HomeCinema v0.5.3

What's New?

• NEW: Json setting to change Time out when connecting to the internet, for various features.
  • See data\settings.json file, under "setTimeOut": [value].
• FIX: When cleaning, app fails to load subsequent entries.

HomeCinema v0.5.2 - Changeable UI

What's New?

• REV: Added [Check for Update] button to Manually check update in Settings -> General window.
• REV: Added new category in Settings window, Appearance.
  • Contains settings to modify GUI elements, like window background color and font color.
• FIX: Entries stop loading after a file missing is reached.
• FIX: New series cannot be added.
• MINOR: Close Settings window after Saving changes.
• GUI: Minor change to some messages on forms.
• GUI: Added Icons for Loading form, indicating success or failure when checking for updates.

Dev changes

• REFACTOR: Reduced code lines, and improved disposing of resources.
• MINOR: Moved condition for checking update.
• MINOR: Moved Saving Settings on [OK] button pressed, on Settings window.
• MINOR: Append to Skipped log, instead of rewriting.
• DOC: Removed download links for old releases.

HomeCinema v0.5.1 - Major Fix

What's New?

• FIX: App doesn't get new media files.
• MINOR: Clean App folder and logs upon app load.
• MINOR: Instantly save setings file, after changing settings.

HomeCinema v0.5 - Major Features and Optimizations

What's New?

• REV: Reduced memory usage by half, by optimizing code structure.
• REV: Use ListBox for Genre and Country, instead of Checkboxes.
• REV: Only one instance of App can now run.
• REV: You can now search for Imdb entry, and select which one to use.
• REV: Automatically fetch movie info, after searching on Imdb.
• FIX: Cover image sometimes not downloading properly.
• FIX: Correctly display Season/Episode count on Items.
• MINOR: Moved logs to subfolder 'logs'.
• MINOR: Movie Country is now based on Production country.
• MINOR: Country and Genre file is automatically updated when new entry is added, save list in Alphabetical order.
• MINOR: Automatically fetch 'Studio' from Imdb.
• MINOR: Clean all logs on button press, instead of only specific files.
• GUI: Additional message on app loading for inserting new entry to database.
• GUI: Updated Settings form to reflect new changes.
• GUI: Changed 'Episode name' to 'Original' on Movie Info display.
• GUI: Changed color of Imdb Id on Movie Info display.

Dev changes

• Target x64 on Build.
• Use Path.Combine to create filepaths, making it the standard.
• Create empty log files, when it doesn't exist.
• Log to ErrorLog at the same folder, when there's no log existing in logs subfolder.
• Make building array from text file case-insensitive.
• Added codes for easy debugging.
• Major code refactors.

HomeCinema v0.4.1

What's New?

• REV: Delete Covers not in Database, when pressing [Clean].
• FIX: Changing metadata should not work on 'series'.
• FIX: Removed producer to stop looping on saving metadata.
• GUI: Changed Font for Movie Summary, and Settings form.
• GUI: Updated main form caption.

Dev changes

• REV: Show loading form when checking for update.
• MINOR: Include additional message for loading forms.
• DOCS: Updated Markdown docs README, LICENSE, README_TODO.
• DOC: Added docs/VERSION_HISTORY_DETAILED.md and docs/links.md.
• Code refactors, and improvements.

Major Fixes and Improvements

What's New?

• REV: Add loading form to [Clean] button.
• REV: Search for Trailers in all media.
• FIX: 'Series Directories' not showing up on ListView.
• FIX: Cannot perform [Clean] when cover is changed recently.
• GUI: Changed Font of Items.

'Under the Hood' changes

• REV: Refactor query for Searching.
• REV: Refactor ListView Item details.
• REV: Refactor frmMovie Initialization.
• REV: Increase TimeOut for CheckConnection().
• REV: Cast all API queries of TMDB to JSON files.
• Code refactors and cleanup.

New Loading Form, and Improvements

What's New?

• REV: New Loading form.
• REV: Show Loading form on Fetching data from TMDB, and Saving Metadata.
• FIX: Playing media file for invalid movie ID.
• FIX: Cannot view Movie Info for Invalid ID.

'Under the Hood' changes

• REV: Separate string array builder for directories.
• REV: Delegate background tasks to loading form.
• MINOR: Added pre-build event to delete 'lib' subfolder.
• MINOR: Append new entries to 'MovieResult_DoneInsert.Log', instead of replacing file every form load.
• MINOR: Organized source files.
• Code cleanups, and various refactors.
• Removed un-used lines of code.

Breaking Changes!

NOTE: This update breaks the old way that the App saves directories

• After updating, open the App and find the folder where your movies are saved.
• To add additional folders, and TV series location(s), go to Settings -> File.
  • Click on [Add] and navigate to your directories.

What's New?

• REV: New GUI for Settings: Added Buttons to [Add], [Remove], [Clear] Directories to search media files from.

'Under the Hood' changes:

• REV: All required DLLs and files are saved under lib subfolder.
• MINOR: Renamed variables for readability.
• MINOR: Code cleanups.
• DOCS: Updated README.
• RES: Updated screenshots.

Major Improvements

What's New?

• REV: Automatically refresh Media List, when checkbox Hide Animation is checked/unchecked.
• REV: Perform Update checking when App is completely loaded, instead of 'before App Loads'.
• GUI: Renamed 'Filters' to 'Tags', in Settings.
• GUI: Added [About] button, to Display Info about the App.

'Under the Hood' changes:

• REV: Invoke method, when adding items to ListView Media List.
• RES: Update guide_add_media_paths.png.
• DOC: Removed links from previous releases (deleted).
• DOC: Added 'BUILD_GUIDE.md'.
• MINOR: Changed logging string format.
• MINOR: Add return type and value for method: TryDelete, in GlobalVars.
• MINOR: Added logging files to [Clean] Button.
• MINOR: Add some more logs.
• MINOR: Code cleanup.