Videomass

Change log

June 3, 2020 V.2.7.0

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BUGS:

• Fixed failure of some downloads which report ERROR: '_total_bytes_str'

IMPROVEMENTS:

• Removed global vars

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Change log

May 28, 2020 V.2.6.0

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IMPROVEMENTS:

• Improving log messages colors on log view console panel.
• [YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER] Warning message when checked the checkbox and not selection in 'Download by format code'.
• Fixed status bar message at the end of the process.
• Updating scrolling at the last position when more text is appending on log console view during processes.
• Fixed exception definitions for tarfile on IO_tools.youtubedl_upgrade.

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Change log

May 23, 2020 V.2.5.0

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BUGS:

• [YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER] Fixed list order when having multiple URLs on the
  list control (only when using the youtube-dl executable, not the module).
• [YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER] Fixed issue with "Format Codes" missing when
  downloading different URLs (on Download by Format Code mode).
• Fixed wrong redirection when switch between panels using menu bar items.

NEWS:

• [YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER] Added checkbox to select 'Format Codes'.
• [YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER] Added new text control enabled in read only to
  view format codes selection.

IMPROVEMENTS:

• improved descriptions and translation on GUI.
• improved buttons layout on the home panel depending by OS.
• improved float spin control view on new wxPython version 4.1 .
• The layout design for the 'Format Codes' selection has been rewritten,
  automated and significantly improved.
• Added some cosmetic improvements to interface.

REMOVALS and DISPLACEMENTS:

• [YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER] the format code text boxes have been removed and
  replaced with check boxes on the list control.
• [YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER] the contextual menu have been removed and
  replaced with check boxes on the list control.

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Change log

May 14, 2020 V.2.2.0

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BUGS and WARNINGS:

• Changed code compatibility for new wxPython version 4.1.0 .

• Fixed all wx._core.wxAssertionError .

• Fixed DeprecationWarning:
  - main_frame.py:620: DeprecationWarning: Menu.Append()
  - main_frame.py:633: DeprecationWarning: Menu.Append()
  - main_frame.py:664: DeprecationWarning: Menu.Append()

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Change log

May 14, 2020 V.2.1.8

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BUGS:

• Fixed issue on Presets Manager when click Convert button.

IMPROVEMENTS:

• improving status bar messages and traslation.

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Change log

May 11, 2020 V.2.1.7

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BUGS:

• [UNIX] Fixed icon 'wizard' path name when Videomass is installed on user
  space with pip install --user videomass command, and wizard dialog
  is shown. This issue regard appearance.py class on *nix OS's

• [MS-WINDOWS] Fixed ntpath name resolution on pythonpath variable when
  Videomass is installed with pip install videomass on MS-Windows OS.
  See ctrl_run.py module on vdms_sys.

• Fixed status bar messages when switch between panels.

• [MS-WINDOWS] Fixed issue when using pip to install Videomass on Windows,
  but the executable is not found in the path of Python scripts.

NEWS:

• Updating setup.py with new setuptools entries to fixing start videomass
  executable on Windows.

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Change log

May 10, 2020 V.2.1.5

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BUGS:

• Fixed the issue of updating youtube-dl when using an old version
  of youtube_dl installed with a package manager, e.g. if you use pip
  to install youtube-dl and you want update youtube-dl with Videomass,
  now the update is blocked with a warning.

NEWS:

• [YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER] added wrapper for the mpv player to play the
  individual URLs with different qualities on the list control.

• youtube_dl has been added as dependency on setup.py and the pip tool
  should automatically install it.

• mpv media player has been added as an optional dependency to be
  installed separately.

• It is possible to indicate, through the setup dialogue, the path of the
  executable mpv. This should satisfy MS-Windows users since there is
  still no installer for mpv on MS-Windows.

• New version (2.0) for the configuration file that will replace the old
  versions.

IMPROVEMENTS:

• [YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER] now the Show More function is an independent
  process and no longer linked to get format codes to insert on the list
  control .

• [YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER] Improving the order list when has multiple URLs on
  list control.

• [YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER] Added a minimal validation on the adding URLs
  through function urlparse in module urllib.parse .

REMOVALS and DISPLACEMENTS:

• [YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER] now the list control is always enabled and populated
  with the selectable urls and related qualities.

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Change log

May 5, 2020 V.2.1.3

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BUGS:

• [YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER] Fixed wrong code indentation on if ret statement in youtubedl_ui.py on_format_codes(self) method which was cause block on list control .
• [YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER] fix wrong appending with multiple URLs on list control

IMPROVEMENTS:

• Management of executables and updates of youtube-dl via source tarball on * nix operating systems by importing youtube_dl as a python library.
• Now Videomass.app on MacOs can also upgrade youtube-dl.

REMOVALS and DISPLACEMENTS:

• removed the control that tested the membership of youtube-dl in order to notify the user and proceed with a separate installation.

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Change log

May 2, 2020 V.2.1.0

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BUG FIXES:

• Fixed main_frame.py, line 908, in ydl_latest wx.ICON_INFORMATION, self) TypeError: MessageBox(): argument 3 has unexpected type 'str' .
• [YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER] fixed Download by Format Code from sites other that YouTube.
• [YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER] fixed Show More information from sites other that YouTube.

IMPROVEMENTS:

• [YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER] now write file log.
• warning message in the status bar when the list of incoming files has changed.
• Improve Home panel buttons choose_topic.py
• Some cosmetic layout.
• [YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER] Improved method and design on inserting and appending Format Code on text boxes.
• Added new menu items to quickly jump between panels.

NEWS:

• [YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER] New context menu on list control to choice quickly the Format Code to appending on text boxes.
• [PRESETS MANAGER] New context menu on list control to choice quickly new profile, edit profile and deleting.

REMOVALS and DISPLACEMENTS:

• Changed default location of the 'videomass' log
  on the user space, following the typical conventions of the OS.
  On *nix OS's: use standard $XDG_DATA_HOME ($HOME/.local/share)
  On MacOs: '~/Library/Logs/videomass'
  On Windows: 'C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\videomass\log'

• Changed default location of the cache files
  On *nix OS's: use standard $XDG_CACHE_HOME ($HOME/.cache/videomass)
  On MacOs: '~/Library/Caches/videomass'
  On Windows: 'C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\videomass'

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Change log

April 26, 2020 V.2.0.5

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BUG FIXES:

• Fixed format string error on first_time_start.py dialog.
• [YOUTUBE DONLOADER] fixed functionality inconsistencies on "add thumbnail to audio file", "add metadata to file" and "write subtitle to video" features.
• Fixed broken link to help on profile dialog.
• Re-Fixed video preview on Videomass.exe ; now it should work at least on MS-Windows 10.

IMPROVEMENTS:

• Code thinning for pupup dialog.
• Fixed error when opening log directory and log has not been created.
• [YOUTUBE DONLOADER] now Videomass display version, check for updates and Update youtube-dl on bar menu items if.
• [YOUTUBE DONLOADER] in some cases it is possible to automatically update youtube-dl with the latest version if not used as a Python library. All of this is on the Tools/youtube-dl menu bar.

NEWS:

• [YOUTUBE DONLOADER] New optional box to merge audio to video when using a format code indicating video without audio.

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