Version history for pyIDM
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Changes for v2020.6.27 - v2020.8.13
- Ability to delete any item while download in progress.
- added buttons for open log file, or log folder, issue #134
- Fixed arabic language display on linux issue #88
- Fixed failed downloads if target folder's name has spaces issue #130
- Fix for table colors on tkinter 8.6.9
- Stop log auto scroll if user scroll up.
- Added horizontal scrollbar for log window.
- Fixed fetching youtube channel videos as a playlist, issue #146
- Fixed metadata error issue #138
- interactive terminal support.
- Auto correct file name extension (ask user first) issue #137
Changes for v2020.6.15 - v2020.6.27
- Write metadata info to media files issue #124, Settings>General
- fixed fragmented video download
- fixed downloads for itv.com
- revamp subtitles download, and fixes for issue #125
Changes for v2020.5.10 - v2020.6.15
- Dynamic file segmentation, to improve speed issue #97
- Instant Theme change without restarting the application main window issue #87
- Added frame rate "fps" to streams description in quality drop down list issue #92
- Auto rename file if same name exists in download folder "Settings>General".
- Added md5 and sha256 checksum calculators, "Settings>Advanced"
- use proxy dns "LibCurl socks5h and socks4a" issue #95 "Settings>Network"
- Fixed empty downloads table after theme change.
- Fixed Application freeze on linux when using "open file" or "open download folder".
- Fixed some Application update issues for windows portable version.
- Fixed Truncated File size after done downloading issue #86
- Fixed audio manual selection for dash videos issue #90
- Fixed downloading direct HLS/m3u8 media playlist issue #91
- Fixed file corruption on download resume
- disable "video search" for non-video urls issue #102
Changes for v2020.4.17 - v2020.5.4
- SysTray icon, with options "minimize or close to systray", currently "available
- on windows", support for other platforms in progress.
- Added cookies support issue #80.
- Major Fixes for "Resume download".
- Parsing subtitles from hls m3u8 files issue #77.
- Filtered Ads. segments from hls video's manifest.
- Ask user permission before checking for update, issue #76.
- Portable windows version, upgrading to new versions can be done by using update
- button which will auto-download "updated files only - almost 5MB" instead of
- downloading the whole new version.
- cancel download for expired links or if no data received from network, with popup
- feedback on download error
- Added some keyboard keys action: Esc key for download cancel, Delete for item delete.
- play video on thumbnail click, "in downloads tab".
- Get direct streaming url without downloading, by clicking Thumbnail board at main tab.
- Fixes for "download speed chokes" at the end, when remaining only one worker only.
- Hls videos watch while downloading is now available for non-encrypted videos.
Changes for v2020.3.20 - v2020.3.31
- portable version for windows 32bit and 64bit, no installation needed, just extract it to any folder and run PyIDM.exe file
- ffmpeg.exe included, you can download latest version from here
- the binary version ".exe" prepared by "cx_freeze" on python 3.6, windows8x32bit and tested on win10_64bit
- What's new in version 2020.3.31:
- New design for downloads and settings Tab
- Handle big playlist faster and more efficiently, with option to save bandwidth to fetch information only for selected videos.
- Show video names in playlist while fetching info.
- Fixed "update youtube-dl module" in windows portable version with "rollback update" option
- Added option to Manually select audio format for dash videos
- better memory usage.
- auto select the row of current download item
- select table rows with keyboard up/down arrows
- fixed url_change triggered on ctrl or shift buttons pressed
Changes for v2020.3.13 - v2020.3.20
- portable version for windows 32bit and 64bit, no installation needed, just extract it to any folder and run PyIDM.exe file
- ffmpeg.exe included, you can download latest version from here
- the binary version ".exe" prepared by "cx_freeze" on python 3.6, windows8x32bit and tested on win10_64bit
- What's new in version 2020.3.20:
- New GUI design with fresh button icons for main tab.
- Thumbnail auto preview for selected video.
- Ability to show download window offline per user option.
- fixed resume/overwrite existing download item.
- Ability to cancel ongoing ffmpeg operation, i.e. merging audio/video or handling hls streams.
- arrange settings tab.
- right click options for url widget.
- various GUI tweaks.
- stop creating global settings folder automatically.
- playlist/video info extracting process becomes faster 2 times.
- Fixed problem of scheduled downloads
- TODO:
- new design for downloads and settings Tab
Changes for v2020.3.3 - v2020.3.13
- Added support for more hls video streams / websites.
- Added support for http, https, socks4, and socks5 proxy
- Fixed high memory usage bug and possible crash.
- Speed up file manager performance
- Fixed number of live workers for fragmented downloads.
- Fixed file name extraction from headers.
- Add option to Select Setting folder, default to local folder.
- Natural sorting themes
Changes for v2020.2.22 - v2020.3.3
- critical fix for application crash.
- include ffmpeg.exe and youtube-dl.exe with portable windows version
- auto-save log events.
Changes for v2020.2.21 - v2020.2.22
- Add support for encrypted HLS streams.
- Critical bug fix for download playlist.
- add status for download window.
Changes for v2020.2.19 - v2020.2.21
- Added button to save log text to disk.
- Fixed resume issues.
- Fixed speed limit.
- Fixed hls stream resume.
- Fixed update func. called when click on empty area under App. name.
- Fixed progress bar and segment size for fragmented / live streams.
- better handling for m3u8 files.
- include user agent for download function
