Radio Downloader Changelog

0.16

Core Application

nor
Made run on startup per user instead of per machine, and added a preference to control it.
trv
Fixed number of downloads including deleted episode when removing from list.
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Changed main views bar to display tabs instead of buttons.
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Improved integration with Windows 7.
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Download progress is now displayed in the taskbar under Windows 7.
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Update prompt now respects the focus of the rest of the application.
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Moved the view state code from the main form into a separate class.
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Added option to minimise to system tray on close under Windows 7.
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Upgraded projects and solution to Visual Basic Express 2010.
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Stopped the StoreProgrammeInfo function from concealing provider exceptions.

Installer

min
Prevented installer running again if exact version is already installed.
trv
Icon is now displayed in the 'Uninstall a program' list in Windows 7.

0.14.2

BBC Radio Provider

nor
Fixed missing audio at hourly intervals in downloaded programmes.
trv
Prevented StreamNotFound from AAC skipping Real stream and causing download error.

Core Application

nor
Fixed occasional crash when downloads are removed from the list.
nor
Reduced amount of time database is locked for writes in data class.
nor
Added extra locking to prevent timeouts when writing to the database.
min
Made downloads and subscriptions unique by programme or episode id.

Podcast Provider

min
Stopped comments in RSS podcast feeds preventing them from loading.

0.14

BBC Radio Provider

maj
Stopped AAC downloads failing by updating how authString value is passed.
min
NetStream.Play.StreamNotFound errors from flvstreamer are now handled.

Core Application

maj
Fixed ErrorType of RemoveFromList returned from provider causing all downloads to hang.
nor
Made database connection variables Shared as well as ThreadStatic.
nor
Fixed crash when cancelling active download.
nor
Stopped subscription check preventing writes to the database.
min
Added primary key to episodeext table to prevent duplicate entries.
min
Error message is given when unable to copy template database instead of crashing.
min
'Last Download' column in subscriptions list is now updated.
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Adjusted column widths are now remembered in the Downloads view.
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Added the ability to sort by column in the Downloads view.
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Added 'Duration' to the list of selectable columns in the Downloads view.
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The columns displayed in the Downloads view are now user selectable.
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Taskbar overlays are now used for status in Windows 7 instead of the system tray.
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Replaced DldError event in the provider interface with an exception.

Website

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Added a page to the website which users are directed to when updating.
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Removed .Net Framework info from download page if it is already installed.

0.12

BBC Radio Provider

maj
Fixed MP3 downloads failing due to incorrectly generated authentication string.
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Broadcast station name is now stored as an extra field.
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The ID3 artist tag is now set to the broadcast station instead of 'BBC Radio'.

Core Application

nor
Fixed hang when fetching subscriptions if there are network problems.
nor
Fixed crash if contents of file name format box are deleted.
min
Main window now minimises to taskbar instead of system tray on Windows 7.
min
Fixed crash when attempting to delete read-only files.
min
Fixed application hang while fetching episode information.
enh
Refactored interaction between the main form and data class.
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Made functions in the data class to return all programme or episode details.
enh
Updated the SQLite provider for ADO.NET to version 1.0.65.

0.10.2

BBC Radio Provider

nor
Fixed low bitrate stereo AAC streams being incorrectly encoded to mono.

0.10

BBC Radio Provider

maj
Implemented downloading and re-encoding AAC streams when MP3s are unavailable.
enh
Implemented re-encoding options for directly downloaded MP3 files.
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Updated flvstreamer binary to 2.1c

0.8.4

BBC Radio Provider

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A descriptive error is returned if an MP3 download resumes too many times.
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A descriptive error is returned if an MP3 download fails part of the way through.
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A descriptive error is returned if an MP3 download fails to resolve the hostname.

0.8.2

BBC Radio Provider

nor
Tuned retry logic for direct MP3 downloads.
nor
A descriptive error is returned if a direct MP3 download fails without connecting.
enh
Updated flvstreamer binary to revision 39.

Core Application

min
Fixed a crash if the user's download and Documents folders do not exist when starting a download.
enh
Reduced the possibility of the application settings being lost.
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Enabled clickable url links in the text section of the sidebar.

0.8

BBC Radio Provider

nor
Fixed failure to get programme info for programmes with no synopsis.
min
Fixed flaw in retry logic for interrupted direct MP3 downloads.
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Added ability to directly download higher quality MP3 audio streams.

Core Application

min
Fixed a crash when deleting an episode when the audio file is in use.

Installer

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The installer and binaries are now digitally signed.

0.6

BBC Radio Provider

nor
Fixed some programmes showing no available episodes when there are some.
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A machine readable data source is now used for Programme Info.
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Implemented the option to report errors when finding new programmes.

Core Application

crt
Fixed data loss bug in UpdateDB class.
maj
CachedWebClient now caches unsuccessful web requests as well.
nor
Temp folder is checked and re-created if missing before each download.
min
Improved the interface when compacting the database.
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The downloaded programme file name format option now allows sub-folders.
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Users are now prevented from subscribing to one off episodes.

