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28 March 2010

WDTV ThumbGen v0.12.1 released!

Version 0.12.1
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Link: Click to download or click "Check for updates" (v0.6+)
Release Notes:
  • Fixed: Incorrect processing of the & character. An invalid entity message was displayed
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.

27 March 2010

WDTV ThumbGen v0.12.0 released!

Version 0.12.0
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Link: Click to download or click "Check for updates" (v0.6+)
Release Notes:

  • Extended logging for invalid templates
  • Preview window can be closed by Escape key
  • In Advanced Settings it is possible now to specify what device/mod/firmware and sheets mode is used and the recommended output of the main/extra moviesheets is setup automatically.
  • Added possibility to choose a different template for the extra moviesheet. Basically now the program can generate (up to) two independent moviesheets (sharing same data) using two different templates.
  • When processing a path the missing folders are created automatically
  • In some special cases the template was analyzed wrong (by capitalizing the quotes instead of title)
  • When the "Autoselect cover from disk if available" option is set in Option then in the Results page the "My Own Thumbnail from Disk" collector is selected automatically
  • The user entered media info for .iso file was ignored during generating .nfo/metadata

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.

22 March 2010

WDTV ThumbGen v0.11.12 released!

Version 0.11.12
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Link: Click to download or click "Check for updates" (v0.6+)
Release Notes:

  • Fixed the case of collectors having no info for a movie despite IMDB finding it: there is a new button added to the input box allowing to jump to Results page even if no collector returned results
  • Extended "Autoselect folder.jpg/fanart.jpg" with customizable filenames
  • Implemented multi language support for external subtitles by using %EXTERNALSUBTITLESx% (x=1..5) (exactly the same as embedded subtitles)
  • Added in Moviesheet Properties a new information: the default language used when processing external subtitles; do not confuse this with the setting used by OpenSubtitles; they are different. The value set for Moviesheet will be used for the external subtitles that have no language in their names (eg. movie.srt); if the subtitle has a two letter language in its name then that one will be used (eg. movie.en.srt)
  • Fixed: Critical bug in collecting movies (introduced in 0.11.9)
  • Added CSFD.cz as collector for Movie Info (partial information, allow IMDb to fill up missing data; the collector does not return the fields that are the same in all languages)
  • Small tweaks and fixes

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.

21 March 2010

WDTV ThumbGen v0.11.11 released!

Version 0.11.11
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Link: Click to download or click "Check for updates" (v0.6+)
Release Notes:
  • Added two switches in Options: "Autoselect existing folder.jpg as cover" and "Autoselect existing fanart.jpg as background" (by default switched off both)
  • Added %SUBTITLESx% (with x = 1..5) for the embedded subtitles having the individual languages (English names)
  • Implemented an update moviesheet mechanism (by storing moviesheet metadata); it allows rebuilding (manually or automatically) all moviesheets by reusing all or some parts from the metadata
  • Fixed: "Skip current folder" button in the "Query keywords" page does not skip the folder but only the file
  • Fixed: Crash when disabling search and using only "Own Video Snapshots"
  • Fixed: AspectRatio from MediaInfo is saved sometimes using the wrong decimal separator
  • Updated documentation: Click to download
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.

20 March 2010

WDTV ThumbGen v0.11.10 released!

Version 0.11.10
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Link: Click to download or click "Check for updates" (v0.6+)
Release Notes:
  • Fixed bug in processing the naming of the extra moviesheet
  • Fixed bug in displaying the Aspect Ratio for the moviesheet
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.

WDTV ThumbGen v0.11.9 released!

Version 0.11.9
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Link: Click to download or click "Check for updates" (v0.6+)
Release Notes:

  • Improved the subtitles support for moviesheets (see updated documentation)
  • Added possibility to generate an extra copy for the moviesheet (see Advanced Settings)
  • Added possibility to retrieve all Banners from TheTVDB.com; for the moment they are collected together with the Backdrops; later they will be maybe organized in an own category (see Options)
  • Added option to "Do not auto populate moviesheet with backdrop by default" (see Options)
  • Added custom extensions to be processed as "movies" (see Advanced Settings)
  • Added "skip folders containing this strings" feature (see Advanced Settings)
  • Optimized the collecting movie files mechanism and avoid crash on system-protected folders/files
  • Added on-the-fly import-and-convert .nfo files from xbmc (Warning: if you generate .nfo files with ThumbGen the old .nfo will be replaced by TG's format)
  • Improved IMDb movie matching (by capitalizing the keywords sent to IMDb)
  • Added filter to Select Files/Folder dialog
  • Every movie displayed in the Select Files/Folder page has indication if it has subtitles/moviesheet/movieinfo (can be disabled in Options if you feel it slow)
  • Fixed editing media info for the .iso files
  • Optimized the Results page display by removing one redundant template rendering
  • Fixed preserving the AspectRatio for the small moviesheet display
  • GUI fixes and tweaks
  • Updated documentation for templates Click to download


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.

