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31 January 2010

WDTV ThumbGen 0.9.10 released!

Version 0.9.10
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Link: Click to download or click "Check for updates" (v0.6+)
Release Notes:
  • Implemented a fully automatic (optional) mode (beta, use with caution)
  • External assemblies are now embedded inside the main exe for easier deployment (they will be expanded inside ThumbGen's folder during first startup)
  • Added option to switch off retrieval of episode screenshots for TheTVDB.com
  • Added backdrop/fanart support for blu-ray.com
  • Added search by IMDb Id support for thetvdb.com
  • Added format/resolution/video/audio icons inside the MediaInfo panel
  • Bug fixed: TheMovieDb.org was returning search results by keywords if the specified IMDb Id was not found; this was "by design" but leads to errors in automatic mode
Important: ThumbGen requires a PC with Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/2008/7 and Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5SP1 installed (can be downloaded for free here).

 
Disclaimer: THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

28 January 2010

WDTV ThumbGen 0.9.9 released!

Version 0.9.9
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Link: Click to download or click "Check for updates" (v0.6+)
Release Notes:
  • Added Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.ca, Blu-ray.com and MoviePosterDB.com as collectors
  • Implemented gallery view for backdrops/fanart (where the collector supports it) with possibility to view/save the original images
  • Cinemagia.ro collector was optimized (but the site is still slower than the rest)
  • Added "Skip current folder" button to the Adjust keywords dialog
  • The moviehash-based search was optimized
  • Movie info was extended with more fields (where available)
  • GUI was adjusted to fit on lower resolutions; there is a Collapse/Expand button in the Results page that toggle the visibility of the main Tabcontrol
  • Various GUI improvements and tweaks
Important: ThumbGen requires a PC with Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/2008/7 and Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5SP1 installed (can be downloaded for free here).


Disclaimer: THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

13 January 2010

WDTV ThumbGen 0.9 released!

Version 0.9.8
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Link: Click to download or click "Check for updates" (v0.6+)
Release Notes:
  • At startup of the application (only first time) it can take a bit longer as it attempts to download several dlls needed by the new functionalities (temporary solution until I push them via autoupdate)
  • Added basic media info support for movies (show codecs, etc) in both the Select Folders dialog (when selecting a movie file) and the Results page (v0.9.8)
  • Implemented "kheda's fix"® for the "double thumbnails" via network shares (details here); basically a workaround for the WDTV bug of showing both thumbnail and movie through network shares (v0.9.8)
  • Added preview of the "wd_tv.jpg" (if present) in the Select Folders dialog (v0.9.8)
  • Improved support for labelling TV Shows (if the "Ask user .." option is unchecked the app is parsing file name, extracts episode or CD number and places it over the thumbnail automatically) (v0.9.8)
  • Bug fixed: Movie Player was leaving some of the screenshots in the temp folder (v0.9.8)
  • Bug fixed: Support for autoupdating multiple files was still buggy (v0.9.8)
  • Bug fixed: Retrieving subtitles was not done asynchronous (v0.9.8)
  • Implemented smarter IMDbID detection even without .nfo file and provide basic IMDb info (v0.9.7)
  • Last selected folder is now remembered (v0.9.7)
  • Added a switch to generate thumbnail only based on the "Use Movie Snapshots" without having to search first (v0.9.7)
  • Added possibility to specify own image for thumbnail (select from disk) (v0.9.7)
  • Improved filtering the movie names for episodes (v0.9.7)
  • Improved subtitles detection and new dialog to choose the correct subtitles version (v0.9.7)
  • Retrieve also the episode thumbnails from TheTVDb.com (v0.9.7)
  • Bug fixed: Sometimes the "Analyzing ..." information remained on the screen after processing was done (v0.9.7)
  • Bug fixed: A screenshot made without the cropper (sniper) cannot be stretched (was ignoring aspect ratio)(v0.9.7)
  • Added a basic video player that allows making video snapshots from own movies (cropped area or full size) and use them as thumbnails. Take some screenshots and then click OK. You'll get back to the results page where a new collector ("My Own Thumbnails") will have your screenshots listed. This feature requires proper codecs installed and also Windows Media Player v10+. Recommended codecs are Haali Media Splitter, ffdshow and 3ivx Codec (for .mov files).
  • Any .nfo or .txt file containing a valid IMDb ID (link or id or whatever) will be scanned and parsed and the ID found will be used by the collectors that support IMDb ID search (currently cinemagia.ro and themoviedb.org). If you select an image (in the Results window) that has some IMDd ID associated you can also generate a basic .nfo file that will store that IMDb ID (next time search will use it) by clicking the "Generate .nfo" button.
  • Some GUI tweaks and improvements (eg. Results are grouped where possible by movie name, folder.jpg for the current folder can be generated, exception handling improved, etc)
  • Added more sizes for thumbnails: 120x160, 120x180, 150x200, 163x245, 180x240, 200x300, 225x300, 240x360
  • Fixed bug in watermark text and improved dragging text over the image
  • Added "Save original image as"
  • Option to create Folder.jpg in the movie folder automatically together with the thumbnail
  • Subtitles support: inform if the movie has (or not) subtitle, rename subtitles with same name as the movie, automatic download of the correct subtitles
  • Fixed autoupdate mechanism to allow updating multiple files
Important: ThumbGen requires a PC with Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/2008/7 and Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5SP1 installed (can be downloaded for free here).
Disclaimer: THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

