font-weight: 400;
+    src: local('Montserrat-Regular'), url(fonts/Montserrat.woff) format('woff');
+    unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02C6, U+02DA, U+02DC, U+2000-206F, U+2074, U+20AC, U+2212, U+2215, U+E0FF, U+EFFD, U+F000;
 }
 
 /* For some reason jquery mobile 1.4.5 wants to horitontally pad mini form fields. */
@@ -156,6 +156,12 @@ h1 a:hover {
         display: none;
     }
 
+.ui-slider-track.ui-mini .ui-slider-handle {
+    height: 18px;
+    width: 18px;
+    margin: -10px 0 0 -10px;
+}
+
 .largePanel {
     width: 270px;
 }
@@ -382,6 +388,7 @@ h1 .imageLink {
     font-size: 17px;
     width: 66px;
     text-align: center;
+    vertical-align: middle;
 }
 
 .ui-page-theme-a .sidebarLinkIcon {
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/itemdetails.html b/dashboard-ui/itemdetails.html
index f0c76ed506..a8737d9935 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/itemdetails.html
+++ b/dashboard-ui/itemdetails.html
@@ -110,6 +110,12 @@
                 <a href="gamestudios.html">${TabStudios}</a>
             </div>
         </div>
+        <div class="itemTabs channelTabs" style="display: none;">
+            <div class="libraryViewNav scopedLibraryViewNav">
+                <a href="channelslatest.html">${TabLatest}</a>
+                <a href="channels.html" class="ui-btn-active">${TabChannels}</a>
+            </div>
+        </div>
 
         <div class="channelHeader" style="display: none;"></div>
 
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/mypreferenceswebclient.html b/dashboard-ui/mypreferenceswebclient.html
index 4e9c4ab24e..0288827fa8 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/mypreferenceswebclient.html
+++ b/dashboard-ui/mypreferenceswebclient.html
@@ -121,6 +121,35 @@
                         </select>
                     </div>
                     <br />
+                    <div>
+                        <label for="selectMaxChromecastBitrate">${LabelMaxChromecastBitrate}</label>
+                        <select id="selectMaxChromecastBitrate" data-mini="true">
+                            <option value="30000000">30Mbps</option>
+                            <option value="25000000">25Mbps</option>
+                            <option value="20000000">20Mbps</option>
+                            <option value="15000000">15Mbps</option>
+                            <option value="12000000">12Mbps</option>
+                            <option value="11000000">11Mbps</option>
+                            <option value="10000000">10Mbps</option>
+                            <option value="9000000">9Mbps</option>
+                            <option value="8000000">8Mbps</option>
+                            <option value="7000000">7Mbps</option>
+                            <option value="6000000">6Mbps</option>
+                            <option value="5000000">5Mbps</option>
+                            <option value="4000000">4Mbps</option>
+                            <option value="3000000">3Mbps</option>
+                            <option value="2500000">2.5Mbps</option>
+                            <option value="2000000">2Mbps</option>
+                            <option value="1500000">1.5Mbps</option>
+                            <option value="1000000">1Mbps</option>
+                            <option value="720000">720kbps</option>
+                            <option value="420000">420kbps</option>
+                            <option value="400000">400kbps</option>
+                            <option value="320000">320kbps</option>
+                            <option value="192000">192kbps</option>
+                        </select>
+                    </div>
+                    <br />
                     <div>
                         <label for="selectThemeSong">${LabelEnableThemeSongs}</label>
                         <select id="selectThemeSong" data-mini="true">
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/chromecast.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/chromecast.js
index a03f943ff8..8a689becc4 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/chromecast.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/chromecast.js
@@ -336,8 +336,7 @@
 
         var player = this;
 
-        var bitrateSetting = AppSettings.maxStreamingBitrate();
-        bitrateSetting = Math.min(bitrateSetting, 10000000);
+        var bitrateSetting = AppSettings.maxChromecastBitrate();
 
         var receiverName = null;
 
