TubeTV Release Notes

1.0 February 9, 2008

[new feature]Fully cached flash movies can now be saved immediately rather than re-downloading (requires Leopard or higher).

[new feature]Support for bookmarking movies (favorites) added (requires Leopard or higher).

[new feature]Optional history of recently viewed movies (requires Leopard or higher).

[new feature]New and improved version checking system which can actually download new releases rather than just sending the user to a web site.

[new feature]Redesigned progress window which behaves more like users expect with regard to resizing and positioning. Progress items have a new option to reveal associated files in the Finder.

[new feature]Enhanced preferences with more user customizability.

[new feature]Various UI enhancements.

[new feature]New option to automatically add converted movies to the TubeTV playlist in iTunes (playlist is created if not present). Movies are tagged to enable users to easily create smart playlists.

[new feature]New option to attempt a movie download from your default web browser without first displaying the movie in TubeTV.

[new feature]Support for downloading movies from dailymotion.com.

[bugfix]Fixed a problem on certain web sites where the save button wouldn't remain enabled even though it should have.

[bugfix]Fixed a crasher which could occur in rare cases when attempting to load a preview thumbnail using Perian.

[other] Retooled help system with much more information about all aspects of TubeTV.

[other] This version is localized in German by Björn Uhde and Wolf-Jakob Gratz, French by Antoine Desir, and Spanish by Francisco López.

[other] Numerous other small changes and improvements.

0.9.2 July 29, 2007

[new feature]Improved support for iPhone and added new export option for iPhone (Cellular) which is optimized for streaming movies to an iPhone over the EDGE data network.

0.9.1 July 12, 2007

[bugfix]Fixed a problem which prevented conversions of movies which contained accented characters (ñ, ç, é, í, etc.) and unicode symbols.

0.9 July 5, 2007

This version is English only.

[bugfix]This version of TubeTV is now compatible with Perian version 1.0; the previous version only worked with Perian 0.5 due to some changes in the way Perian loads flash videos.

[new feature]Simultaneous downloads now supported.

[new feature]Simultaneous background conversions now supported. Conversions are now handled by a separate background process to improve responsiveness and allow continued browsing while converting.

[new feature]New download/conversion window shows multiple downloads or conversions with preview images and cancel buttons.

[new feature]Option to automatically delete downloads after converting.

[new feature]Ability to right-click on a link to a web page containing a movie and save it directly without first loading the page.

[new feature]Many other subtle changes including auto-detection of ~/Downloads folder on first launch if present and page load status indicator.

0.8 May 29, 2007

This version is English only.

[new feature]Added OS X standard toolbar with customizable buttons.

[new feature]New option to grab and load URL from default web browser.

[new feature]Other minor usability enhancements.

0.7 May 15, 2007

[new feature]Search field now remembers recent searches.

[new feature]Added menu option to email current URL.

[new feature]Added phone export option in 3GPP format.

[new feature]Added download support for some additional sites including vimeo.com, ebaumsworld.com, myspace.com, and revver.com. To see if a site works, navigate to the site's URL and try loading a movie. If the save button becomes active, the site is supported.

[new feature] Added menu option to convert existing files (including multiple selections) to AppleTV or iPod.

[bugfix]Bug which prevented conversion of movies with a ":" in their names, and those ending with three letter file extensions other than flv has been fixed.

0.6.1 April 25, 2007

[other] Cleaned up a few small issues for localization.

[new feature]Spanish localization by Carlos Leopoldo Magaña Zavala.

0.6 April 16, 2007

[new feature]New icon created by Colin Curtin.

[new feature]Elapsed and estimated remaining time now shown while converting videos.

[new feature]Option to disable spoken notifications.

[new feature]Downloads can now be cancelled mid download and restarted.

[bugfix]Bug which prevented download of movies with a "/" in their names has been fixed.

0.5 April 12, 2007

[other] First release.

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