diff --git a/Emby.Common.Implementations/BaseApplicationHost.cs b/Emby.Common.Implementations/BaseApplicationHost.cs
index 13bb85087..d3d8672be 100644
--- a/Emby.Common.Implementations/BaseApplicationHost.cs
+++ b/Emby.Common.Implementations/BaseApplicationHost.cs
@@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ namespace Emby.Common.Implementations
             }
         }
 
+        public virtual PackageVersionClass SystemUpdateLevel
+        {
+            get { return PackageVersionClass.Release; }
+        }
+
         public virtual string OperatingSystemDisplayName
         {
             get { return EnvironmentInfo.OperatingSystemName; }
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Core/ApplicationHost.cs b/Emby.Server.Core/ApplicationHost.cs
index 50c572b8c..90fa924e6 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Core/ApplicationHost.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Core/ApplicationHost.cs
@@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Core
                 SupportsLibraryMonitor = true,
                 EncoderLocationType = MediaEncoder.EncoderLocationType,
                 SystemArchitecture = EnvironmentInfo.SystemArchitecture,
-                SystemUpdateLevel = ConfigurationManager.CommonConfiguration.SystemUpdateLevel,
+                SystemUpdateLevel = SystemUpdateLevel,
                 PackageName = StartupOptions.GetOption("-package")
             };
         }
@@ -1591,7 +1591,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Core
             }
             catch (NotImplementedException)
             {
-                
+
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Core
         public override async Task<CheckForUpdateResult> CheckForApplicationUpdate(CancellationToken cancellationToken, IProgress<double> progress)
         {
             var cacheLength = TimeSpan.FromHours(3);
-            var updateLevel = ConfigurationManager.CommonConfiguration.SystemUpdateLevel;
+            var updateLevel = SystemUpdateLevel;
 
             if (updateLevel == PackageVersionClass.Beta)
             {
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Updates/InstallationManager.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Updates/InstallationManager.cs
index a13dd0569..840c7ce0d 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Updates/InstallationManager.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Updates/InstallationManager.cs
@@ -270,9 +270,14 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Updates
             }
         }
 
+        private PackageVersionClass GetSystemUpdateLevel()
+        {
+            return _applicationHost.SystemUpdateLevel;
+        }
+
         private TimeSpan GetCacheLength()
         {
-            switch (_config.CommonConfiguration.SystemUpdateLevel)
+            switch (GetSystemUpdateLevel())
             {
                 case PackageVersionClass.Beta:
                     return TimeSpan.FromMinutes(30);
@@ -424,10 +429,12 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Updates
                     .ToList();
             }
 
+            var systemUpdateLevel = GetSystemUpdateLevel();
+
             // Figure out what needs to be installed
             var packages = plugins.Select(p =>
             {
-                var latestPluginInfo = GetLatestCompatibleVersion(catalog, p.Name, p.Id.ToString(), applicationVersion, _config.CommonConfiguration.SystemUpdateLevel);
+                var latestPluginInfo = GetLatestCompatibleVersion(catalog, p.Name, p.Id.ToString(), applicationVersion, systemUpdateLevel);
 
                 return latestPluginInfo != null && GetPackageVersion(latestPluginInfo) > p.Version ? latestPluginInfo : null;
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/ApiEntryPoint.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/ApiEntryPoint.cs
index 37ab12366..b62af554e 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/ApiEntryPoint.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/ApiEntryPoint.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.IO;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Net;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Diagnostics;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.IO;
@@ -829,23 +830,4 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api
             }
         }
     }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Enum TranscodingJobType
-    /// </summary>
-    public enum TranscodingJobType
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The progressive
-        /// </summary>
-        Progressive,
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The HLS
-        /// </summary>
-        Hls,
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The dash
-        /// </summary>
-        Dash
-    }
 }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/DynamicHlsService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/DynamicHlsService.cs
index 3ead4626a..43f25145e 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/DynamicHlsService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/DynamicHlsService.cs
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Hls
                 var currentTranscodingIndex = GetCurrentTranscodingIndex(playlistPath, segmentExtension);
 
                 // If requested segment is less than transcoding position, we can't transcode backwards, so assume it's ready
-                if (segmentIndex != currentTranscodingIndex)
+                if (segmentIndex < currentTranscodingIndex)
                 {
                     return await GetSegmentResult(state, segmentPath, segmentIndex, transcodingJob).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
@@ -890,6 +890,11 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Hls
                 args += " -copyts";
             }
 
