Version history for Icaros

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Changes for v3.1.1 Beta 2 - v3.2.0 Beta 1

• - Added a new Debug page in IcarosConfig
• - Allows users to run any number files through various thumbnail and property tests,
• seeing what results are returned, which files failed, timings, what shell extensions are used, etc.
• - Can be located on the Tools page, under the Debug tab
• - Can be accessed from anywhere in IcarosConfig using 'F2' keyboard shortcut
• - Added Korean translation (Thank you jewani! ^__^)
• - Added PSD as a default filetype and DDS as a common filetype
• - Improved Welcome screen
• - Welcome screen is now localized
• - Has options to set language and theme
• - Can be accessed at any point with 'F1' keyboard shortcut
• - Improved EPUB/CBX parser with a much better cover detection algorithm
• - Improved method used to refresh thumbnails in IcarosConfig
• - Fixed a LARGE quantity of cache bugs and 1 cache crash
• - Fixed alpha channel being incorrectly set in some files' thumbnails
• - Fixed rare cases where the thumbnail returned was slightly larger than requested
• - Fixed rare Wav property crash
• - Fixed a lot of rendering and positioning problems in IcarosConfig (IC)
• - Fixed IC being improperly sized/positioned when starting up in Maximized window state
• - Fixed IC blocking the auto-hidden taskbar when in Maximized windows state
• - Fixed IC being improperly positioned when the Windows Taskbar is positioned top or right on the screen
• - Fixed glass not rendering correctly in certain conditions when IC is maximized
• - Always center IC on the screen if IC window position is not saved but the window size is
• - Updated GCC
• - Updated dav1d to 0.6.0
• - Updated FFmpeg
• - Tons of minor fixes and improvements

Changes for v3.1.0 - v3.1.1 Beta 2

• - Fixed HEVC thumbnailing crash on newer CPUs (e.g. AMD Ryzen 9 3900X)
• - Fixed thumbnailing when 'Prefer Timestamp' is enabled
• - Fixed artifacts on HEVC thumbnails
• - Fixed keyboard controls for the sliders on the UI settings page
• - Fixed a handful of odd thumbnailing issues, where specific files didn't produce a thumbnail.
• - Improved black/white frame detection. It should return better looking thumbnails more often now.
• - Improved seeking to a prefered timestamp. Seeking accuracy should be much better now.
• - Added 'AV1' codec id to Icaros Property Handler
• - Icaros now adds the source filename to the crash dialog in case of a thumbnail related crash
• - Updated Russian localization (Thank you Ligre! ^_^)
• - Updated dav1d to 0.4.0
• - Updated FFmpeg

Changes for v3.0.3 - v3.1.0

• - Added new Dark theme (UI settings page)
• - Added support for AV1/AOM decoding
• - Added "test mode" on thumbnailing page
• - Added Dutch (Netherlands) localization (Thank you mavanmanen! ^__^)
• - Added support for cover art embedded in MKV by TagLib#
• - Added the extensions: mpv4, hdmov, f4v to 'video only' and 'most known' presets
• - Improved Icaros Cache so it now returns a resized thumbnail if a larger version of that thumbnail has been cached already
• - Fixed crash for audio files with corrupt album/cover art
• - Fixed framerate property not displaying fragments (only works on latest Win 10 builds)
• - Fixed crash when decoding HEVC on newer CPUs
• - Fixed thumbnailing of certain MP4 files
• - Fixed several Icaros Cache Indexer issues
• - Fixed file count limit shown in IcarosConfig while running the indexer
• - Fixed metadata parsing in some AVI files
• - Fixed some minor GUI inconsistencies in IcarosConfig
• - Installer now installs 32-bit components by default on Win 64 systems
• - Made time elapsed label on indexing page translatable
• - Refactored a good amount of libav code
• - Discontinued support for Windows XP (check developer notes below. Use Icaros 3.0.3 for XP support)
• - Icaros now outputs some more comprehensive minidumps (while hopefully not increasing the size too much)
• - Improved compilation of FFmpeg
• - Updated localizations
• - Updated GCC to 7.3
• - Updated FFmpeg

