Add new localization keys across multiple languages to support default selection settings and playlist saving UI. New keys include defaults_settings, default_video_quality, default_subtitle_language, defaults_help, and playlist save messages (save_as, save_success_title, saved_successfully, save_error_title, no_videos_to_save, save_error_msg). Files updated: ar, de, es, fr, hi, id, it, ja, pl, pt, ru, tr, zh.
Update English locale with new UI strings for playlist saving and default selections. Adds 'save_playlist' and related save messages (save_as, save_success_title, saved_successfully, save_error_title, no_videos_to_save, save_error_msg), adds default selection settings keys (defaults_settings, default_video_quality, default_subtitle_language, defaults_help), and documents the %(playlist_index)s variable in filename_format_help. Also minor formatting cleanup in the file.
Introduce a Save Playlist UI flow: import QFileDialog, group playlist action buttons into a horizontal layout, add a new "Save Playlist As" button with styling and visibility control, and connect its click to a new save_playlist_to_file method. The new method prompts for a save location and supports saving playlist_entries in TXT, M3U, CSV, or JSON formats, shows success/error message boxes, and logs exceptions. Also wire the existing playlist visibility signal to control the save button and adjust layout placement for the playlist buttons.
After populating the format table, read default_video_quality from ConfigManager and attempt to auto-select a matching video format (by resolution/height). If a matching video format is found it is checked and handle_checkbox_click is invoked to trigger selection side-effects; if not, the first (highest-quality) format is selected as a fallback. Existing visibility filtering via filter_formats is still applied afterward.
Introduce a "Default Selection Settings" group in the Download Settings dialog to let users specify a default video resolution (height) and default subtitle language(s). Adds labeled QLineEdit inputs with placeholders and explanatory help text, uses localized strings for labels, and persists values to ConfigManager under keys "default_video_quality" and "default_subtitle_language" when saving.
Load user's default_subtitle_language from ConfigManager and preselect matching manual or auto-generated subtitles on analysis load. Handles comma-separated strings, checks against available_subtitles and available_automatic_subtitles, and updates the selected subtitles list. Attempts to update the UI label and button state (with style refresh) inside a try/except to avoid errors during initialization.
Add video id to the default output filename template across the downloader and settings UI. The template was changed from "%(title)s_%(resolution)s.%(ext)s" to "%(title)s_%(resolution)s_[%(id)s].%(ext)s" in ytsage_downloader.py and ytsage_dialogs_settings.py (including placeholder and reset behavior). This helps avoid filename collisions and makes downloaded files easier to identify.
Update default filename_format to append the video id as _[%(id)s] before the extension, improving uniqueness of generated filenames and preventing collisions when multiple videos share the same title and resolution.
Format table: when in playlist mode and the format has a video codec, prefix the quality and (when available) resolution with "≤ " to indicate an upper-bound. Resolution is only prefixed if it's not "N/A".
Main UI: replace the old checkbox-list lookup with scanning the format_table rows to find the checked checkbox widget, pick the correct resolution column depending on playlist mode, strip any leading "≤ " and use that as the selected resolution. This fixes resolution selection for playlist entries and ensures the displayed "≤" semantics are handled when extracting values.
Previously the code assumed the height was always the second value in the "WxH" resolution string. This change splits the resolution into parts, verifies there are two components, and uses the smaller dimension (min) as the height to correctly classify vertical videos. Also avoids potential index errors when the resolution string is malformed.
Document the new Concurrent Connections setting: explains that downloads can use multiple fragments concurrently to increase speed, where to find it (Download Settings → General → Concurrent Connections), the default value (1), and a recommended maximum (8–10) to avoid IP limiting.
Add a new note about the "Concurrent Connections" download setting to multiple translated README files under readme-translations/. The entry documents that downloading files in multiple simultaneous fragments can drastically increase speed, and notes the default of 1 and a recommended maximum of 8–10 to avoid IP throttling. Files updated include translations for AR/DE/ES/FR/HI/ID/IT/JA/PL/PT/RU/TR/ZH.
