Refactored the update checking logic into a QThread subclass to prevent blocking the UI during network requests. The update check now runs asynchronously, and the dialog is shown via a signal when an update is available.
Expanded the clickable area for the menu button in HistoryDelegate to 60x50px and adjusted text width accordingly. This improves usability and addresses issues with the left side of the button not responding to clicks.
Replaces per-operation SQLite connections with a persistent connection for improved efficiency and thread safety. Adds additional indexes for faster search on title, channel, and URL. Refactors all database access methods to use the persistent connection and simplifies transaction handling.
Replaces the history dialog's widget-per-entry approach with a virtualized QListView using a custom model and delegate for improved performance. Switches the HistoryManager backend from JSON file storage to SQLite, including automatic migration of legacy data. Adds support for efficient search, thumbnail caching, and context menu actions in the new UI.
Adjusted padding, margin, and spacing for a more compact layout. Standardized the thumbnail size to 240x135 (16:9 ratio) and reduced the menu button size for better visual balance.
Refactors the history loading process to emit entries as soon as they are loaded, allowing the UI to display immediately. Thumbnail downloads are now handled in the background, with widgets updated via a new signal when thumbnails are cached. This prevents UI freezes and improves responsiveness by showing placeholders until thumbnails are available.
Refactored thumbnail downloading to use a QThread for asynchronous operation, preventing UI blocking. Added ThumbnailDownloadThread class and updated VideoInfoMixin to handle threaded download and error reporting.
Inserted a debug log statement to output the full yt-dlp command before execution. This will help diagnose issues related to command construction and subprocess invocation.
Replaces the generic downloads badge with separate PyPI and GitHub downloads badges for improved clarity. Enhances visibility of project statistics in the README.
Updated the release-all GitHub Actions workflow to include 'contents: write' permission, enabling the workflow to perform actions that require write access to repository contents.
Switches to using yt-dlp's --flat-playlist and --dump-single-json for faster initial playlist info extraction. Now fetches minimal info for all videos quickly, then retrieves full details for the first video only to populate format information, improving performance and reducing unnecessary data processing.
Introduces a filter input to the PlaylistSelectionDialog for searching videos by title and displays video durations next to each entry. Updates English translations to support the new filter placeholder and analysis status message.
Introduces a HistoryLoaderThread to load history entries and pre-fetch thumbnails in the background, preventing UI freezes. Adds a loading spinner and disables the 'Clear All' button while loading, improving user experience during history retrieval.
Added a custom converter to serialize Path objects as strings when saving the application configuration to JSON. This prevents serialization errors if Path objects are present in the config.
Refactored AboutDialog to avoid backslashes in f-string expressions by assigning HTML links to variables before formatting. This resolves a SyntaxError encountered when running YTSage with Python 3.11.
Corrected the indentation so that the extraction of the executable occurs within the context of the open zip file. This ensures the file is extracted while the zip is accessible, preventing potential errors.
Changed the extraction target directory for the Deno executable to use the parent of DENO_APP_BIN_PATH instead of APP_BIN_DIR, ensuring the executable is placed in the correct location.
Introduces support for overriding DENO_APP_BIN_PATH via environment variable, enabling compatibility with Flatpak packaging. Updates the build workflow to set the DENO_APP_BIN_PATH environment variable and ensures parent directories for custom binary paths are created if needed.
Introduces creation of a dedicated desktop file for Flatpak packaging in the build-linux workflow. Ensures the Exec and Icon fields conform to Flatpak requirements and updates the install step to use the new desktop file.
Changed the Flatpak runtime and SDK version from 6.6 to 6.10 in the build-linux GitHub Actions workflow to ensure compatibility with the latest KDE platform.
Introduces a Flatpak packaging step to the Linux CI workflow and updates ytsage_constants.py to support overriding the yt-dlp binary path via the YTDLP_APP_BIN_PATH environment variable, which is critical for Flatpak compatibility. Also ensures the custom yt-dlp directory is created if the environment variable is set.
Revamps the CI/CD documentation to reflect the new manual workflow dispatch system, replacing tag-based triggers. Adds detailed instructions for running full or platform-specific builds, clarifies artifact naming, and updates configuration and process notes to match the current GitHub Actions setup.
Refactored build workflows for Linux, macOS, and Windows to use workflow_dispatch and workflow_call with explicit version input, replacing tag-based triggers. Updated release steps to use the provided version input for tagging and naming. Added a new release-all workflow to trigger all platform builds with a single version input.
Removed the matrix strategy for multiple macOS runners and set the workflow to use only macos-latest. Simplifies the build process and reduces resource usage.
Introduces 'update in progress' messages to all supported languages and updates the GUI to prevent analysis or downloads while yt-dlp is updating. Adds flags to track update and analysis states, ensuring user actions are blocked with appropriate warnings during updates.
Enhances the verify_deno_sha256 function to support both standard Unix and verbose checksum file formats. Adds debug logging for cases where the hash cannot be found.
Eliminates logic for locating and including Qt6 plugins in the build-linux workflow. This simplifies the build process and removes conditional inclusion of Qt6 plugin files.
Updated the build-linux.yml workflow to use absolute paths for the desktop file and icon during RPM packaging, ensuring correct file installation regardless of the build directory structure.
Updates the build-linux.yml workflow to use absolute paths for build directory and asset installation during RPM packaging. This ensures files are correctly located and copied, improving reliability of the build process.
Refactors the cx_Freeze setup to dynamically include Qt6 plugins if available, ensuring proper QPA support. Replaces the previous RPM build step with a manual process using a custom spec file to bundle all dependencies and avoid auto-detected system requirements. Cleans up packaging metadata and improves file inclusion logic for more reliable Linux builds.
Improved the appearance and spacing of the URL input, paste, and analyze buttons in the main GUI, including updated padding, border, and color styles. Adjusted font sizes and colors for video info labels for a more consistent and polished look.
Updated the 'views', 'likes', 'upload_date', and 'duration' fields in the video_info section across all language files to include relevant icons for improved visual clarity and consistency in the UI.
Replaces capture_output with stdout and stderr redirected to DEVNULL in subprocess.run for taskkill, preventing codec issues and suppressing command output.
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