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(state.OutputVideoSync))
+            {
+                args += " -vsync " + state.OutputVideoSync;
+            }
+
             return args;
         }
 
@@ -932,7 +937,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Hls
                 }
 
                 var videoCodec = EncodingHelper.GetVideoEncoder(state, ApiEntryPoint.Instance.GetEncodingOptions());
-                var breakOnNonKeyFrames = state.Request.BreakOnNonKeyFrames && string.Equals(videoCodec, "copy", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+                var breakOnNonKeyFrames = state.EnableBreakOnNonKeyFrames(videoCodec);
 
                 var breakOnNonKeyFramesArg = breakOnNonKeyFrames ? " -break_non_keyframes 1" : "";
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/HlsSegmentService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/HlsSegmentService.cs
index 03291670b..ae049a83a 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/HlsSegmentService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/HlsSegmentService.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.IO;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.IO;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Services;
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/VideoHlsService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/VideoHlsService.cs
index 8b828ddfe..71b1dc1b1 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/VideoHlsService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/VideoHlsService.cs
@@ -85,36 +85,42 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Hls
             if (codec.Equals("copy", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 // if h264_mp4toannexb is ever added, do not use it for live tv
-                if (state.VideoStream != null && EncodingHelper.IsH264(state.VideoStream) && !string.Equals(state.VideoStream.NalLengthSize, "0", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                if (state.VideoStream != null && EncodingHelper.IsH264(state.VideoStream) &&
+                    !string.Equals(state.VideoStream.NalLengthSize, "0", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
                     args += " -bsf:v h264_mp4toannexb";
                 }
-                args += " -flags -global_header";
-                return args;
             }
-
-            var keyFrameArg = string.Format(" -force_key_frames \"expr:gte(t,n_forced*{0})\"",
-                state.SegmentLength.ToString(UsCulture));
-
-            var hasGraphicalSubs = state.SubtitleStream != null && !state.SubtitleStream.IsTextSubtitleStream && state.SubtitleDeliveryMethod == SubtitleDeliveryMethod.Encode;
-
-            var encodingOptions = ApiEntryPoint.Instance.GetEncodingOptions();
-            args += " " + EncodingHelper.GetVideoQualityParam(state, codec, encodingOptions, GetDefaultH264Preset()) + keyFrameArg;
-
-            // Add resolution params, if specified
-            if (!hasGraphicalSubs)
+            else
             {
-                args += EncodingHelper.GetOutputSizeParam(state, codec);
-            }
+                var keyFrameArg = string.Format(" -force_key_frames \"expr:gte(t,n_forced*{0})\"",
+                    state.SegmentLength.ToString(UsCulture));
 
-            // This is for internal graphical subs
-            if (hasGraphicalSubs)
-            {
-                args += EncodingHelper.GetGraphicalSubtitleParam(state, codec);
+                var hasGraphicalSubs = state.SubtitleStream != null && !state.SubtitleStream.IsTextSubtitleStream && state.SubtitleDeliveryMethod == SubtitleDeliveryMethod.Encode;
+
+                var encodingOptions = ApiEntryPoint.Instance.GetEncodingOptions();
+                args += " " + EncodingHelper.GetVideoQualityParam(state, codec, encodingOptions, GetDefaultH264Preset()) + keyFrameArg;
+
+                // Add resolution params, if specified
+                if (!hasGraphicalSubs)
+                {
+                    args += EncodingHelper.GetOutputSizeParam(state, codec);
+                }
+
+                // This is for internal graphical subs
+                if (hasGraphicalSubs)
+                {
+                    args += EncodingHelper.GetGraphicalSubtitleParam(state, codec);
+                }
             }
 
             args += " -flags -global_header";
 
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(state.OutputVideoSync))
+            {
+                args += " -vsync " + state.OutputVideoSync;
+            }
+
             return args;
         }
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/StreamRequest.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/StreamRequest.cs
index d02b4bae6..176b68f37 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/StreamRequest.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/StreamRequest.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
 
         public int? SegmentLength { get; set; }
         public int? MinSegments { get; set; }
-        public bool BreakOnNonKeyFrames { get; set; }
     }
 
     public class VideoStreamRequest : StreamRequest
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/StreamState.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/StreamState.cs
index 2f5f6227a..7f146466d 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/StreamState.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/StreamState.cs
@@ -104,14 +104,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
             }
         }
 