Add new i18n keys "concurrent_fragments" and "concurrent_fragments_help" to multiple language JSON files (ar, de, en, es, fr, hi, id, it, ja, pl, pt, ru, tr, zh). These expose a UI option for the number of concurrent connections per download with a help string (default: 1, warns about throttling/temporary blocks). Strings were added in English across locales and may need translation.
Introduce a new config key 'concurrent_fragments' with default value 1 in ConfigManager defaults. This exposes a setting to control the number of concurrent fragment downloads/processing, preserving single-fragment behavior unless overridden by user configuration.
Read concurrent_fragments from ConfigManager (defaulting to 1) and forward it into the DownloadThread constructor so the download fragment concurrency setting is propagated to the downloader.
Add a concurrent_fragments parameter to DownloadThread (default 1) and store it as an instance attribute. When building the yt-dlp command, include a -N <concurrent_fragments> option and log the concurrent connections. Also emit finished_signal upon cancellation and on error paths to ensure the UI is notified of thread completion. Minor comment/logging clarifications added around command construction.
Add a "Concurrent Connections" section to DownloadSettingsDialog with a QComboBox (1–20) and help text; initialize from ConfigManager("concurrent_fragments"). Introduce get_concurrent_fragments() to return the chosen value (with a safe fallback to 1) and persist the setting on dialog accept. Uses localized labels and minor styling for the help label.
Add "tab_general", "tab_format", and "tab_file" entries to multiple ytsage/languages/*.json files to provide localized labels for the UI tabs (General, Format, File). Also include a minor formatting/newline fix in en.json.
Reorganize the Download Settings dialog into a SmoothTabWidget with three tabs (General, Format, File) and move existing group sections into corresponding tab layouts. Import QWidget and SmoothTabWidget, increase dialog minimum width from 450 to 550, and add stretches for better layout spacing. Overhaul the dialog stylesheet to restyle tabs, frames, group boxes, checkboxes, radio buttons, combo boxes and item views (borders, paddings, colors, radii, hover/selected states). Also style OK/Cancel buttons to match the Custom Options dialog. These changes improve the dialog's visual consistency and UX while preserving existing settings controls and behavior.
Update pyproject.toml project version from 5.0.1b to 5.0.2b to prepare the next beta release. No other code or metadata changes included in this commit.
Update translated README feature lists to include audio normalization (EBU R128). Applied the change across multiple language files in readme-translations (ar, de, es, fr, hi, id, it, ja, pl, pt, ru, tr, zh) to reflect the new audio normalization feature in the project documentation.
Merge two table cells into a single row in multiple translated README files to correct the features table layout (combine "Generic mode" and "Localization in 14 languages"). Affected files: readme-translations/README.{ar,de,es,fr,hi,id,it,ja,pl,pt,ru,tr,zh}. Improves consistency and readability across translations.
Document Audio Normalization (EBU R128) in README and translated READMEs, and add corresponding localization keys and help text in ytsage language files. Updates include README.md, readme-translations (ar,de,es,fr,hi,id,it,ja,pl,pt,ru,tr,zh) and ytsage/languages JSON files to explain the feature and note that normalization requires re-encoding and forcing a specific audio format (e.g. MP3 or M4A).
Introduce an "audio_normalization" option across the app and implement normalization for audio-only downloads. Updates include: add config default (ConfigManager), new language strings, settings UI checkbox + help text and logic to auto-enable force-audio-format when normalization is enabled, and persist the setting. Pass the setting from main app to DownloadThread, and in the downloader force re-encoding to mp3 when necessary and append --postprocessor-args ExtractAudio:-af loudnorm=... to apply EBU R128 normalization. This ensures normalization works reliably (avoids ffmpeg stream-copy errors) and keeps the behavior scoped to ExtractAudio postprocessor.
Add a new "check_app_updates" translation string to multiple language files so the UI can display the option to check for YTSage updates at startup. Updated languages: ar, de, es, fr, hi, id, it, ja, pl, pt, ru, tr, zh.
Introduce a new "check_app_updates" configuration (default: true) to allow users to enable/disable automatic YTSage update checks. Adds a styled checkbox to the Updater tab with getter, loads the setting (defaults to enabled for older configs), and saves it from the custom options dialog. The main update check now respects this setting and will skip checking when disabled. Also include English localization entries for the new UI strings.
