Update to v2.5.100

Author: A S Lewis

CHANGES

@@ -1,3 +1,51 @@
+v2.5.100 (2 Feb 2025)
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+MAJOR FIXES
+- In the download options window, 'Formats' tab, fixed the incorrect handling
+    of multiple formats: multiple formats should of course be specified with
+    '-f 100/101/102', not '-f 100+101+102'. Also added special handling when
+    all specified formats are either video-only or audio-only, so that yt-dlp
+    receives '-f (137/136)+(140/139)'. (Note that double quotes would be
+    required if using this pattern in the 'Additional download options' box,
+    i.e. '-f "(137/136)+(140/139)"' (Git #680)
+- In the Classic Mode tab, fixed the broken 'Download in this format/Convert
+    to this format' combo (Git #672)
+- Fixed several issues to do with broken locales, some of which affected all
+    locales, some of which affected only the German locale (Git #670)
+- Fixed inability to install yt-dlp and/or FFmpeg on MS Windows (this fix was
+    rolled out to MS Windows users as v2.5.062). Also fixed Tartube's inability
+    to spot a successful yt-dlp installation in some circumstances (Git #665,
+    #679)
+
+MAJOR NEW FEATURES
+- When you re-check or re-download a video, the video and its associated
+    metadata files are moved to a temporary folder, rather than being deleted
+    immediately. If the re-check/re-download fails, the original files are
+    moved back to their original location. This process is not foolproof (it
+    would not automatically recover files in the event of a loss of power, for
+    example), but should work in most cases (Git #676, #680 and others)
+- In the System Preferences window, in the Operations > Stop tab, you can
+    prevent Tartube from trying to process an entire channel or playlist, by
+    specifying that a download should stop after finding the first few videos
+    that have already been checked/downloaded. You can now specify that videos
+    that have been filtered out because of upload date, view count and/or age
+    limit should be counted as a checked/downloaded video. This feature is
+    optional and disabled by default (Git #671)
+
+MINOR NEW FEATURES
+- In the download options window, in the 'Name' tab, the tooltip for the
+    'Additional download options' box shows a warning about surrounding
+    arguments with quotes, when they contain shell special characters (Git
+    #680)
+- In the download options window, 'Formats' tab, added a setting to hide
+    formats that are apparently obsolete on YouTube. Also added some new
+    formats that are currently in use on YouTube, and expanded the descriptions
+    for many of the formats (existing and new)
+- In the same window, the 'Type extractor code directly' button now allows you
+    to specify formats like '140-drc' that aren't among the list of standard
+    formats for Tartube (Git #680)
+
 v2.5.059 (26 Nov 2024)
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -43,7 +91,7 @@ MAJOR FIXES
 - In the Classic Mode tab, livestreams would not download when the 'is a
     livestream' button was selected, but they downloaded just fine when it
     wasn't selected. Fixed (Git #643)
-    
+
 MINOR FIXES
 - Fixed incorrect sorting of videos whose names begin/end with whitespace
     characters or quotes (Git #611)
@@ -2888,10 +2936,10 @@ MINOR FIXES
 - When deleting large channels/playlists/folders, sometimes not everything was
     deleted, and the user had to delete the item a second time. This was due to
     inconsistencies in the Tartube database, which have now been fixed
-- Channels/playlists/folders beginning with a number, e.g. '5 Pewdiepie', were
-    supposed to be displayed in numerical order, rather than in strict
-    alphabetical order. This did not work as intended (e.g. '11 Pewdiepie' was
-    listed before '1 T-Series'). Fixed again
+- Channels/playlists/folders beginning with a number, e.g. '5 Games Channel',
+    were supposed to be displayed in numerical order, rather than in strict
+    alphabetical order. This did not work as intended (e.g. '11 Games Channel'
+    was listed before '1 Comedy Channel'). Fixed again
 - In the 'Delete channel' dialogue window (and so on), the name of the channel
     to be deleted is now displayed prominently
 - The size of the MS Windows installer has been reduced by about 40%