17 March 2010

WDTV ThumbGen v0.11.8 released!

Version 0.11.8
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Link: Click to download or click "Check for updates" (v0.6+)
Release Notes:
  • Added search box inside the IMDb Preselect page to allow fine querying
  • Added tokens %SUBTITLES% and %EXTERNALSUBTITLES% for the embedded/external subtitles
  • Fixed: Properly formatted bitrates to Kbps/Mbps/Gbps
  • Added container to the text media info (%CONTAINERTEXT%)
  • Added possibility to select an entire disk drive to be processed
  • Added correct video/audio codec description
  • Added possibility to load own backdrops from disk (added an "Add from disk" button to the backdrops list)
  • Fixed: Sometimes (Win7) accesing My Documents caused an exception
  • Fixed: SplashScreen was causing crashes preventing ThumbGen's startup
  • Fixed: Removed the default values for .iso files
  • Fixed: Querying media info about .iso files was hanging
  • Updated documentation for templates support: Click to download

NOTE: This release is not properly tested; switch to a previous version if you find it buggy (and of course report the bugs here)

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 March 2010

WDTV ThumbGen 0.11.7 released!

Version 0.11.7
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Link: Click to download or click "Check for updates" (v0.6+)
Release Notes:

  • Implemented correct DVD and BluRay folder structure support (detect keywords and place results in the right place)
  • Implemented basic MediaInfo editor so the user can adjust the data before generating moviesheet
  • Added MediaInfo to the .nfo file; it will be loaded automatically from .nfo when the Results page is displayed
  • Added tokens for video codec, video bitrate, audio codec, audio channels, duration and filesize
  • Added option to limit filesize for moviesheets (if you use a limit it will slow down a bit the speed of rendering)
  • Populate the default rendered moviesheet with info from .nfo if present and select "My Own Data" as movie info provider if .nfo file found
  • Remember the selected template between sessions
  • Automatically render a default moviesheet using first cover and current movie info when displaying Results page
  • Fixed bug in selecting .m2ts/.m2t and .wmv9/.wmv files (duplicates were generated for each of these extensions)

NOTE: This release is not properly tested; switch to a previous version if you find it buggy (and of course report the bugs here)

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.

11 March 2010

WDTV ThumbGen 0.11.6 released!

Version 0.11.6
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Link: Click to download or click "Check for updates" (v0.6+)
Release Notes:

  • Added support for VIDEO_TS folder structures
  • Added IMDb search and prompting user to choose the right movie
  • Added logging module
  • Fixed bug in processing .nfo files
  • Fixed bug in displaying moviesheets (in the Select files dialog) if the default naming scheme is different than default
  • Fixed the wrong trailing characters inside the Plot returned by IMDb
  • Fixed the OFDb.de encoding problems and incorrect title retrieval
  • Fixed moviemeter.nl crash when no title found
  • Fixed the splash screen remaining in the background


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 March 2010

WDTV ThumbGen 0.11.5 released!

Version 0.11.5
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Link: Click to download or click "Check for updates" (v0.6+)
Release Notes:

  • Added "Reset to default settings" button in Options window
  • Fixed splash screen issue
  • Fixed aspect ratio value for the %ASPECTRATIO% token
  • Fixed encoding issue for the MoviePosterDB results
  • Added flag "Use always the IMDb rating" (default true) inside Options
  • Several bugfixes and improvements

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.

07 March 2010

WDTV ThumbGen 0.11.4 released!

Version 0.11.4
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Link: Click to download or click "Check for updates" (v0.6+)
Release Notes:

  • Fixed buttons layout inside the "Select files" dialog
  • Added support for Fanart (%FANART1%, %FANART2%, %FANART3% tokens supported)
  • Added reset moviesheet data button


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.

WDTV ThumbGen 0.11.3 released!

Version 0.11.3
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Link: Click to download or click "Check for updates" (v0.6+)
Release Notes:

  • Added cine-passion (French) and moviemeter.nl (Dutch) as collectors
  • Added %VIDEORESOLUTION% and %VIDEORESOLUTIONTEXT% tokens containing the video resolution (eg. 1920x1080)
  • Added possibility to build up a random thumbnail from snapshots in both automatic and manual mode (nice for own movies); Go to Options then download and set the path to the Movie Thumbnailer in order to activate this function
  • Added full support for IMDb Movie Info
  • Added possibility to fill up missing items in the Movie Info returned by a collector with data from IMDb (check Options-IMDb Settings for details)
  • Added possibility to search by IMDb Id instead of keywords (when prompted to enter keywords you can enter either keywords or some IMDB Id)
  • Fixed several bugs inside collectors


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.