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/itembynamedetailpage.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/itembynamedetailpage.js
index 224188f8be..b851d69b1c 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/itembynamedetailpage.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/itembynamedetailpage.js
@@ -155,49 +155,49 @@
         if (item.MovieCount) {
 
             html += '<input type="radio" name="ibnItems" id="radioMovies" class="context-movies" value="on">';
-            html += '<label for="radioMovies">'+Globalize.translate('TabMovies')+'</label>';
+            html += '<label for="radioMovies">' + Globalize.translate('TabMovies') + '</label>';
         }
 
         if (item.SeriesCount) {
 
             html += '<input type="radio" name="ibnItems" id="radioShows" class="context-tv" value="on">';
-            html += '<label for="radioShows">'+Globalize.translate('TabSeries')+'</label>';
+            html += '<label for="radioShows">' + Globalize.translate('TabSeries') + '</label>';
         }
 
         if (item.EpisodeCount) {
 
             html += '<input type="radio" name="ibnItems" id="radioEpisodes" class="context-tv" value="on">';
-            html += '<label for="radioEpisodes">'+Globalize.translate('TabEpisodes')+'</label>';
+            html += '<label for="radioEpisodes">' + Globalize.translate('TabEpisodes') + '</label>';
         }
 
         if (item.TrailerCount) {
 
             html += '<input type="radio" name="ibnItems" id="radioTrailers" class="context-movies" value="on">';
-            html += '<label for="radioTrailers">'+Globalize.translate('TabTrailers')+'</label>';
+            html += '<label for="radioTrailers">' + Globalize.translate('TabTrailers') + '</label>';
         }
 
         if (item.GameCount) {
 
             html += '<input type="radio" name="ibnItems" id="radioGames" class="context-games" value="on">';
-            html += '<label for="radioGames">'+Globalize.translate('TabGames')+'</label>';
+            html += '<label for="radioGames">' + Globalize.translate('TabGames') + '</label>';
         }
 
         if (item.AlbumCount) {
 
             html += '<input type="radio" name="ibnItems" id="radioAlbums" class="context-music" value="on">';
-            html += '<label for="radioAlbums">'+Globalize.translate('TabAlbums')+'</label>';
+            html += '<label for="radioAlbums">' + Globalize.translate('TabAlbums') + '</label>';
         }
 
         if (item.SongCount) {
 
             html += '<input type="radio" name="ibnItems" id="radioSongs" class="context-music" value="on">';
-            html += '<label for="radioSongs">'+Globalize.translate('TabSongs')+'</label>';
+            html += '<label for="radioSongs">' + Globalize.translate('TabSongs') + '</label>';
         }
 
         if (item.MusicVideoCount) {
 
             html += '<input type="radio" name="ibnItems" id="radioMusicVideos" class="context-music" value="on">';
-            html += '<label for="radioMusicVideos">'+Globalize.translate('TabMusicVideos')+'</label>';
+            html += '<label for="radioMusicVideos">' + Globalize.translate('TabMusicVideos') + '</label>';
         }
 
         html += '</fieldset>';
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    function getItemsFunction(options) {
+    function getQuery(options) {
 
         var query = {
 
@@ -407,6 +407,13 @@
 
         addCurrentItemToQuery(query);
 
+        return query;
+    }
+
+    function getItemsFunction(options) {
+
+        var query = getQuery(options);
+
         return function (index, limit, fields) {
 
             query.StartIndex = index;
@@ -424,27 +431,10 @@
         Dashboard.showLoadingMsg();
 
         _childrenItemsFunction = getItemsFunction(options);
-        var query = {
 
-            SortBy: "SortName",
-            SortOrder: "Ascending",
-            IncludeItemTypes: "",
-            Recursive: true,
-            Fields: "AudioInfo,SeriesInfo,ParentId,PrimaryImageAspectRatio,SyncInfo",
-            Limit: LibraryBrowser.getDefaultPageSize(),
-            StartIndex: 0,
-            CollapseBoxSetItems: false
-        };
+        var query = getQuery(options);
 
-        query = $.extend(query, options || {});
-
-        if (query.IncludeItemTypes == "Audio") {
-            query.SortBy = "AlbumArtist,Album,SortName";
-        }
-
-        addCurrentItemToQuery(query);
-
-        ApiClient.getItems(Dashboard.getCurrentUserId(), query).done(function (result) {
+        getItemsFunction(options)(options.StartIndex, options.Limit, options.Fields).done(function (result) {
 
             var html = '';
 
