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Version 1.29 – Minor changes and bug fixes, again

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No major new functions in this release. But, the speed improvement provided by using the unpackaged version of YT-DLP is worthwhile.

  • For users on macOS 10.15+, MacYTDL now installs an unpackaged form of yt-dlp. The unpackaged form is usually quicker to run especially when initiating parallel downloads. This takes an additional 120MB of disk space. Users on macOS 10.14 and earlier will continue to use a packed “legacy” form of yt-dlp. With this change many functions will be faster although download speed is unaffected.
  • Some more settings have been added to the “Show settings before download” dialog.
  • MacYTDL should start up more quickly when “Check yt-dlp version on startup” is on.
  • The startup process always checks for and, if required, updates the user’s version of the MacYTDL preferences file. That process is now simpler and should be a slightly faster.
  • Some handlers were moved from main.scpt to utilities.scpt.
  • The Adviser now shows at conclusion of a parallel download – a bug was introduced in v1.27.
  • The iView Chooser should no longer crash when ABC shows are requested from the MacYTDL Service.
  • The iView Chooser now has a minimum width.
  • The ABC iView Chooser should display more detail on lower resolution screens. If screen width is less than 1600, episode titles are trimmed to 30 characters.

Known Issues

  • There is an error when attempting to resume a paused or incomplete download from iView Australia.
    Workaround: Locate and delete the file with name ending in “.part-FragNNN.part” before resuming or restarting download.
    UPDATE: Turning on the "Don't use "part" file names in download" setting is another, better, workaround.
  • Cannot play downloaded video at conclusion of batch download using the “Adviser”.
    Workaround: Locate and the desired downloaded video file using Finder and play in the normal way.
  • Script errors can occur when attempting to download a video which is currently being downloaded. Code which should identify duplicate downloads doesn’t always work properly.
    Workaround: Do not attempt to download the same video when a download of that video is in progress.
  • Opening the Batch functions dialog can be very slow. This occurs when “Audio only” setting is on.
    Workaround: There is no workaround at present. The batch functions do work.
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