0.5.10

BBC Radio Provider

maj
Stopped all multi-episode programmes returning an error when selected.
min
Fixed setting Lame priority to Low under windows XP.

0.5.8

BBC Radio Provider

maj
Resolved issue with all multi-episode programmes returning an invalid page error.
nor
Episodes which are no longer available are now removed from the download list.
nor
Errors caused by the user's geographic location are now correctly reported.
nor
Fixed error when selecting any programme from the currently available list.
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Updated bundled LAME executable to version 3.98.2
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Added options to select the MP3 encoding parameters for BBC Radio downloads.

Core Application

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Improved errored download retry and removal.
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Enabled providers to be able to show their own specific options dialogs.
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Added a 'Choose Programme' button to the Find New view.
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Improved accessibility for visually impaired users.
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Added shortcut keys for common operations.
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Added command line parameter to close a running instance of the application.

Installer

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Streamlined the installer wizard by reducing the number of dialogs.
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Reduced the size of the installer by compressing the bitmaps.
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The application is now automatically closed on uninstall.

0.5.6

BBC Radio Provider

nor
Fixed browsing by genre and format when finding new programmes.
min
Fixed the status returned when a stream is not in the mediaselector.
min
Fixed downloads failing if computer is suspended during conversion.
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ID3 tags are now added to downloaded episodes.
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Lame now runs as a low priority so that it can yield more to other processes.

Core Application

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Added accelerators to the toolbar buttons and dialog controls.
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Improved control navigation with the tab key.

0.5.4

BBC Radio Provider

crt
Resolved issue with all programmes returning an invalid page error.
nor
Fixed a problem which made it impossible to download one-off programmes.
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Switched to using a machine readable file to check for new BBC episodes.

Core Application

maj
Resolved a problem where updates repeatedly fail if the original installer was renamed.
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Mapped the delete key to the delete toolbar button in the downloads view.

0.5.3.1

Core Application

maj
Fixed application crash when main window is minimized.
min
Fixed count of 'Newly downloaded' episodes in the in Downloads view.

0.5.3

Core Application

nor
Removed a crash if database compaction took a long time.
nor
Stopped database compaction from occurring when selecting Clean Up.
trv
Improved Vista integration with more consistent theme usage.
trv
Switched to native menus for better integration with Vista.
trv
Made Listview controls use the same theme as explorer on Vista.
enh
Added a 'Help Contents' menu option to the help menu.
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Adjusted and improved the sidebar.
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Dates are now stripped from episode names.
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Ensured consistent use of the current system font throughout the application.

Website

enh
Added a basic help page to the Radio Downloader section of the site.

0.5.2.1

BBC Radio Provider

crt
Fixed invalid page error when selecting new BBC Radio programmes.

Core Application

maj
Fixed crash on upgrade from versions before 0.5 if there are no downloads.

0.5.2

BBC Radio Provider

nor
Stopped JavaScript debugger launching when choosing BBC Radio programmes.

0.5.1

BBC Radio Provider

min
Fixed unavailable BBC programmes being misreported as an unknown error.
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Improved the interface for finding new BBC Radio programmes.

Core Application

enh
Improved the options for the naming of downloaded files.

0.5.0

BBC Radio Provider

crt
Completely overhauled the BBC Plugin to download audio from the iPlayer.
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Improved error reporting from failed BBC Listen Again downloads.

Core Application

maj
Refactored plugin interface and data storage to be more sensible and flexible.
enh
Improved storage of images to better handle duplicate images.
enh
Updated the SQLite provider for ADO.NET to version 1.0.51.

Podcast Provider

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Created a new plugin to allow subscribing and downloading generic Podcasts.

0.4.9

Core Application

nor
Ensured programmes at bottom of download list are removed when deleted.
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Added a 'Last Download' column to the list of subscriptions.
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Implemented automatic pruning of old programme information from database.

0.4.8

BBC Radio Provider

min
Fixed reported error output from Mplayer so it contains line breaks.

Core Application

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Added a tool to clean up orphaned entries in the programme list.
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Upgraded solution to work with VB Express 2008 and v3.5 of the .NET SDK.

0.4.7

BBC Radio Provider

maj
Fixed LAME DEP error on Vista if DEP is enabled for all programs.
nor
Downloads now restart if they are much shorter than expected.
enh
Adjusted the bit-rate of created MP3 files from 128k to 112k.

Core Application

min
Double click on system tray icon now brings application to foreground.
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Improved the retry timing for errored programme downloads.
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Added the ability to report downloads that have failed with unknown errors.
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Downloaded programmes now play with double click on programme name.

Website

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Added a dynamic changelog based on Bugzilla data.
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Linked bug reporting page to Bugzilla.

0.4.6

BBC Radio Provider

maj
Improved tolerance to varying spaces in the programme info pages.

Core Application

nor
Fixed long pause when program starts sometimes.
trv
Made ampersands show properly in programme info pane.

Website

enh
Removed msi name from latest version file on website.

0.4.5

Core Application

maj
Fixed error with downloads in progress during upgrade from 0.4.3.