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Bug fixes

• Fixed issue that would cause the program to crash when the artwork file was already existing in the target folder.
• Fixed issue #73 that would stuck the downloads in an endless loop when downloading a cover art failed.
• Fixed issue that would report an incorrect number of tries when downloading a cover art failed.

New features

• Added {album}, {year}, {month} and {day} placeholders to the file name format. #72

Bug fixes

• {month} and {day} placeholders are now formatted on two digits; for instance: "05" instead of "5".

New features

• Added an option to disable notifications sound (off by default). #71

Bug fixes

• Fixed race condition #54 that would make the program crash when downloading two albums with the same name.
• Fixed issue with albums name too long to be supported by Windows.

New features

• Added an option to download through a specified proxy. #70 You can choose between:
  • No proxy.
  • The system proxy.
  • A manually configured HTTP/SSL proxy.

Improvements

• Tracks size download is now done asynchronously in order to speed up the process. For instance, when downloading 124 albums, we got the following results:
  • Before: downloading tracks size took 33m30s.
  • Now: downloading tracks size takes 2m30s.

Bug fixes

• Fixed issue #65: the total downloaded size reported when downloads were finished was wrong under some circumstances.
• Fixed the exponential back-off mechanism that forced to wait 200ms (with default settings) before the first download try.
• Fixed issue that would prevent the cover art to be saved in the folder when "☑ Convert to jpg" was unchecked.
• Fixed issue that would prevent the settings file to be correctly saved after clicking on "Browse".
• "☑ Download artist discography" was (un)checkable during downloads. No more.

Notes to upgraders:

• The settings file format has changed, so some of your settings may be reset.

New features

• Added an option to empty tags from the downloaded files.
• Added an option to disable checking for updates at startup.
• Added a button to check for updates.

Improvements

• Various UI improvements.
• Log file will be archived to BandcampDownloader.0.log if its size exceed 1MB. Only one archive log file will be kept.
• Updated dependencies to their latest version.

Bug fixes

• Fixed issue #69 that prevented from downloading albums that have no cover.
• After selecting a folder via the "Browse" button, the placeholders were lost. The default placeholders will now be added back.

Notes to upgraders:

• The settings file has changed, so your settings will be reset. You can delete your old BcDlSettings.json that will be replaced by BandcampDownloader.ini.
• DLL files are now packed inside the EXE file. You can delete the DLL files you had next to BandcampDownloader.exe.

New features

• Added separate settings for the cover art downloaded in folder and the one saved in tags. #64
• Lyrics can be saved to tags when available. #42 Thanks @ajsnyde!
• You can now choose which tag should be saved (artist, title, album...) or not.
• Added an option to remove comments from tags.
• Added an option to reset settings to their default values.
• The log is now saved to a file: BandcampDownloader.log.

Improvements

• Settings are now displayed on their own window.
• Added advanced settings to the UI. #46 No need to edit your settings file anymore. Thanks @ajsnyde!
• Log is now automatically scrolled if position is at the end. "☑ Auto scroll log" option has been removed.
• DLL files are now packed inside BandcampDownloader.exe.
• Updated dependencies to their latest version.

• Fixed issue #40 that prevented downloads of track when their name was too long.
• Fixed issue #21 that prevented downloads of one-album artists when "☑Download artist discography" was checked.
• Updated Json.NET and ImageResizer libraries to their latest version.

• Added an option to skip retrieved the track size #27. Progress is then based on the downloaded files count. Thanks @ajsnyde for implementing this!
• Added an option to stop scrolling the log #29. Thanks @ajsnyde for implementing this!
• UI revamp. Thanks @M4lik for working on this!
• Updated Json.NET and ImageResizer libraries to their latest version.

Fixed issue #34 that prevented to download albums or tracks that contained whitespaces in their name.

• Added a confirmation dialog on closing the application when there are active downloads #28
• Fixed the issue that prevented the application to download the cover arts #31 #33
• Fixed the issue that caused the application to crash when the album name was too long #22