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v0.9.68

08 Feb 15:09
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  • Greatly improved initial installation process, #706
  • 'Background handling' is now 'Do not ask to keep downloading'
  • Prevent daemon from starting and inform user if no
    JSON-RPC connection to Kodi can be made
  • Also prevent daemon from starting if we can't copy an
    update to destination path, preventing many double-launches
    on Windows
  • Moved Choose stream automatically under TV Show scraper
    setting, and now defaults to disabled
  • Replaced many number settings with sliders
  • Updated dependencies, Kodi 15 support is officially over
  • Updated Installation section of README

v0.9.67

06 Feb 23:45
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  • Filenames are now sorted alphabetically when choosing
    files (mostly for season packs), #697
  • Menus now set their content type, allowing all view modes,
    and added a context menu to set the default view mode per
    section
  • Overlay status now shows the name and the size of the
    chosen file instead of the torrent's name and total size
  • Most of the IP address in 'external IP received' alert
    is now hidden in logs
  • Set resolution to 480p when none is matched from tags
  • Color-coded status in torrents list
  • Fixed deleting multiple files from web UI
  • Added text shadow in overlay status

v0.9.66

05 Feb 07:42
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  • Fixed unintuitive controls in choose stream dialog and give focus to
    first list item
  • Fixed new resolve/scrape progress indicator blocking timeouts
  • Fixed trackers that failed not updating progress indicator
  • Removed skipping torrent resolver for public torrent files that have
    their infohash set, since the torrent link might still be invalid
  • Using the 'Clear cache' option now only clears directory listing
    caches to reduce the load on TheMovieDB. If you absolutely need
    to remove all cache files for some probably wrong reason,
    do it manually from your userdata folder
  • Added 'Do Not Disturb' mode in Appearance section of settings, which
    disables sound on all notifications, #695

v0.9.65

03 Feb 08:57
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  • Hotfix: new translatable progress dialogs caused a crash when receiving no
    translations, ie. when starting to stream...

v0.9.64

03 Feb 08:06
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  • Fixed remaining crashes after library integration and
    caching overhauls 🔥 #691, #692
  • Improved rate-limiter with cool-down based on Retry-After
    headers, those "bad status: 429" errors are gone
  • Added progress indicator when resolving torrent files
    and scraping trackers
  • Updated dialogs for Krypton, and cleaner context menus
  • Added default fanart on menu items and a
    'Use default fanart' setting to disable it
  • Lowered default results per page to 9
  • Updated add-on icon

Deprecation warning

  • Dropped support for Kodi 14, #75

v0.9.63

01 Feb 06:38
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  • Added all Trakt Calendars, #580
  • Added Listen and Outgoing interfaces settings, #295
  • Fixed regression in caching filestore, introduced in v0.9.61
    but manifesting itself mostly in v0.9.62, #684
  • Fixed issue related to connections limit in libtorrent, and
    just use its default if no connections limit is set, fixes
    remaining 'stuck on Finding...' issues, #683
  • Possible fix for crashes related to failing JSON-RPC calls
  • Web UI optimizations, removed overly CPU-hungry progress
    bar animation, and show version numbers at the bottom