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/itemdetailpage.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/itemdetailpage.js
index ed46d1b2d5..edf5e8ea70 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/itemdetailpage.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/itemdetailpage.js
@@ -282,6 +282,9 @@
                 $('.lnkMovies', page).addClass('ui-btn-active');
             }
         }
+        else if (context == 'channels') {
+            elem = $('.channelTabs', page).show();
+        }
         else if (item.Type == "MusicAlbum") {
             $('#albumTabs', page).show();
         }
@@ -627,6 +630,7 @@
             promise = ApiClient.getSimilarTrailers(item.Id, options);
         }
         else if (item.Type == "MusicAlbum") {
+            options.limit = 4;
             promise = ApiClient.getSimilarAlbums(item.Id, options);
         }
         else if (item.Type == "Series") {
@@ -1314,7 +1318,7 @@
             if (stream.ChannelLayout) {
                 attributes.push(createAttribute(Globalize.translate('MediaInfoLayout'), stream.ChannelLayout));
             }
-            else if (stream.Channels) {
+            if (stream.Channels) {
                 attributes.push(createAttribute(Globalize.translate('MediaInfoChannels'), stream.Channels + ' ch'));
             }
 
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/librarymenu.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/librarymenu.js
index c80a599e99..2d1b8da192 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/librarymenu.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/librarymenu.js
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
         var html = '<div class="viewMenuBar ui-bar-b">';
 
+        if ($.browser.safari && $.browser.mobile && window.navigator.standalone) {
+            html += '<a data-rel="back" data-role="none" href="#" class="headerButton headerButtonLeft headerBackButton"><div class="fa fa-arrow-circle-o-left"></div></a>';
+        }
+
         html += '<button type="button" data-role="none" title="Menu" class="headerButton dashboardMenuButton barsMenuButton headerButtonLeft">';
         html += '<div class="barMenuInner fa fa-bars">';
         html += '</div>';
@@ -46,7 +50,7 @@
             var url = user.imageUrl;
 
             if (user.supportsImageParams) {
-                url += "&height=" + userButtonHeight;
+                url += "&height=" + (userButtonHeight * Math.max(devicePixelRatio || 1, 2));
             }
 
             html += '<img src="' + url + '" style="border-radius: 1000px; height:' + userButtonHeight + 'px;" />';
@@ -68,9 +72,24 @@
         $('.viewMenuBar').trigger('create');
 
         $(document).trigger('headercreated');
+        bindMenuEvents();
+    }
 
-        $('.libraryMenuButton').createHoverTouch().on('hovertouch', showLibraryMenu);
-        $('.dashboardMenuButton').createHoverTouch().on('hovertouch', showDashboardMenu);
+    function bindMenuEvents() {
+
+        if ($.browser.mobile) {
+
+            $('.libraryMenuButton').on('mousedown', function () {
+                showLibraryMenu(false);
+            });
+            $('.dashboardMenuButton').on('mousedown', function () {
+                showDashboardMenu(false);
+            });
+
+        } else {
+            $('.libraryMenuButton').createHoverTouch().on('hovertouch', showLibraryMenu);
+            $('.dashboardMenuButton').createHoverTouch().on('hovertouch', showDashboardMenu);
+        }
     }
 
     function getItemHref(item, context) {
@@ -102,13 +121,16 @@
         var page = $.mobile.activePage;
         var panel;
 
-        panel = getLibraryMenu();
-        updateLibraryNavLinks(page);
+        ConnectionManager.user().done(function (user) {
 
-        $(panel).panel('toggle').off('mouseleave.librarymenu').on('mouseleave.librarymenu', function () {
+            panel = getLibraryMenu(user);
+            updateLibraryNavLinks(page);
 
-            $(this).panel("close");
+            $(panel).panel('toggle').off('mouseleave.librarymenu').on('mouseleave.librarymenu', function () {
 
+                $(this).panel("close");
+
+            });
         });
     }
 
@@ -229,13 +251,42 @@
 
             html += '<div data-role="panel" id="libraryPanel" class="libraryPanel" data-position="left" data-display="overlay" data-position-fixed="true" data-theme="b">';
 
