Version history for Free MovieDB
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Changes for v7.30 - v7.32
- automatic ZIP library download in case the file ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll is not present
- various code fix
Changes for v7.27 - v7.30
- added a new registration method: SMS. Useful if you don't have a credit card or PayPal
- new error reporting system engine
- movie quotes works again (sorry!)
- YouTube video & bloopers search works again (sorry!)
- various code & bug fix
Changes for v7.25 - v7.27
- updated registration library code
Changes for v7.20 - v7.25
- added a new registration method: download a temporary license code!
- removed third bundle software (I'm sorry, I didn't thought there was too many problems with the third software installed)
- updated internal libraries code
Changes for v7.10 - v7.20
- fixed IMDb parser: cast biography and info now are downloaded correctly
- improved data download from IMDb: casts data are searched only when selected
- added a skip button in the bundle pre-installation message: the third party software installation can be easily skipped
- fixed exe version number
Changes for v7.03 - v7.10
- fixed the Cover view mode (many thanks to Carl for reporting this bug)
- fixed API initialization error in Cover view mode
- various bug fix
Changes for v7.00 - v7.02
- fixed the YouTube parser
- updated internal modules
Changes for v6.45 - v7.00
- updated themoviedb.org API to v3. From September 2013 the old versions of MovieDB will NOT work anymore.
- movie poster shown in search list can be viewed in full size
- (fixed) posters and backdrops are loaded two times when these tabs are selected and a new movie is selected
- IMDb data update frequency can be selected in the options
- after selecting "browse gallery path with explorer" the current image is closed automatically
- (fixed) compact db remove all cast data and images (sorry!)
- actor's age is displayed in the biography
- improved proxy detect on startup (option "auto enable proxy" should be active)
- fixed IMDb parser (there was a problem downloading quotes data)
- various improvements and bugfix
Changes for v6.44 - v6.45
- (fixed) script error while trying to watch YouTube video
Changes for v6.43 - v6.44
- updated the software installer
Changes for v6.42 - v6.43
- (fixed) sometimes the bundle installer does not detect correctly the end of a succesful installation
- updated the software installer
Changes for v6.40 - v6.42
- added a new registration method: now the software can be registered by installing a third party app. Useful for people that don't have PayPal.
- fixed the software updater check
- (fixed) software crash when temp dir cannot be created
Changes for v6.30 - v6.40
- new tab added: clips! Added integration to traileraddict.com. Here you will find the top 8 clips from Trailer Addict of the selected movie.
- (fixed) removed the offline mode. Some users have reported some network error while downloading data from IMDb. Now the software will only show a message in the status area and will not go in offline mode.
- (fixed) software crash when IMDb data cannot be saved due to a file access error
- (fixed) error log created every time a xml tag is not present in the db
- various bug fix
Changes for v6.20 - v6.30
- new info added: top 10 U.S. box office / people born on this day
- improved refresh of cast list / filmography (more fast)
- (fixed) internal error while searching the IMDb ID of an actor using the name instead of ID
- fixed some messages
- various bug fix and code update
Changes for v6.00 - v6.20
- new actor info: birth name, height and nickname
- filmography posters (cast): clicking on a poster of a movie already present in DB, open it instead of search it on themoviedb.org
- click on actor filmography list to search/show the selected movie
- fixed IMDb parser
- (fixed) images tab (movies and actors) shown only the first three pages even if there are many more
- (fixed) error "movie name not available" when clicking on a poster of an actor which also have a role as director
- various bug fix
Changes for v5.32 - v6.00
- - new data available for movies (from IMDb): biography, quotes, trivia and goofs
- - new data available for cast (from IMDb): biography, quotes, trivia, goofs and various info (spuse, trademark, salary, working)
- - new cast images downloaded from IMDb (more quantity and quality!)
- - movies data are automatically updated every week (option has been removed in the config and cannot be disabled), this resolve problems on posters not displayed due to url changes in xml db
- - if a movie xml db is corrupted it is automatically redownloaded
- - improved actors biography view (more readable)
- - random backdrops are displayed immediately after adding the first movie and selecting backdrops
- - (fixed) infinite loop while building library, updating movie data and receiving an incorrect response from themoviedb.org
- - (fixed) cover view is refreshed even if list view is selected (while moving / resizing the form)
- - (fixed) error message if a movie data is no longer available on themoviedb.org
- - (fixed) the wait dialog is placed in a wrong position
- - (fixed) if a poster cannot be download a wrong image is displayed in the cover view
- - (fixed) in filmography posters are shown duplicated images
- - (fixed) no filmography loaded (even if data are present) after selecting an actor without a biography
- - many bug fix
Changes for v5.30 - v5.32
- (fixed) IMDb images are not shown and downloaded (sorry, anyway happens only on movie that are already present in the db and are not auto updated) (bug in v5.30)
- (fixed) when a language different than English is selected, some information are not updated during auto update
- (fixed) no data displayed when the english version of the xml movie file is corrupted
- added filmography posters in cast panel!
- clicking on a poster in the filmography posters panel will automatically search it on themoviedb.org
- increased download performance in the Images tab: thumbnails are downloaded before full images. The hi-res image is downloaded when clicking on the thumbnail.
- IMDb images can be set as wallpaper
- (fixed) IMDb images are not shown when clicking again on the same movie in the cover view mode
- (fixed) software crash if proxy user/pwd cannot be decrypted
- some code optimizations and fix
Changes for v5.00 - v5.30
- - added filmography posters in cast panel!
- - clicking on a poster in the filmography posters panel will automatically search it on themoviedb.org
- - increased download performance in the Images tab: thumbnails are downloaded before full images. The hi-res image is downloaded when clicking on the thumbnail.
- - IMDb images can be set as wallpaper
- - (fixed) IMDb images are not shown when clicking again on the same movie in the cover view mode
- - (fixed) software crash if proxy user/pwd cannot be decrypted
- - some code optimizations and fix
Changes for v4.20 - v5.00
- - added export: as requested by many, movies list now can be exported in txt, csv and xml
- - added the ability to search related video (also bloopers) on YouTube (look in the Trailer tab)
- - (fixed) movie data is deleted when trying to update data and network connection is not available
- - (fixed) when working in offline mode, IMDB images are not displayed even if they are present locally
- - (fixed) multiple movie title popup are shown when moving mouse on random gallery
- - new software updater: the next new versions will be downloaded and installed without the need to unzip manually!
- - when a new version is available, the list of latest changes is shown in the same window
- - fixed an error message
- - various code and bug fix
- - updated internal modules
- - recompiled with .NET Framework 3.5
Changes for v4.10 - v4.20
- - corrupted images are deleted and re-downloaded automatically
- - added a button to stop loading IMDB images
- - a popup with movie title is displayed while moving the mouse on an image of the random gallery (as requested by Kushal)
- - (fixed) IMDB gallery continue to load images after selecting another movie or closing Movie DB
- - various bugfix and code updates