    10 January 2010

    WDTV ThumbGen 0.8.1 released!

    Version 0.8.1
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    Link: Obsolete
    Release Notes:
    • Added cinemagia.ro as collector for Romanian movies (Warning: this website is sometimes very slow)
    • Added info about search time for each collector to easily identify the slow ones
    • Added 'Cancel search' button during searching. After cancelling the list of already retrieved results will be displayed
    • Added timeouts for search operation: max 10 seconds for an image retrieval, max 2 minutes for a movie search
    Important: ThumbGen requires a PC with Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/2008/7 and Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5SP1 installed (can be downloaded for free here).


    Disclaimer: THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


    08 January 2010

    WDTV ThumbGen 0.8 released!

    Version 0.8
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    Link: Obsolete.
    Release Notes:
    • Added the option to preserve aspect ratio and several output sizes for thumbnails
    • Added list of user-defined words to skip, apart of the built-in skipping mechanism (user defined blacklist)
    • Added possibility to choose movies independently inside a folder if it contains multiple movie files
    • Improved results display
    • Added two more covers providers: alpacine.com and filmposter-archiv.de
    • Save/restore collectors selection
    • Added possibility to add episode numbers over the selected thumbnail; user decides text, font, color and position (this feature is in a beta stage as it is not properly tested yet)
    • Detect if collectors are offline and switch them off
    • Image download speed is improved
    • Several minor bugs fixed
    Important: ThumbGen requires a PC with Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/2008/7 and Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5SP1 installed (can be downloaded for free here).


    Disclaimer: THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


    05 January 2010

    Pending tasks and requests for future releases

    This post will inform you about the current pending tasks and their status. Please post your comments/feedback/suggestions here (the bugs or the issues strictly related to some version can be posted in the version's own post). The items that are strikethrough are fixed and will be available in the version displayed in brackets.


    I started  to organize my issues/tasks a bit better

    Pending:
    • Add user-defined profiles (ie. Movies-profile, TVShows-profile, Xtreamer-profile, etc)
    • Redesign mainpage and implement a Startup wizard 
    • Offer a simple default template in Templates subfolder
    • Multilanguage support for ThumbGen GUI (really needed?) (later)
    • Refactoring and code optimization (v1.0)
    • Create documentation/help for ThumbGen (later)

    Known bugs:
    • Encoding issues for MoviePosterDB.com
    Music files support will NOT be implemented (there are tools to embed artwork inside mp3 and I am not using the WDTV to listen to music anyway).