-        public bool IsSegmentedLiveStream
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                return TranscodingType != TranscodingJobType.Progressive && !RunTimeTicks.HasValue;
-            }
-        }
-
         public int HlsListSize
         {
             get
@@ -121,14 +113,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
         }
 
         public string UserAgent { get; set; }
-        public TranscodingJobType TranscodingType { get; set; }
 
         public StreamState(IMediaSourceManager mediaSourceManager, ILogger logger, TranscodingJobType transcodingType) 
-            : base(logger)
+            : base(logger, transcodingType)
         {
             _mediaSourceManager = mediaSourceManager;
             _logger = logger;
-            TranscodingType = transcodingType;
         }
 
         public string MimeType { get; set; }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Common/IApplicationHost.cs b/MediaBrowser.Common/IApplicationHost.cs
index 35d6dca3d..2b5ae6799 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Common/IApplicationHost.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Common/IApplicationHost.cs
@@ -157,5 +157,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common
         /// <param name="type">The type.</param>
         /// <returns>System.Object.</returns>
         object CreateInstance(Type type);
+
+        PackageVersionClass SystemUpdateLevel { get; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
index 90ec5aac7..78e54289e 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
@@ -663,11 +663,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
                 param += string.Format(" -r {0}", framerate.Value.ToString(_usCulture));
             }
 
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(state.OutputVideoSync))
-            {
-                param += " -vsync " + state.OutputVideoSync;
-            }
-
             var request = state.BaseRequest;
 
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(request.Profile))
@@ -1571,10 +1566,14 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
 
             if (state.IsVideoRequest)
             {
+                var outputVideoCodec = GetVideoEncoder(state, encodingOptions);
+
                 // Important: If this is ever re-enabled, make sure not to use it with wtv because it breaks seeking
-                if (string.Equals(state.OutputContainer, "mkv", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && state.CopyTimestamps)
+                if (!string.Equals(state.InputContainer, "wtv", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && 
+                    state.TranscodingType != TranscodingJobType.Progressive &&
+                    state.EnableBreakOnNonKeyFrames(outputVideoCodec))
                 {
-                    //inputModifier += " -noaccurate_seek";
+                    inputModifier += " -noaccurate_seek";
                 }
 
                 if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(state.InputContainer) && state.VideoType == VideoType.VideoFile && string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(encodingOptions.HardwareAccelerationType))
@@ -1878,7 +1877,9 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
 
             if (string.Equals(videoCodec, "copy", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
-                if (state.VideoStream != null && IsH264(state.VideoStream) && string.Equals(state.OutputContainer, "ts", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && !string.Equals(state.VideoStream.NalLengthSize, "0", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                if (state.VideoStream != null && IsH264(state.VideoStream) &&
+                    string.Equals(state.OutputContainer, "ts", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) &&
+                    !string.Equals(state.VideoStream.NalLengthSize, "0", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
                     args += " -bsf:v h264_mp4toannexb";
                 }
@@ -1892,51 +1893,56 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
                 {
                     args += " -flags -global_header -fflags +genpts";
                 }
-
-                return args;
             }
-
-            var keyFrameArg = string.Format(" -force_key_frames \"expr:gte(t,n_forced*{0})\"",
-                5.ToString(_usCulture));
-
-            args += keyFrameArg;
-
-            var hasGraphicalSubs = state.SubtitleStream != null && !state.SubtitleStream.IsTextSubtitleStream && state.SubtitleDeliveryMethod == SubtitleDeliveryMethod.Encode;
-
-            var hasCopyTs = false;
-            // Add resolution params, if specified
-            if (!hasGraphicalSubs)
+            else
             {
-                var outputSizeParam = GetOutputSizeParam(state, videoCodec);
-                args += outputSizeParam;
-                hasCopyTs = outputSizeParam.IndexOf("copyts", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != -1;
-            }
+                var keyFrameArg = string.Format(" -force_key_frames \"expr:gte(t,n_forced*{0})\"",
+                    5.ToString(_usCulture));
 
