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Added

• Added the default_layout config setting.

Fixed

• Fixed a crash when opening the help page with a very small window.
• Various minor dependency updates.

Fixed

• Fixed a crash when adding series with empty copyright or builddate tags.

Added

• Added a perspective (accessible by pressing 5) that displays episodes from all feeds chronologically.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue with parsing timestamps from some (invalid) feeds.
• Fixed an issue with parsing titles/descriptions from some feeds.

Fixed

• Fixed reloading feeds not propagating saved playback position.

Added

• @tistatos - Playback position is saved/restored when restarting the client.
• @tistatos - Created add_only_unplayed_episodes config option for playing/queueing a feed.
• @DGambrinus - Maintain playback speed when playing different episodes.

Changed

• To improve performance, the client now (by default) uses an in-memory database, which is only saved to disk when the client is closed. This can be disabled with the restrict_memory_usage config option.
• Improved the performance of importing subscriptions (especially those with many feeds).

Fixed

• @tistatos - Fixed episode data not being deleted when removing feeds.
• Fixed player volume occasionally not being retained when switching between episodes.
• Fixed exception with terminals that don't support an invisible cursor mode.
• Fixed reload operation failing when reloading one feed would fail in a specific way.

Added

• Added a config option for the default playback volume.

Fixed

• Fixed new episodes not being properly sorted in the menu.
• Fixed detection for feeds with an empty title tag (they still aren't allowed, but we explicitly check for this now).

Added

• Added the e key to execute a system command on an episode. Command can be configured with the execute_command option.
• Added volume control keybinds.
• Added config options to use a proxy.

Changed

• Made the help menu scrollable.
• Made separate keybinds for saving/deleting episodes for offline playback (s and x by default). Existing configs will be migrated.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where feeds would, on some systems, not be displayed in order.
• Fixed poor UI performance when reloading feeds.
• Fixed time/duration display not being properly justified - Thanks @buck10!
• Fixed an issue importing a certain structure of OPML subscriptions.
• Fixed an issue with episode IDs being reset when feeds are reloaded.

Added

• Made database operations multi-threaded to improve performance, especially for users with many feeds.
• Added the u key for displaying an episode URL in the status bar - Thanks @jose1711!
• Added a perspective to display downloaded episodes. Press 4 to access it.

Changed

• Reduced the default input timeout, which is tied to the display refresh rate. This will somewhat increase standby CPU usage. Users with low-end systems may wish to increase this timeout with the refresh_delay config setting.
• Improved reporting of errors when importing OPML files - Thanks @hebecked!
• Improved the overall UX of importing OPML files, with "live" database changes and status reports.
• Changed the file naming format for downloaded episodes. Episodes downloaded in earlier versions of castero will not be detected and must be re-downloaded.

Fixed

• Fixed stderr file descriptor not being found on macOS, causing a crash.
• Fixed the reloading status message to properly show the current feed number.

Added

• Added support for filtering menus with the / key.
• Added individual config options for foreground text colors.
• Added an option for default playback speed.
• Added the number of unplayed episodes to the menu header.

Fixed

• Fixed support for OPML v2.
• Fixed menu headers using the wrong background color.
• Fixed the metadata window not properly filling the screen height.
• Fixed the selected menu index being offscreen when resizing the window.
• Fixed menu selections not being sanitized in the correct sequence.
• Fixed menus not visually updating when modified.
• Fixed ffmpeg output appearing in the client - Thanks @rien333 and @jaseg!
• Fixed a crash when resizing the window at some ratios.
• Fixed a crash when trying to invert menus.
• Fixed a crash when an episode had no audio enclosure.
• Fixed a crash when episode enclosure caused a request exception.
• Fixed a crash when trying to play the current episode in the queue.

Added

• Added support for importing/exporting subscriptions to and from OPML files. Many other clients support this format, so you are now able to easily move your feeds between clients. To use this feature, run castero with the --import or --export flag (or run castero -h for more info).
• Added support for preserving the queue when restarting the client.
• Added support for 256 colors - Thanks @arza-zara!
• Added controls for playback speed - [ and ] by default.

Fixed

• Fixed a crash when viewing metadata for a feed with no description.
• Fixed the custom_download_dir config option not being an absolute path.
• Improved scroll performance of episode menu with many episodes.
• Fixed a crash when vertically shrinking the client.