Cool Movie Browser Changelog

What's new in Cool Movie Browser 5.6.200714

Jul 14, 2020
  • Movie page: added the built-in player: MPC-HC.
  • Movie page: added sorting by last time watched movie.
  • Movie page: protect against the VLC path is null.
  • Movie page: allow to detect the IMDB code from the URL.
  • Youtube page: corrected the video YT detection.
  • Filemontv page: order the groups & added more refresh periods.
  • Added the send-cmd functionality (i.e cmd: scc-home//hide timeline-watching).
  • Fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 5.6.200208 (Feb 9, 2020)

  • Online page: truncated the name of the thumb image to 150 chars.
  • Dailymotion page: fixed the dailymotion page to view and download videos.
  • Movie page: added the text normalization button for subtitles panel.
  • Movie page: SRT synchronization - rename the src from dst keeping original files.
  • Filmontv page: fixed the HTTPS url.
  • Configuration: added more default movie extensions
  • Fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 5.6.191212 (Dec 11, 2019)

  • movie page: allow multiple commands separated by && for the custom player string.
  • movie page: fixed subtitles detection and SRT synchronization.
  • movie page: fixed the 'added time' for the new movies.
  • youtube page: fixed the video download.
  • dailymotion page: fixed loading page to use HTTPS.
  • dailymotion page: fixed the video download.
  • filmontv page: fixed loading page to use HTTPS.
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 5.5.190707 (Jul 8, 2019)

  • Fixed movie subtitles detection from OpenSubtitles.
  • Used the last modified date of the file for the movie date.
  • Fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 5.4.190408 (Apr 8, 2019)

  • Added refresh (2m,1m30,1m,30s) feature that can be manually controlled on FilmOnTV page.
  • Optimized the movie discovery.
  • Added the Quick-Backup panel.
  • Added the white and black list for file extensions to backup configuration.
  • Fixed bug of refreshing images after editing the favorites.
  • Corrected the launching of VLC player in the Movies page.
  • Fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 5.3.180905 (Sep 10, 2018)

  • Added the CMB.CSS file for the nice font.
  • Added the URL toolbar to the Favorites page.
  • Optimized the sorting (done less) at loading the movies.
  • At startup print all env properties in log file.
  • Fixed the first line detection in SRT files.
  • Fixed the detection from IMDB
  • Fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 5.1.170612 (Jun 16, 2017)

  • added tool to synchronize SRT and SUB subtitles in the Videos page.
  • fixed the searching of artists in Music page.
  • removed FilmOnTV, StreamLive pages, because they are not available anymore.
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 5.0.170219 (Feb 20, 2017)

  • added the saving of the Dailymotion videos.
  • added the saving of the non-protected Youtube videos.
  • added the MP3 conversion of the videos, using the VLC player if you have it installed.
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 4.3.170101 (Jan 3, 2017)

  • fixed the FilmOnTV page.
  • fixed the Music page.
  • fixed the Youtube page.
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 4.3.160821 (Aug 22, 2016)

  • allow multiple instances of the CoolMovieBrowser in parallel.
  • fixed the YouTube playback.
  • removed the unsupported buttons from Music library.
  • disabled the Veetle and CastAlba tabs, because they are not available anymore.
  • added the sports page #9 for MLB.
  • enhanced subtitles discovery.
  • improved the search algorithm, to support negative queries, like '-soccer' means 'without soccer'.
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 4.2.160218 (Feb 19, 2016)

  • fixed the castalba page
  • fixed minor bugs

New in Cool Movie Browser 4.2.160124 (Jan 25, 2016)

  • added the 'video thumbnail' view, setting and button.
  • added the 'ignore folders' to the Backup tool.
  • improved the subtitles discovery.
  • fixed the 'too long' right-click menu on Movies.
  • improved the error page.
  • fixed the sports page #4.
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 4.1.151215 (Dec 14, 2015)

  • added the StreamLive sport page.
  • added the OpenSubtitles.org to subtitles discovery.
  • made the upgrade dialog more user-friendly.
  • fixed the sorting for NHL page.
  • updated the NHL and hockey and other sport icons.
  • remove warning message from Veetle player page.
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 4.0.150825 (Aug 26, 2015)

  • optimized the startup speed and resources loading
  • completely redesigned the user interface

New in Cool Movie Browser 3.5.150621 (Jun 22, 2015)

  • added the German Live TVs tab.
  • fixed streams on UStream tab.
  • delay 400ms displaying of the search field to the Live Sport tab.
  • toggle the sport favorite selection on the same group.
  • improved the name detection for subtitles.
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 3.5.150505 (May 4, 2015)

  • enhance Favorites to the Live Sport tab.
  • fixed streams on CastAlba tab.
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 3.5.150406 (Apr 7, 2015)

  • added NHL page on the Live Sport tab.
  • added Favorites to the Live Sport tab.
  • fixed some links for the Online TV tab.
  • fixed subtitles discovery on the Movies tab.
  • added duration to the video list presentation.
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 3.5.150301 (Mar 2, 2015)

  • added the Backup tab, which allows to perform files/folders backup to another place/disk.
  • added the server searching on Music screen.
  • allows deleting action to the artist list on Music screen.
  • allows collapse/expand panels on the Music screen.
  • improved slightly the settings dialog.
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 3.5.150101 (Dec 27, 2014)

  • added the MultiScreen panel for all video tabs.
  • added the FilmOnTV panel.
  • automatically resize the videos when the main window resizes.
  • added few more links: nhl, wikipedia, tsn radio, sportsnet, animal planet.
  • remember the frame UI-settings (size & position).
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 3.4.141111 (Nov 11, 2014)