-            html += '<div class="sidebarLinks librarySidebarLinks" style="margin-top: 0;margin-left: -1em;margin-right: -1em;">';
+            html += '<div class="sidebarLinks librarySidebarLinks">';
+
+            //var userHref = user.localUser && user.localUser.Policy.EnableUserPreferenceAccess ?
+            //    'mypreferencesdisplay.html?userId=' + user.localUser.Id :
+            //    (user.localUser ? 'index.html' : '#');
+
+            //var paddingLeft = user.imageUrl ? 'padding-left:.7em;' : '';
+            //html += '<a style="margin-top:0;' + paddingLeft + 'display:block;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;font-size:16px;font-weight:400!important;background: #000;" href="' + userHref + '">';
+
+            //var imgWidth = 44;
+
+            //if (user.imageUrl) {
+            //    var url = user.imageUrl;
+
+            //    if (user.supportsImageParams) {
+            //        url += "&width=" + (imgWidth * Math.max(devicePixelRatio || 1, 2));
+            //    }
+
+            //    html += '<img style="max-width:' + imgWidth + 'px;vertical-align:middle;margin-right:.8em;border-radius: 50px;" src="' + url + '" />';
+            //} else {
+            //    html += '<span class="fa fa-user sidebarLinkIcon"></span>';
+            //}
+
+            //html += user.name;
+            //html += '</a>';
 
             var homeHref = ConnectionManager.currentApiClient() ? 'index.html' : 'selectserver.html';
 
-            html += '<a class="lnkMediaFolder sidebarLink homeViewMenu" href="' + homeHref + '">' + Globalize.translate('ButtonHome') + '</a>';
+            html += '<a class="lnkMediaFolder sidebarLink" style="margin-top:.5em;padding-left:1em;display:block;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;" href="' + homeHref + '">';
 
-            html += '<div class="libraryMenuDivider"></div>';
+            html += '<img style="max-width:36px;vertical-align:middle;margin-right:1em;" src="css/images/mblogoicon.png" />';
+
+            html += Globalize.translate('ButtonHome');
+            html += '</a>';
+
+            html += '<div class="libraryMenuDivider" style="margin-top:0;"></div>';
 
             html += getViewsHtml();
             html += '</div>';
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediacontroller.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediacontroller.js
index 0143a1b6c9..197652f38b 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediacontroller.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediacontroller.js
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@
 
             ApiClient.reportPlaybackStopped(stopInfo);
 
-        }).on('positionchange.mediacontroller', function (e, state) {
-
-
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediaplayer-video.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediaplayer-video.js
index 7528f47a66..f7482eb259 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediaplayer-video.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediaplayer-video.js
@@ -931,6 +931,31 @@
 
             var streamInfo = self.createStreamInfo('Video', item, mediaSource, startPosition);
 
+            // Huge hack alert. Safari doesn't seem to like if the segments aren't available right away when playback starts
+            // This will start the transcoding process before actually feeding the video url into the player
+            if ($.browser.safari && !mediaSource.RunTimeTicks) {
+
+                Dashboard.showLoadingMsg();
+
+                ApiClient.ajax({
+                    type: 'GET',
+                    url: streamInfo.url.replace('master.m3u8', 'live.m3u8')
+                }).always(function () {
+
+                    Dashboard.hideLoadingMsg();
+
+                }).done(function () {
+                    self.playVideoInternal(item, mediaSource, startPosition, streamInfo);
+                });
+
+            } else {
+                self.playVideoInternal(item, mediaSource, startPosition, streamInfo);
+            }
+
+        };
+
+        self.playVideoInternal = function (item, mediaSource, startPosition, streamInfo) {
+
             var videoUrl = streamInfo.url;
             var contentType = streamInfo.contentType;
             var startPositionInSeekParam = streamInfo.startPositionInSeekParam;
@@ -941,6 +966,31 @@
                 return s.Type == 'Subtitle';
             });
 
+            // Get Video Poster (Code from librarybrowser.js)
+            var screenWidth = Math.max(screen.height, screen.width);
+            var posterCode = '';
+
+            if (item.BackdropImageTags && item.BackdropImageTags.length) {
+
+                posterCode = ' poster="' + ApiClient.getScaledImageUrl(item.Id, {
+                    type: "Backdrop",
+                    index: 0,
+                    maxWidth: screenWidth,
+                    tag: item.BackdropImageTags[0]
+                }) + '"';
+
+            }
+            else if (item.ParentBackdropItemId && item.ParentBackdropImageTags && item.ParentBackdropImageTags.length) {
+
+                posterCode = ' poster="' + ApiClient.getScaledImageUrl(item.ParentBackdropItemId, {
+                    type: 'Backdrop',
+                    index: 0,
+                    maxWidth: screenWidth,
+                    tag: item.ParentBackdropImageTags[0]
+                }) + '"';
+
+            }
+
             //======================================================================================>
 
