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.
Updated the 'analyzing_extracting_ytdlp' translation string in all language files to remove the explicit mention of 'yt-dlp', making the message more generic and consistent across supported languages.
Enhanced cross-platform process tree termination for downloads, using process groups on Unix and taskkill on Windows. Improved file deletion reliability by increasing retries, adding garbage collection, and adjusting backoff logic. Refactored process startup to support process group management and ensured proper resource cleanup after cancellation.
Added logic to disable the analyze button until a non-empty URL is entered. Updated button styling for the disabled state and ensured consistent enabling/disabling of the analyze button based on input and control state.
Updated the build-windows.yml workflow to exclude ffplay.exe from verification and distribution steps, as only ffmpeg.exe and ffprobe.exe are required by the application.
Update logic in updater dialog and main app to fetch latest version info from PyPI instead of GitHub API, avoiding rate limiting issues. Changelog is now fetched from GitHub only as a fallback, improving reliability of update checks.
Refactored cookie settings initialization and application to use ConfigManager for persistence. Cookie source, browser, profile, file path, and active status are now saved and loaded from config, ensuring consistent behavior across sessions. Cookies remain inactive on app launch until explicitly applied by the user.
Added new localized status messages for thumbnail saving in all supported languages. Refactored the thumbnail saving logic in ytsage_gui_video_info.py to use cached images from analysis instead of extracting via yt-dlp subprocess, improving reliability and performance.
Bump actions/checkout to v6 and softprops/action-gh-release to v2 in all build workflows. Remove yt-dlp from pip install steps for Linux, macOS, and Windows workflows to streamline dependency installation.
Updated the bug report issue template to include step-by-step instructions for users to collect and attach log files from the appropriate directory on Windows, macOS, and Linux. This will help streamline the debugging process by ensuring relevant logs are provided.
Added references to new screenshots (Custom-Option.png, Download-Settings.png) and adjusted the order of listed files in the documentation assets section for clarity.
Added new screenshots for Custom Option and Download Settings. Updated audio_format, main, and playlist screenshots. Removed obsolete subtitle_options screenshot.
Added details about audio format conversion and video format settings. Clarified UI options for saving download path and output format. Updated feature table to reflect new and improved functionalities.
Audio format settings (force and preferred) are now updated from the preferences dialog. Tooltip update logic is extended to reflect changes in audio format settings.
Introduces settings and UI for forcing audio format conversion on audio-only downloads, including support for selecting preferred audio formats. Updates language files for all supported languages, adds config options, and passes new settings through the downloader and main app logic.
Introduced explicit type annotations for variables, function arguments, and return types in ytsage_downloader.py, ytsage_utils.py, and ytsage_config_manager.py. This improves code clarity, maintainability, and static analysis support.
Updated the format table column configuration to use a 'stretch' flag for each column, allowing some columns to stretch while others remain fixed. This improves layout flexibility and ensures important columns have consistent sizing.
Added fields for yt-dlp and Deno versions, updated example versions for YTSage and Python, and clarified instructions for finding environment details in the About dialog.
Added details about Deno detection, updater tab, download history, and clarified output format options. Updated feature tables and instructions to reflect new capabilities and improved integration with Deno.
Added deno to the detection features and clarified usage in the about dialog. Improved folder structure documentation for consistency, added missing files, and updated formatting for better readability. Also updated troubleshooting advice for format table display.
Replaces English Deno setup and installation messages with localized translations in Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, and Chinese language files for improved internationalization.
Updated translations for the Deno updater feature across all language files, replacing English strings with localized versions for improved internationalization and user experience.
Introduces a Deno version checker and updater section to the updater tab, with localized strings in all supported languages. Adds backend functions for fetching the latest Deno version, comparing versions, and upgrading Deno, along with corresponding GUI logic for checking and updating Deno from the interface.
Introduces functions to detect Deno version directly and with caching in ytsage_deno.py and ytsage_utils.py. Updates the About dialog to display Deno status, version, and path if available. Also extends version cache refresh logic to include Deno.
Introduces Deno binary management, setup dialog, and download/verification logic. Updates localization files for Deno setup messages in all supported languages. Integrates Deno setup checks into main.py and GUI initialization, and adds Deno constants for platform-specific downloads.
Replaces the FFmpeg updater logic with a version checker across all supported languages and removes the updater module. The Windows installation logic in ytsage_ffmpeg.py is rewritten to use essentials build extraction and path configuration directly, removing dependency on the updater module. Dialogs and UI strings are updated to reflect the new version checking workflow and provide installation guide links.
Introduces UI elements and logic for selecting between stable and nightly yt-dlp release channels in the updater tab, with support for switching channels and displaying status. Updates all language files with new strings for channel selection and status messages, and adds a default 'ytdlp_channel' config key.
Introduced a function to verify the SHA256 hash of the downloaded yt-dlp binary against official checksums, improving security and integrity checks. Updated the download thread to perform hash verification after download and handle failures appropriately. Added the SHA256 checksums URL to constants.
Refactored auto-update settings for yt-dlp from DownloadSettingsDialog to the UpdaterTabWidget in the Custom Options dialog. Updated logic to use ConfigManager for settings management and ensured settings are saved when the dialog is accepted. This improves separation of concerns and centralizes update-related options.
Changed the FFmpeg download link in the build-windows.yml workflow to use the official gyan.dev source instead of the GitHub release. This ensures the workflow uses the latest and most reliable FFmpeg builds.
Introduces a new FFmpeg updater module for checking and updating FFmpeg to the latest essentials build, with progress reporting and version comparison. Updates language files with new translation keys for the updater in multiple languages. Refactors Windows FFmpeg installation to use the new updater logic. Adds UpdaterTabWidget to the GUI dialogs for integration of the updater into the application's interface.
Eliminated the check_file_exists method and related logic, as file existence is now handled by yt-dlp itself. This simplifies the DownloadThread class and avoids unnecessary pre-download checks.
Enhanced the logic for finding the final downloaded file by always searching for the most recent video or audio file in the download directory and its subdirectories. This approach handles various post-processing scenarios such as merging, remuxing, and subtitle embedding, ensuring the correct file is identified even if the tracked path is invalid or missing.
Deleted the ytsage_style.py file and removed related imports, as well as unused compatibility exception classes and the sanitize_filename function. The downloader now always uses the direct CLI command, removing the Python API fallback.
Renamed the 'Options' section to 'Advanced Options' and clarified descriptions for several features, improving readability and consistency in the documentation.
Replaces references to 'yt-dlp executable' with 'yt-dlp' in the 'analyzing_extracting_ytdlp' string across all supported language files for consistency and clarity.
Introduces logic to enable or disable UI controls based on whether video analysis is complete, with appropriate tooltips for disabled states. Updates all language files to include new tooltip strings. Ensures controls like subtitle selection, SponsorBlock, and merge subtitles are only enabled after analysis, improving user guidance and preventing invalid actions.
Introduces new settings for forcing output format when merging videos, allowing users to select a preferred format (mp4, webm, mkv). Updates all language files with relevant translations, adds UI controls in the settings dialog, persists settings via ConfigManager, and passes options through the download workflow to yt-dlp.
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