Changes for v3.0.3 - v3.1.0 Beta 1

• - Added new Dark theme (UI settings page)
• - Added "Test mode" on thumbnailing page (See developer notes below)
• - Improved Icaros Cache so it now returns a resized thumbnail if a larger sized version of that thumbnail has already been cached
• - Fixed several Icaros Cache Indexer issues
• - Fixed file count limit shown in IcarosConfig while running the cache indexer
• - Fixed metadata parsing in some AVI files
• - Fixed some minor GUI inconsistencies in IcarosConfig
• - Refactored a good amount of libav code (watch out for regressions!)
• - Discontinued support for Windows XP (See developer notes below. Use Icaros 3.0.3 for XP support)
• - Icaros now outputs some more comprehensive minidumps (while hopefully not increasing the size too much)
• - Improved compilation of FFmpeg
• - Updated localizations
• - Updated GCC to 7.3
• - Updated FFmpeg

Changes for v3.0.2 - v3.0.3

• - Switched to the new FFmpeg decoding API
• - Added prompt if IcarosConfig is closed while the cache indexer is running
• - Added some additional error checks to the Icaros Cache Indexer
• - IcarosConfig now shows the filename of the file that is currently being processed by the cache indexer
• - Fixed parsing of subdirectories if a root (e.g. C:\) is added to the Cache Locations
• - Fixed decoding of H264 444 files (no more gray frames)
• - Updated default page colors
• - Updated to VS 2017
• - Updated copyright to 2018
• - Updated FFmpeg

Changes for v3.0.2 - v3.0.3 Beta 1

• - Switched to the new FFmpeg decoding API
• - Added prompt if IcarosConfig is closed while the cache indeder is running
• - IcarosConfig now shows the filename of the file that is currently being processed by the cache indexer
• - Fixed parsing of subdirectories if a root (e.g. C:) is added to the Cache Locations
• - Updated FFmpeg

Changes for v3.0.0 - v3.0.2

• - Replaced libarchive with libunarr for even better Comic Book file support
• - Added Hungarian localization (Thank you nvi9!)
• - Added Finnish localization (Thank you Nuihc88!)
• - Added 'time elapsed' label to the Cache Indexer
• - Fixed Comic Book cover selection (didn't always select the right cover image)
• - Fixed artefacts showing in thumbnails of certain filetype/format combinations
• - Fixed some names from getting 'cut off' in the contributor section on the about page
• - Fixed some rendering bugs in IcarosConfig
• - Improved the Icaros cache location folder permission check
• - Slightly improved handling of dark frames
• - Improved UI color calculations
• - Updated Danish, Italian and Turkish localizations (Thank you Kawamoto!)
• - Updated copyright to 2017
• - Updated GCC to 7.1
• - Updated FFmpeg

Changes for v3.0.1 Beta 3 - v3.0.1 RC1

• - Added Ukrainian localization (Thank you Darko!)
• - Fixed duration/bitrate/channel properties for certain MP3 files
• - Improved duration precision for some MP3 files
• - Recognize WEBP as an image format
• - Update Russian localization (Thank you Ligre!)
• - Update German localization (Thank you Mike!)
• - Updated to GCC 6.2
• - Updated FFmpeg

Changes for v2.3.0 - v3.0.0

• [Major Changes]
• - [NEW] Brand new modern GUI with advanced customization
• - [NEW] Icaros Cache: an internal cache to help speed up thumbnailing
• - Dynamic localization of GUI and Icaros Property labels in Windows Explorer
• - All settings are now edittable, even when Icaros is activated!
• - UI is now resolution-independent, which allows better dpi awareness
• - GUI will now save Window position, size and UI settings on exit
• - Settings are now placed in appropriate pages
• - Added thumbnail offset timestamp option
• - It is now possible to register thumbnail provider and property handler seperately
• - Added 4 different ways to add new thumbnail filetypes to Icaros:
• Default editting, Presets, Open File Dialog, and Drag n Drop; Last two automatically checks if the filetype is compatible with Icaros
• - Added 'Export/Import/Reset All Settings' functionality (on the UI settings page)
• [General Changes]
• - Added welcome screen on first time use
• - Added auto-rotation of MP4/MOV thumbnails with orientation metadata embedded
• - Added button to open the Windows Cache directory (on Tools page)
• - Added new cli commands to IC (check -?/-help to view them all)
• - Added TotalBitrate property to the 'Details Pane' in Explorer
• - Improved track info displayed for FLV files
• - Improved thumbnailing of incomplete and unseekable files
• - Improved general cover parsing code
• - Fixed crash when parsing invalid AVC tracks
• - Fixed crash when reading PCM tracks in MKV files on 32-bit systems
• - Fixed crash when parsing certain invalid AVI files
• - Fixed corrupted Windows 10 Apps taskbar icons
• - Fixed width/height properties in some files with H264 streams
• - Fixed thumbnailing of some rare formats
• - Fixed thumbnailing of certain FLV files
• - Fixed gray thumbnails for TS files with HEVC
• - Fixed property issues after upgrading or resetting Windows 8/10
• - Fixed hang in Flac cover parser when parsing rare invalid flac files
• - Fixed bug where WMP would no longer add AVI files when Icaros was handling the properties
• - Fixed wrong 'data rate' properties in certain AVI files
• - Updated Compilers
• - Updated FFmpeg
• [Localizations] (in alphabetical order)
• - Added Armenian localization (Thanks Aram!
• - Added Simplified Chinese localization (Thanks danei!)
• - Added Traditional Chinese localization (Thanks Chi-Shiuan!)
• - Added Danish localization (Thanks Anon!)
• - Added French localization (Thanks Spirytus and ILVES!)
• - Added German localization (Thanks Mike!)
• - Added Greek localization (Thanks PyroStar!)
• - Added Italian localization (Thanks brunosso!)
• - Added Portuguese localization (Many thanks to Rubens)
• - Added Russian localization (Thanks Ligre!)
• - Added Spanish localization (Thanks Parody (zerouser)!)