             // Create video player
@@ -950,11 +1000,12 @@
 
             // Can't autoplay in these browsers so we need to use the full controls
             if (requiresNativeControls) {
-                html += '<video class="itemVideo" id="itemVideo" preload="none" autoplay="autoplay" crossorigin="anonymous" controls="controls">';
-            } else {
+                html += '<video class="itemVideo" id="itemVideo" preload="metadata" autoplay="autoplay" crossorigin="anonymous" controls="controls"' + posterCode + '>';
+            }
+            else {
 
                 // Chrome 35 won't play with preload none
-                html += '<video class="itemVideo" id="itemVideo" preload="metadata" crossorigin="anonymous" autoplay>';
+                html += '<video class="itemVideo" id="itemVideo" preload="metadata" crossorigin="anonymous" autoplay' + posterCode + '>';
             }
 
             html += '<source type="' + contentType + '" src="' + videoUrl + '" />';
@@ -1142,7 +1193,10 @@
 
             $('body').addClass('bodyWithPopupOpen');
 
-            return video[0];
+            self.currentMediaElement = video[0];
+            self.currentDurationTicks = self.currentMediaSource.RunTimeTicks;
+
+            self.updateNowPlayingInfo(item);
         };
 
         self.updatePlaylistUi = function () {
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediaplayer.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediaplayer.js
index 6b1851e956..a646ab97d8 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediaplayer.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/mediaplayer.js
@@ -208,13 +208,22 @@
             profile.ContainerProfiles = [];
 
             var audioConditions = [];
-            if ($.browser.msie) {
-                audioConditions.push({
-                    Condition: 'LessThanEqual',
-                    Property: 'AudioChannels',
-                    Value: '2'
-                });
-            }
+            var videoAudioAacConditions = [];
+            var videoAudioMp3Conditions = [];
+
+            var maxAudioChannels = $.browser.msie || $.browser.safari ?
+                '2' :
+                '6';
+
+            var channelCondition = {
+                Condition: 'LessThanEqual',
+                Property: 'AudioChannels',
+                Value: maxAudioChannels
+            };
+
+            audioConditions.push(channelCondition);
+            videoAudioAacConditions.push(channelCondition);
+            videoAudioMp3Conditions.push(channelCondition);
 
             profile.CodecProfiles = [];
             profile.CodecProfiles.push({
@@ -222,21 +231,36 @@
                 Conditions: audioConditions
             });
 
+            if (videoAudioMp3Conditions.length) {
+                profile.CodecProfiles.push({
+                    Type: 'VideoAudio',
+                    Codec: 'mp3',
+                    Conditions: videoAudioMp3Conditions
+                });
+            }
+
+            videoAudioAacConditions.push({
+                Condition: 'NotEquals',
+                Property: 'AudioProfile',
+                Value: 'LC'
+            });
+
+            videoAudioAacConditions.push({
+                Condition: 'NotEquals',
+                Property: 'AudioProfile',
+                Value: 'HE-AAC'
+            });
+
             profile.CodecProfiles.push({
                 Type: 'VideoAudio',
-                Conditions: audioConditions
+                Codec: 'aac',
+                Conditions: videoAudioAacConditions
             });
 
             profile.CodecProfiles.push({
                 Type: 'Video',
                 Codec: 'h264',
                 Conditions: [
-                {
-                    Condition: 'Equals',
-                    Property: 'IsCabac',
-                    Value: 'true',
-                    IsRequired: false
-                },
                 {
                     Condition: 'NotEquals',
                     Property: 'IsAnamorphic',
@@ -355,36 +379,6 @@
             return false;
         };
 
-        self.getVideoTranscodingExtension = function (currentSrc) {
-
-            if (currentSrc) {
-                return self.getCurrentMediaExtension(currentSrc);
-            }
-
-            // safari
-            if (self.canPlayHls()) {
-                return '.m3u8';
-            }
-
-            // Chrome, Firefox or IE with plugin installed
-            // For some reason in chrome pausing mp4 is causing the video to fail. 
-            // So for now it will have to prioritize webm
-            if (self.canPlayWebm()) {
-
-                if ($.browser.msie) {
-                    return '.webm';
-                }
-                if ($.browser.chrome) {
-                    return '.webm';
-                }
-
-                // Firefox suddenly having trouble with our webm
-                return '.webm';
-            }
-
-            return '.mp4';
-        };
-
         self.changeStream = function (ticks, params) {
 
             var element = self.currentMediaElement;
@@ -871,10 +865,7 @@
 
             if (item.MediaType === "Video") {
 
-                self.currentMediaElement = self.playVideo(item, self.currentMediaSource, startPosition);
-                self.currentDurationTicks = self.currentMediaSource.RunTimeTicks;
-
-                self.updateNowPlayingInfo(item);
+                self.playVideo(item, self.currentMediaSource, startPosition);
 