README.rst

@@ -44,16 +44,16 @@ Problems can be reported at `our GitHub page <https://github.com/axcore/tartube/
 3 Downloads
 ===========
 
-Stable release: **v2.5.059 (26 Nov 2024)**
+Stable release: **v2.5.100 (2 Feb 2025)**
 
-Development release: **v2.5.066 (20 Dec 2024)**
+Development release: **v2.5.100 (2 Feb 2025)**
 
 Official packages (also available from the `Github release page <https://github.com/axcore/tartube/releases>`__):
 
-- `MS Windows (64-bit) installer <https://sourceforge.net/projects/tartube/files/v2.5.059/install-tartube-2.5.059-64bit.exe/download>`__, `MS Windows (64-bit) and FFmpeg installer <https://sourceforge.net/projects/tartube/files/v2.5.059/install-tartube-with-ffmpeg-2.5.059-64bit.exe/download>`__ and `portable edition <https://sourceforge.net/projects/tartube/files/v2.5.059/tartube-2.5.059-64bit-portable.zip/download>`__ from Sourceforge
+- `MS Windows (64-bit) installer <https://sourceforge.net/projects/tartube/files/v2.5.100/install-tartube-2.5.100-64bit.exe/download>`__, `MS Windows (64-bit) and FFmpeg installer <https://sourceforge.net/projects/tartube/files/v2.5.100/install-tartube-with-ffmpeg-2.5.100-64bit.exe/download>`__ and `portable edition <https://sourceforge.net/projects/tartube/files/v2.5.100/tartube-2.5.100-64bit-portable.zip/download>`__ from Sourceforge
 - Tartube is no longer supported on older versions of MS Windows - see `7.24 Doesn't work on 32-bit Windows / Windows 7 / Windows 8`_
-- `DEB package (for Debian-based distros, e.g. Ubuntu, Linux Mint) <https://sourceforge.net/projects/tartube/files/v2.5.059/python3-tartube_2.5.059.deb/download>`__ from Sourceforge
-- `RPM package (for RHEL-based distros, e.g. Fedora) <https://sourceforge.net/projects/tartube/files/v2.5.059/tartube-2.5.059.rpm/download>`__ from Sourceforge
+- `DEB package (for Debian-based distros, e.g. Ubuntu, Linux Mint) <https://sourceforge.net/projects/tartube/files/v2.5.100/python3-tartube_2.5.100.deb/download>`__ from Sourceforge
+- `RPM package (for RHEL-based distros, e.g. Fedora) <https://sourceforge.net/projects/tartube/files/v2.5.100/tartube-2.5.100.rpm/download>`__ from Sourceforge
 
 Official 'Strict' packages:
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Semi-official packages (Linux):
 
 Source code:
 
-- `Source code <https://sourceforge.net/projects/tartube/files/v2.5.059/tartube_v2.5.059.tar.gz/download>`__ from Sourceforge
+- `Source code <https://sourceforge.net/projects/tartube/files/v2.5.100/tartube_v2.5.100.tar.gz/download>`__ from Sourceforge
 - `Source code <https://github.com/axcore/tartube>`__ and `support <https://github.com/axcore/tartube/issues>`__ from GitHub
 - In case this Github repository is taken down, there is an official backup `here <https://gitlab.com/axcore/tartube>`__
 
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ It's fine to add new videos to the database, or to remove them. Just be careful
 
 - In **Tartube**'s main window, add each channel and playlist in the normal way
 - When you're ready, click the **Check all** button. This adds a list of videos to **Tartube**'s database, without actually downloading the videos themselves
-- Now copy the video files into **Tartube**'s data directory (folder). For example, copy all your **PewDiePie** videos into **../tartube-data/PewDiePie**
+- Now copy the video files into **Tartube**'s data directory (folder). For example, copy all your **Games Channel** videos into **../tartube-data/Games Channel**
 - In the **Tartube** menu, click **Operations > Refresh database...**
 - **Tartube** will search for video files, and try to match them with the list of videos you just compiled
 - The whole process might some time, so be patient

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.5.066
+2.5.100