-            if (state.RunTimeTicks.HasValue && state.BaseRequest.CopyTimestamps)
-            {
-                if (!hasCopyTs)
+                args += keyFrameArg;
+
+                var hasGraphicalSubs = state.SubtitleStream != null && !state.SubtitleStream.IsTextSubtitleStream && state.SubtitleDeliveryMethod == SubtitleDeliveryMethod.Encode;
+
+                var hasCopyTs = false;
+                // Add resolution params, if specified
+                if (!hasGraphicalSubs)
                 {
-                    args += " -copyts";
+                    var outputSizeParam = GetOutputSizeParam(state, videoCodec);
+                    args += outputSizeParam;
+                    hasCopyTs = outputSizeParam.IndexOf("copyts", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != -1;
+                }
+
+                if (state.RunTimeTicks.HasValue && state.BaseRequest.CopyTimestamps)
+                {
+                    if (!hasCopyTs)
+                    {
+                        args += " -copyts";
+                    }
+                    args += " -avoid_negative_ts disabled -start_at_zero";
+                }
+
+                var qualityParam = GetVideoQualityParam(state, videoCodec, encodingOptions, defaultH264Preset);
+
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(qualityParam))
+                {
+                    args += " " + qualityParam.Trim();
+                }
+
+                // This is for internal graphical subs
+                if (hasGraphicalSubs)
+                {
+                    args += GetGraphicalSubtitleParam(state, videoCodec);
+                }
+
+                if (!state.RunTimeTicks.HasValue)
+                {
+                    args += " -flags -global_header";
                 }
-                args += " -avoid_negative_ts disabled -start_at_zero";
             }
 
-            var qualityParam = GetVideoQualityParam(state, videoCodec, encodingOptions, defaultH264Preset);
-
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(qualityParam))
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(state.OutputVideoSync))
             {
-                args += " " + qualityParam.Trim();
-            }
-
-            // This is for internal graphical subs
-            if (hasGraphicalSubs)
-            {
-                args += GetGraphicalSubtitleParam(state, videoCodec);
-            }
-
-            if (!state.RunTimeTicks.HasValue)
-            {
-                args += " -flags -global_header";
+                args += " -vsync " + state.OutputVideoSync;
             }
 
             return args;
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingJobInfo.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingJobInfo.cs
index f5878864b..4e0f223b7 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingJobInfo.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingJobInfo.cs
@@ -41,7 +41,20 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
 
         public string OutputContainer { get; set; }
 
-        public string OutputVideoSync = "-1";
+        public string OutputVideoSync
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                // For live tv + recordings
+                if (string.Equals(InputContainer, "mpegts", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
+                    string.Equals(InputContainer, "ts", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    return "cfr";
+                }
+
+                return "-1";
+            }
+        }
         public string OutputAudioSync = "1";
         public string InputAudioSync { get; set; }
         public string InputVideoSync { get; set; }
@@ -72,10 +85,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
         public int? OutputAudioSampleRate;
         public bool DeInterlace { get; set; }
         public bool IsVideoRequest { get; set; }
+        public TranscodingJobType TranscodingType { get; set; }
 
-        public EncodingJobInfo(ILogger logger)
+        public EncodingJobInfo(ILogger logger, TranscodingJobType jobType)
         {
             _logger = logger;
+            TranscodingType = jobType;
             RemoteHttpHeaders = new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             PlayableStreamFileNames = new List<string>();
             SupportedAudioCodecs = new List<string>();
@@ -83,6 +98,29 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
             SupportedSubtitleCodecs = new List<string>();
         }
 
+        public bool IsSegmentedLiveStream
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return TranscodingType != TranscodingJobType.Progressive && !RunTimeTicks.HasValue;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public bool EnableBreakOnNonKeyFrames(string videoCodec)
+        {
+            if (TranscodingType != TranscodingJobType.Progressive)
+            {
+                if (IsSegmentedLiveStream)
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                return BaseRequest.BreakOnNonKeyFrames && string.Equals(videoCodec, "copy", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Predicts the audio sample rate that will be in the output stream
         /// </summary>
@@ -118,4 +156,23 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
 