             } else if (item.MediaType === "Audio") {
 
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/moviecollections.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/moviecollections.js
index 85407c0383..5c030b07d7 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/moviecollections.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/moviecollections.js
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
         // The button is created dynamically
         $(page).on('click', '.btnNewCollection', function () {
 
-            showCollectionPanel(page, []);
+            showCollectionPanel([]);
         });
     });
 
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/musicrecommended.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/musicrecommended.js
index 80ddbda79e..32728a1efa 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/musicrecommended.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/musicrecommended.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         
         var screenWidth = $(window).width();
 
-        return screenWidth >= 1920 ? 9 : 8;
+        return screenWidth >= 1920 ? 9 : (screenWidth >= 1200 ? 12 : (screenWidth >= 1000 ? 10 : 8));
     }
 
     function loadLatest(page, parentId) {
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/mypreferenceswebclient.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/mypreferenceswebclient.js
index 66e6f68a0a..2396316d83 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/mypreferenceswebclient.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/mypreferenceswebclient.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
         var externalPlayers = JSON.parse(store.getItem('externalplayers') || '[]');
 
         $('#selectMaxBitrate', page).val(AppSettings.maxStreamingBitrate()).selectmenu("refresh");
+        $('#selectMaxChromecastBitrate', page).val(AppSettings.maxChromecastBitrate()).selectmenu("refresh");
 
         $('.chkExternalPlayer', page).each(function () {
 
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@
         store.setItem('externalplayers', JSON.stringify(externalPlayers));
 
         AppSettings.maxStreamingBitrate($('#selectMaxBitrate', page).val());
+        AppSettings.maxChromecastBitrate($('#selectMaxChromecastBitrate', page).val());
 
         var userId = getParameterByName('userId') || Dashboard.getCurrentUserId();
 
@@ -122,6 +124,14 @@
             }
 
             return parseInt(store.getItem('preferredVideoBitrate') || '') || 1500000;
+        },
+        maxChromecastBitrate: function (val) {
+
+            if (val != null) {
+                store.setItem('chromecastBitrate', val);
+            }
+
+            return parseInt(store.getItem('chromecastBitrate') || '') || 3000000;
         }
 
     };
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/photos.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/photos.js
index 1bd004c034..49ad1fd3ab 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/photos.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/photos.js
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 
             updateFilterControls(page);
 
+            var defaultAction = query.MediaTypes == 'Photo' ? 'photoslideshow' : null;
+
             // Poster
             html = LibraryBrowser.getPosterViewHtml({
                 items: result.Items,
@@ -47,7 +49,8 @@
                 context: getParameterByName('context') || 'photos',
                 showTitle: false,
                 centerText: true,
-                lazy: true
+                lazy: true,
+                defaultAction: defaultAction
             });
 
             var elem = $('#items', page).html(html).lazyChildren();
@@ -134,6 +137,50 @@
         query.ParentId = getParameterByName('parentId') || LibraryMenu.getTopParentId();
     }
 
+    function startSlideshow(page, index) {
+
+        index += (query.StartIndex || 0);
+
+        var userId = Dashboard.getCurrentUserId();
+
+        var localQuery = $.extend({}, query);
+        localQuery.StartIndex = 0;
+        localQuery.Limit = null;
+        localQuery.MediaTypes = "Photo";
+        localQuery.Recursive = true;
+        localQuery.Filters = "IsNotFolder";
+
+        ApiClient.getItems(userId, localQuery).done(function (result) {
+
+            showSlideshow(page, result.Items, index);
+        });
+    }
+
+    function showSlideshow(page, items, index) {
+
+        var slideshowItems = items.map(function (item) {
+
+            var imgUrl = ApiClient.getScaledImageUrl(item.Id, {
+
+                tag: item.ImageTags.Primary,
+                type: 'Primary'
+
+            });
+
+            return {
+                title: item.Name,
+                href: imgUrl
+            };
+        });
+
+        index = Math.max(index || 0, 0);
+
+        $.swipebox(slideshowItems, {
+            initialIndexOnArray: index,
+            hideBarsDelay: 30000
+        });
+    }
+
     $(document).on('pageinit', "#photosPage", function () {
 
         var page = this;
@@ -197,6 +244,10 @@
             reloadItems(page);
         });
 