Add localized README files and update main README to expose them. Creates readme-translations/*.md (Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Chinese) and adds a language list, README Translations table, and a "Contributing Translations" subsection to README.md so contributors can find and update localized docs.
Rename and restructure the options section: 'Advanced Options' becomes 'Media and Download Options', and new sections 'Output and File Settings', 'Access and Network', and 'Tools and Maintenance' are added. Clarify and reword items (subtitle embedding/merge, save thumbnail/description, trim video, speed limiter, proxy, cookie extraction), and consolidate updater/FFmpeg/yt-dlp/Deno detection and history/tooling notes. Documentation-only cleanup to improve clarity and discoverability of features.
Update README to document the new Optional Generic Mode: add a feature note, usage steps, troubleshooting notes (yt-dlp dependency, cookies/proxies), and a mention in Advanced Options and the features table. Also add a Sponsor anchor, nav link, and badge to the top navigation and About references. (Documentation-only changes)
Introduce a "generic_mode" option to allow validating/downloading from non-YouTube sites and wire it through the UI, config, and validation logic. Key changes:
- Add generic_mode default to ConfigManager and persist setting from DownloadSettingsDialog (checkbox + help text).
- Extend validate_video_url to accept a generic_mode flag and allow any http/https URL with a domain when enabled; pass this flag from Analysis and Download flows.
- Update YTSageApp to load/save generic_mode, update URL placeholder and settings tooltip behavior, and refresh tooltip when settings change.
- Improve robustness in FormatTableMixin: handle None/incorrect types for format_note, abr, resolution, ext, and codec values to avoid type errors and ensure consistent display.
- Add localization entries for generic mode, placeholder, and related help text across multiple language files and update the in-app default localization strings.
These changes enable broader site support via yt-dlp while hardening UI format handling and keeping user settings persistent.
Promote package from beta to stable by updating version strings from 5.0.0b5 to 5.0.0 in pyproject.toml and ytsage/__init__.py. Prepares the project for the 5.0.0 release.
Update AboutDialog link markup to remove explicit font-size and font-weight styles and to unify link color. The author and repo links no longer set font-size, and the sponsor link color was changed from #ea4aaa to #c90000 (and its font-size/weight removed) for consistent appearance across links.
Reorder and restyle README badges for consistent visual grouping. Several badges (downloads, license, supported platforms) were changed to a dark-gray color (1f2937) and grouped together, while GitHub Stars, PyPI version, and Sponsors badges were highlighted in red (c90000). This is a cosmetic update to improve badge contrast and layout.
Move the PyPI version and License (MIT) badges down in the README header to improve grouping and visual flow of project badges (now placed after the GitHub Stars badge).
Add a styled '❤️ Sponsor' GitHub Sponsors link to the About dialog (ytsage_dialogs_base.py). The change creates a QLabel with an external href to the sponsor page, enables openExternalLinks, and appends it to the info layout so the About dialog displays a sponsor call-to-action.
Adds a GitHub Sponsors badge (via shields.io) to the README, linking to https://github.com/sponsors/oop7 to promote project sponsorship. Minor documentation/branding enhancement.
Insert a horizontal rule before the Manual Installation section and update the section summary emoji/text from '🛠️ Manual Installation from Source' to '💻 Manual Installation from Source' for improved readability and consistency in the README.
Insert a 'Download Latest Release' callout under the Pre-built Executables section and remove a duplicate link later in the README so there's a single prominent release download link.
Add collapsible (details/summary) sections with step-by-step installation and upgrade instructions: pip upgrade for updating, Windows installer/portable/FFmpeg options, Linux packages (deb/rpm/AppImage/Flatpak) with example commands, and macOS DMG/zip steps plus a troubleshooting note. Improves clarity and discoverability of install/update procedures for users.
Normalize PyPI's version string (e.g. "2026.2.21") to the zero-padded GitHub tag format (e.g. "2026.02.21") before building the update target. The code splits a three-part version and pads the month/day components with two digits so stable@<tag> matches yt-dlp GitHub tagging.
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