         public abstract void ReportTranscodingProgress(TimeSpan? transcodingPosition, float? framerate, double? percentComplete, long? bytesTranscoded, int? bitRate);
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Enum TranscodingJobType
+    /// </summary>
+    public enum TranscodingJobType
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The progressive
+        /// </summary>
+        Progressive,
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The HLS
+        /// </summary>
+        Hls,
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The dash
+        /// </summary>
+        Dash
+    }
 }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingJobOptions.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingJobOptions.cs
index 30deae842..632c350ad 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingJobOptions.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingJobOptions.cs
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
 
         public bool AllowVideoStreamCopy { get; set; }
         public bool AllowAudioStreamCopy { get; set; }
+        public bool BreakOnNonKeyFrames { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the audio sample rate.
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncodingJob.cs b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncodingJob.cs
index 98adb6e20..f74dbce98 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncodingJob.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncodingJob.cs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
         private readonly IMediaSourceManager _mediaSourceManager;
 
         public EncodingJob(ILogger logger, IMediaSourceManager mediaSourceManager) : 
-            base(logger)
+            base(logger, TranscodingJobType.Progressive)
         {
             _logger = logger;
             _mediaSourceManager = mediaSourceManager;
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/MonoAppHost.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/MonoAppHost.cs
index 811e0f444..54fd45019 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/MonoAppHost.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/MonoAppHost.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ using MediaBrowser.IsoMounter;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.IO;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Logging;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.System;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Updates;
+using MediaBrowser.Server.Startup.Common;
 
 namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Mono
 {
@@ -40,6 +42,11 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Mono
             return new SyncManager();
         }
 
+        public override PackageVersionClass SystemUpdateLevel
+        {
+            get { return UpdateLevelHelper.GetSystemUpdateLevel(ConfigurationManager); }
+        }
+
         protected override void RestartInternal()
         {
             MainClass.Restart(StartupOptions);
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Startup.Common/MediaBrowser.Server.Startup.Common.csproj b/MediaBrowser.Server.Startup.Common/MediaBrowser.Server.Startup.Common.csproj
index 97d04cff4..5eb492166 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Startup.Common/MediaBrowser.Server.Startup.Common.csproj
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Startup.Common/MediaBrowser.Server.Startup.Common.csproj
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
     <Compile Include="IO\MemoryStreamProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SystemEvents.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="UpdateLevelHelper.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Emby.Drawing.ImageMagick\Emby.Drawing.ImageMagick.csproj">
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Startup.Common/UpdateLevelHelper.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Startup.Common/UpdateLevelHelper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f3e27d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Startup.Common/UpdateLevelHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+using System;
+using System.Configuration;
+using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Updates;
+
+namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Startup.Common
+{
+    public static class UpdateLevelHelper
+    {
+        public static PackageVersionClass GetSystemUpdateLevel(IConfigurationManager config)
+        {
+            return config.CommonConfiguration.SystemUpdateLevel;
+            //var configuredValue = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SystemUpdateLevel"];
+
+            //if (string.Equals(configuredValue, "Beta", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            //{
+            //    return PackageVersionClass.Beta;
+            //}
+            //if (string.Equals(configuredValue, "Dev", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            //{
+            //    return PackageVersionClass.Dev;
+            //}
+
+            //return PackageVersionClass.Release;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/WindowsAppHost.cs b/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/WindowsAppHost.cs
index 8f1a88a74..cd293fddf 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/WindowsAppHost.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/WindowsAppHost.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ using MediaBrowser.Controller.Sync;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.IO;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Logging;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.System;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Updates;
+using MediaBrowser.Server.Startup.Common;
 using MediaBrowser.ServerApplication.Native;
 
 namespace MediaBrowser.ServerApplication
@@ -53,6 +55,11 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.ServerApplication
             LoopUtil.Run(appName);
         }
 
+        public override PackageVersionClass SystemUpdateLevel
+        {
+            get { return UpdateLevelHelper.GetSystemUpdateLevel(ConfigurationManager); }
+        }
+
         protected override List<Assembly> GetAssembliesWithPartsInternal()
         {
             var list = new List<Assembly>();
diff --git a/SharedVersion.cs b/SharedVersion.cs
index 3daabe507..44836be44 100644
--- a/SharedVersion.cs
+++ b/SharedVersion.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 using System.Reflection;
 
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("3.2.12.1")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("3.2.12.2")]