+        $('.itemsContainer', page).on('photoslideshow', function (e, index) {
+            startSlideshow(page, index);
+        });
+
     }).on('pagebeforeshow', "#photosPage", function () {
 
         var page = this;
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/site.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/site.js
index 77c8b52020..e00f6d79e2 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/site.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/site.js
@@ -577,14 +577,16 @@ var Dashboard = {
 
             html += '<h3>';
 
+            var imgWidth = 48;
+
             if (user.imageUrl) {
                 var url = user.imageUrl;
 
                 if (user.supportsImageParams) {
-                    url += "&width=" + 28;
+                    url += "&width=" + (imgWidth * Math.max(devicePixelRatio || 1, 2));
                 }
 
-                html += '<img style="max-width:28px;vertical-align:middle;margin-right:5px;" src="' + url + '" />';
+                html += '<img style="max-width:' + imgWidth + 'px;vertical-align:middle;margin-right:.5em;border-radius: 50px;" src="' + url + '" />';
             }
             html += user.name;
             html += '</h3>';
@@ -1385,6 +1387,27 @@ var Dashboard = {
 
     if (window.ApiClient) {
         Dashboard.importCss(ApiClient.getUrl('Branding/Css'));
+
+        ApiClient.getDefaultImageQuality = function (imageType) {
+
+            var quality = 90;
+            var isBackdrop = imageType.toLowerCase() == 'backdrop';
+
+            if (isBackdrop) {
+                quality -= 10;
+            }
+
+            if ($.browser.safari && $.browser.mobile) {
+
+                quality -= 10;
+
+                if (isBackdrop) {
+                    quality -= 10;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return quality;
+        };
     }
 
 })();
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/thirdparty/apiclient/apiclient.js b/dashboard-ui/thirdparty/apiclient/apiclient.js
index 61df8e7f1a..4f1e4eab9f 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/thirdparty/apiclient/apiclient.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/thirdparty/apiclient/apiclient.js
@@ -54,6 +54,25 @@
             return serverInfo;
         };
 
+        var currentUser;
+        /**
+         * Gets or sets the current user id.
+         */
+        self.getCurrentUser = function () {
+
+            if (currentUser != null) {
+
+                var deferred = DeferredBuilder.Deferred();
+                deferred.resolveWith(null, [currentUser]);
+                return deferred.promise();
+            }
+
+            return self.getUser(self.getCurrentUserId()).done(function (user) {
+
+                currentUser = user;
+            });
+        };
+
         /**
          * Gets or sets the current user id.
          */
@@ -69,6 +88,7 @@
         self.setCurrentUserId = function (userId, token) {
 
             currentUserId = userId;
+            currentUser = null;
             accessToken = token;
         };
 
@@ -2305,6 +2325,10 @@
             });
         };
 
+        self.getDefaultImageQuality = function (imageType) {
+            return imageType.toLowerCase() == 'backdrop' ? 80 : 90;
+        };
+
         function normalizeImageOptions(options) {
 
             var ratio = devicePixelRatio || 1;
@@ -2329,7 +2353,7 @@
                 }
             }
 
-            options.quality = options.quality || (options.type.toLowerCase() == 'backdrop' ? 80 : 90);
+            options.quality = options.quality || self.getDefaultImageQuality(options.type);
         }
 
         /**
@@ -2350,9 +2374,7 @@
                 throw new Error("null userId");
             }
 
-            options = options || {
-
-            };
+            options = options || {};
 
             var url = "Users/" + userId + "/Images/" + options.type;
 
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/thirdparty/apiclient/connectionmanager.js b/dashboard-ui/thirdparty/apiclient/connectionmanager.js
index c56402612f..2d796f5eb1 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/thirdparty/apiclient/connectionmanager.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/thirdparty/apiclient/connectionmanager.js
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
 
                 var apiClient = self.currentApiClient();
                 if (apiClient && apiClient.getCurrentUserId()) {
-                    apiClient.getUser(apiClient.getCurrentUserId()).done(function (u) {
+                    apiClient.getCurrentUser().done(function (u) {
                         localUser = u;
                     }).always(onLocalUserDone);
                 } else {