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1590 days ago

Changelog History
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  • v2020.5.3 Changes

    May 03, 2020

    🚀 Release info:

    • 🏁 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 here
    • 🏁 the binary version ".exe" prepared by "cx_freeze" on python 3.6, windows8x32bit and tested on win10_64bit

    What's new in version 2020.5.3:

    • 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.

  • v2020.4.17 Changes

    April 18, 2020

    🚀 Release info:

    • 🏁 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 here
    • 🏁 the binary version ".exe" prepared by "cx_freeze" on python 3.6, windows8x32bit and tested on win10_64bit

    What's new in version 2020.4.8:

    • 🚑 Critical Bug fix for missing extensions in video filename and failed audio/video
      🔀 merging.
    • 🛠 Fixed Some "tvp.pl" and other links doesn't work issue #73.
    • 👍 Better hls videos processing.
    • ➕ Added 'srt' format to subtitle selection, issue #74
    • 🏁 used art-work icons for all buttons including standard Popup windows.
    • Clickable links in "about window", issue #72
    • dynamic connections manager to avoid server's max. connections error.
    • 🛠 fixed corrupted file contents if server sent an html instead of bytes, issue #75
    • 🛠 fixed thread manager quitting while there is segments didn't finish downloading.
    • soft start, connections will be gradually increase over time to reach max.number
      set by user, this prevent impact on servers/networks, and avoid "service not
      available" response from server when exceeding multi-connection number set by
      server.
    • dynamic tooltip for playlist and video quality comboboxes, "note these are only
      combos that can be scrolled by mouse wheel"
    • ➕ added format id to every stream in video quality combobox.
    • Similar streams/video quality which have different language now will be shown.
    • 👍 better text display if it is longer than the widget, with 3 dots in the middle
      of string.

  • v2020.4.8 Changes

    April 10, 2020

    🚀 Release info:

    • 🏁 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 here
    • 🏁 the binary version ".exe" prepared by "cx_freeze" on python 3.6, windows8x32bit and tested on win10_64bit

    What's new in version 2020.4.8:

    • website authentication option, issue #65.
    • subtitles download, issue #70
    • ➕ Added support for famous Audio formats aac, ogg, and mp3 - issue #67
    • 🛠 Fixed some issues with hls videos i.e. problem downloading audio, and resume error
    • ➕ add extra redundant streams while showing format code to identify them, issue #68
    • 0️⃣ choose first item in downloads table by default if non is selected
    • 🛠 Fixed progress reporting 100% before completed merging audio/video or segments.
    • ➕ Add referee link option, issue #66
    • 🛠 Fixed focus for "about window".
    • ➕ added http-headers.
    • 🛠 fixed, thread manager exit without updating the "remaining parts" value
    • unfortunately watch while downloading is no more available for all hls videos.

  • v2020.3.31 Changes

    April 02, 2020

    🚀 Release info:

    • 🏁 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

  • v2020.3.20 Changes

    March 22, 2020

    🚀 Release info:

    • 🏁 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

  • v2020.3.13 Changes

    March 13, 2020

    🚀 Release info:

    • 🏁 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
    • 🚀 youtube-dl.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 2020.3.3:

    • ➕ 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

  • v2020.3.3 Changes

    March 04, 2020

    🚀 Release info:

    • 🏁 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
    • 🚀 youtube-dl.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 2020.3.3:

    • 🚑 critical fix for application crash.
    • 🏁 include ffmpeg.exe and youtube-dl.exe with portable windows version
    • 🌲 auto-save log events.

  • v2020.3.2 Changes

    March 03, 2020

    🚀 Release info:

    • 🏁 portable version for windows 32bit and 64bit, no installation needed, just extract it to any folder and run pyIDM.exe file
    • 🏁 the binary version ".exe" prepared by "cx_freeze" on python 3.6, windows8x32bit and tested on win10_64bit

    What's new in version 2020.3.2:

    • Ability to use youtube-dl native downloader as an alternative option.
    • ➕ add support for more websites.
    • ➕ add log level option in log tab.
    • 👉 user can select ffmpeg download folder.
    • 🛠 Fix about window.
    • Download window re-design.
    • Application restart on setting tab after selecting new theme.
    • 🔄 Changed default theme to "Topanga".
    • 🛠 some other bug fixes and tweaks.

  • v2020.2.22 Changes

    February 23, 2020

    🚀 Release info:

    • 🏁 portable version for windows 32bit and 64bit, no installation needed, just extract it to any folder and run pyIDM.exe file
    • 🏁 the binary version ".exe" prepared by "cx_freeze" on python 3.6, windows8x32bit and tested on win10_64bit

    What's new in version 2020.2.22:

    • ➕ Add support for encrypted HLS streams.
    • 🚑 Critical bug fix for download playlist.
    • ➕ add status for download window.

  • v2020.2.21 Changes

    February 22, 2020

    🚀 Release info:

    • 🏁 portable version for windows 32bit and 64bit, no installation needed, just extract it to any folder and run pyIDM.exe file
    • 🏁 the binary version ".exe" prepared by "cx_freeze" on python 3.6, windows8x32bit and tested on win10_64bit

    What's new in version 2020.2.21:

    • ➕ 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