Changes for v3.0.0 RC1 - v3.0.0 RC2

• - Added Traditional Chinese localization (Thanks Chi-Shiuan!)
• - Added TotalBitrate property to the 'Details Pane' in Explorer
• - Added some new filetypes to the 'Most Known' preset
• - Fixed property issues after upgrading or resetting Windows 8/10
• - Fixed some bugs in the manual registration of filetypes in IcarosConfig
• - Improved filetype registration logic
• - Improved 'Reset native filetypes' logic
• - Improved preset logic
• - Fixed another few possible bugs/inconsistencies

Changes for v3.0.0 Beta 4 - v3.0.0 RC1

• - Added 'Export/Import/Reset All Settings' functionality (on the UI settings page)
• - Added French localization (Thanks Spirytus and ILVES!)
• - Added Greek localization (Thanks PyroStar!)
• - Added Spanish localization (Thanks Parody (zerouser)!)
• - Added new cli commands to IC (check -?/-help to view them all)
• - Added 'Special Thanks To' section on About page
• - Improved thumbnailing of incomplete and unseekable files
• - Fixed gray thumbnails for TS files with HEVC
• - Fixed thumbnailing of some rare formats
• - Fixed possible cache crash
• - Fixed registration of thumbnail provider when no filetypes are set
• - Fixed a couple of memory leaks in IcarosConfig
• - Show a status on the Cache activation button, while the cache is indexing
• - Updated existing localizations
• - Updated FFmpeg

Changes for v2.2.7 - v2.3.0

• - Added 'estimate duration from bitrate' functionality for files with no duration info present
• - Fixed scenario where error handling wasn't disabled
• - Fixed hang on some files with h264 streams
• - Fixed crash with certain RM files
• - Fixed a few minor bugs
• - Updated Readme file
• - Updated FFmpeg

Changes for v2.2.5 - v2.2.6

• Improved the core thumbnailing code (should result in a small speed boost)
• Improved thumbnailing speed of HEVC files
• Improved swf thumbnailing in general
• Added support for rare on2vp8 format in ogv files
• Fixed Icaros on Win XP
• Fixed crash when thumbnailing shortcuts (Thanks Sahil)
• Fixed aspect ratio of specific mp4/mov files
• Fixed a couple of swf thumbnailing regressions
• Fixed rare jpg files displaying upside down
• Fixed crash with certain mkv files on 32-bit systems (Thanks hervansaputra)
• Many minor fixes and improvements
• Improved FFmpeg build
• Updated FFmpeg

Changes for v2.2.3 - v2.2.4

• Added (Experimental) HEVC/H265 decoding
• Added VP9 decoding
• Added HEVC/H265 track definitions to property parser
• Added VP9 track definition to mkv property parser
• Upgraded compilers to MSVC 2013/GCC 4.8.2
• Updated Versioning scheme
• Improved FFmpeg compilation
• Decreased size of binaries by about 4-5 MB
• Fixed Green-ish image thumbnails
• Fixed 'Contains Chapters' property for certain MKV files
• Fixed a bug in the 'Reset Property Filetypes' function
• Fixed AVI regression (certain rare AVI files didn't generate proper thumbnails)
• Fixed thumbnailing of several m2ts samples (Thanks Lenmaer)
• Fixed specific m2ts crash (Thanks HD-False)
• Fixed some minor bugs
• Updated FFmpeg

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