v0.9.62

30 Jan 22:04
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  • Fixed Trakt rate limiting to reduce errors with code 429
    • This will still need to be battle-tested, and other
      improvements are planned for this
  • Fixed crashes when no JSON-RPC connection is available, #677
  • Fixed crash when choosing Trakt as scraper for Kodi library
    content and content isn't actually scraped from Trakt, #673
  • Fixed crashes in duplicate checking calls, #679
  • Re-implemented proper automatic re-scan of Kodi library after
    updates and added setting in Advanced section (defaults to
    Enabled to match behavior prior to 0.9.61), #431
  • Caching got seriously overhauled and improved.
    • Added cache warming on startup for near-instant
      loading of Trending / Most popular lists 🔥
    • Proper expiration times were finely tuned to make sure
      pages load as fast as possible, while always having
      fresh content and no more episodes not being updated
    • 5 pages of results are pre-fetched and cached to prevent
      results from shifting between pages. You will
      notice longer wait times every 5 page unless the shows
      and movies they contain have already been cached.
    • Please try not to use 'Clear cache' option, at all. And
      only if absolutely necessary otherwise. Clearing caches,
      contrary to popular belief, does not typically solve any
      issue in Quasar, on the contrary. It only causes added
      strain on everything by having to fetch the exact same
      information over and over again about movies and shows.
      • If you do need to forcefully refresh something,
        head over to your userdata for Quasar and remove
        the specific file in question that starts with
        page.... Their names are now using easily
        recognizable patterns to allow selective clearing.
      • Improved, automated options will soon be added also.
    • Fixed TMDB lists not following the 'Results per page'
      setting, #468
  • Cleanly notify when Quasar is still starting up
  • Moved 'Torrents' above 'Add torrent', 'Trakt' above 'Search'
    in both Movies and TV Shows, and 'Genres' are now under their
    own directory in both sections
  • Removing torrents from web UI no longer triggers
    'Ask to delete' in Kodi
  • Label and alignment fixes in web UI, fixed header link
  • Fixed 'Finished' torrents showing up as 'Paused'
  • Renamed TV scraper setting to
    'TV show scraper used by Kodi library' for more clarity
  • Golang was updated to 1.8rc3 and the stability and performance
    gains are significant. Of interest from their release notes:
  • The overhead of calls from Go into C has been reduced by
    about half.
  • The new back end reduces the CPU time required by our
    benchmark programs by 20-30% on 32-bit ARM systems. For
    64-bit x86 systems, which already used the SSA back end
    in Go 1.7, the gains are a more modest 0-10%. Other
    architectures will likely see improvements closer to
    the 32-bit ARM numbers.

v0.9.61

28 Jan 06:13
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  • Complete overhaul of library integration
    • Duplicates are properly handled by default
      • Make sure you set the 'TV scraper used by library'
        according to your Kodi library content, defaults to
        TVDB like Kodi. This is needed to match the unique IDs
        of shows and episodes to properly detect duplicates,
        and the setting has been moved right under
        'Library path' to show its importance.
      • Removed confusing and now obsolete 'Ignore duplicates'
        setting, #632
    • Syncing lists with Trakt no longer re-adds manually removed
      movies and shows. If you add them back later on, they will
      start getting synced again, #632
    • Missing seasons and episodes can be added with the new
      'Merge to library' context menu on TV Shows, #632
      • Synced shows from Trakt automatically get merged
    • No more QuasarDB.json, it will automatically get imported
      into the brand new BoltDB library and removed if successful.
      The new library sits in your profile folder as library.db
    • Removing from library can now be done from Quasar
      like before, from the library directly, or by simply removing
      the .strm files and using Kodi's 'Clean library' feature
    • Quasar no longer triggers Kodi's library scan when it updates
      its internal library, and never should have done so this
      will be back as an option in the next release. It will
      instead ask you if you want to scan (or clean) your Kodi
      library when you add or remove an item managed by Quasar. For
      automatic re-scans and cleanups, use the fully-featured
      XBMC Library Auto Update add-on, or Kodi's own
      'Update library on startup' setting for one-time scans.
      • Pro-tip: Set Quasar's library update delay on startup
        1 minute lower than your automatic re-scan
  • Added 'Show unaired seasons' and 'Show unaired episodes'
    settings, #633
  • Copied the Trakt/Trending lists for movies and shows above
    'Most Popular' and 'Recent Episodes' respectively
  • Only 'Choose stream...' or 'Choose stream automatically' show up
    in context menu depending on default preference
  • Fixed various 'GetShow' and 'GetImages' errors
  • Descriptive error handling, obscure "Navigation error" is
    gone for good 🎉
  • Another attempt at better global and selective cache clearing
  • Color-coded labels and statistics in web UI
  • Translations now support placeholders

v0.9.60

23 Jan 23:29
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  • Hotfix for web UI using wrong host, #659

v0.9.59

23 Jan 21:17
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  • Fixed adding torrent files from URLs in web UI, #659
  • Fixed caching regression introduced in v0.9.39, #645
  • Adjusted Popular/Trending/Recent lists with shorter cache expiration
  • Added search to web UI 🎉
  • Updated translations