  • added the search on the bottom of the live-sports pages.
  • added the 'no available video' image when not found any stream.
  • added the Dailymotion links to the music panel 'artist videos'.
  • added the regex for blocking the ads.
  • added the HOOFOOT page to the sports.
  • updated the NASA links.
  • made the sports loading to be asynchronous (optimization).
  • fixed the VLC path on Linux.
  • fixed the subtitles download.
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 3.3.140901 (Nov 11, 2014)

  • fixed the YouTube search.
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 3.2.140714 (Jul 17, 2014)

  • added Cricfree sport live streams page.
  • fixed the Youtube search.
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 3.1.140601 (Jun 2, 2014)

  • added UStream videos tab.
  • update the icons and added labels to buttons.
  • increased the trail version timeout-limitation from 5 min to 10 days.
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 3.0.140511 (May 12, 2014)

  • added Music library tab.
  • added the "subtitle discovery" feature to the Movie library.
  • transformed the Playlist tab to an internal dialog.
  • blocked the ad-popups from the Live Sport tab.
  • optimized startup and size of the application.
  • fixed bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 2.9.140209 (Feb 10, 2014)

  • Added links: FranceTV Pluzz, Antena 3 TV, Realitatea TV to OnlineTV tab.
  • Updated icon for the Winter Olympic @ Sochi.
  • Blocked the ads popups from the Live Sport tab.
  • Optimized the size of the application.
  • Fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 2.9.140121 (Jan 21, 2014)

  • added the CastAlbaTV tab.
  • updated the online sport links.
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 2.8.131208 (Dec 10, 2013)

  • updated CMB to work automatically with any architecture of Java (32 bits or 64 bits).
  • updated the online sport links.
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 2.7.130505 (May 8, 2013)

  • display the video duration for the Dailymotion, Youtube and Veetle.
  • detect the Veetle playlist items.
  • corrected the search on YouTube.
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 2.7.130404 (Apr 4, 2013)

  • added the Dailymotion videos tab.
  • fixed the links and images for the online sports streams page.
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 2.7.130203 (Feb 4, 2013)

  • updated the online sport links
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 2.7.121101 (Nov 1, 2012)

  • fixed online sports page.
  • added the error page for HTTP failures.

New in Cool Movie Browser 2.7.120827 (Aug 28, 2012)

  • fixed the search on YouTube.
  • added the movie ordering on "adding date", so the most recent ones are displayed first.

New in Cool Movie Browser 2.7.120501 (Apr 30, 2012)

  • made closable tabs.
  • discovered the .xml and .nfo meta-tag information.
  • improved the memory usage.
  • cleaning the unused image files.
  • added Justin TV screen (tab).
  • fixed minor bugs

New in Cool Movie Browser 2.6.120205 (Feb 29, 2012)

  • grouped the playlist items into a single entry (like folders, expandable or collapsible).
  • improved the update dialog.
  • fixed refresh of veetle links.
  • added TAC.tv , TED and KHAN Academy to online TVs.
  • fixed discovery of the Veetle images.
  • removed the page #4 of sport links.

New in Cool Movie Browser 2.6.120108 (Jan 9, 2012)

  • grouped the playlist items into a single entry (like folders, exapdable or collapsible)
  • improved the update dialog
  • fixed refresh of veetle links
  • added TAC.tv , TED and KHAN Academy to online TVs
  • fixed minor bugs

New in Cool Movie Browser 2.6.111211 (Dec 5, 2011)

  • grouped the playlist items into a single entry (like folders, expandable or collapsible).
  • added TAC.tv to online TVs.
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 2.5.111111 (Nov 15, 2011)

  • added more live sports links (4).
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 2.4.111014 (Oct 17, 2011)

  • fixed the YouTube "most viewed" video list

New in Cool Movie Browser 2.4.111011 (Oct 7, 2011)

  • added more live sports links.
  • added all online Veetle channels to the favorite list on Veetle tab.
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 2.3.110908 (Sep 9, 2011)

  • fixed the startup bug (CMB didn't start) at the installation from scratch (first installation).
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 2.2.110815 (Aug 16, 2011)

  • added more online TV links (BBC, SkyNews).
  • added the scroll left and right buttons (easy scrolling on touchpads).
  • allows to edit movie info (remove and/or change the IMDb identifier by clicking, for more than 2 seconds, on "More Info..." button).
  • added the automatically update (you'll see it on the next Pro version, when it will automatically update it).
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 2.1.110622 (Jun 13, 2011)

  • added the scrolling image list (like the iTunes) on drag-and-drop with the mouse.
  • optimized the start-up of the application (faster discovering of the movies).
  • added the "more information" button to display more info about the selected movie.
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 2.0.110505 (May 6, 2011)

  • added category menu option Clear All for assigned categories.
  • fixed the Sport Live TV page.
  • added floating toolbar to the link editors (Online TV and Veetle TV).
  • fixed minor bugs.

New in Cool Movie Browser 1.9.110404 (Apr 7, 2011)

  • added the floating toolbar in Movie Library screen,
  • added the rename and delete of the categories in a right-click menu,
  • improved the movie poster image discovery,
  • increased width of the main window to nicely accomodate the Veetle screen.

New in Cool Movie Browser 1.8.110304 (Feb 28, 2011)

  • updated the online TV links list
  • UI update of the online screens (split panel).
  • minor bug fixes.

New in Cool Movie Browser 1.7.110202 (Feb 2, 2011)

  • UI update of the online screens.
  • enhancement of the errors log
  • minor bug fixes.

New in Cool Movie Browser 1.6.110108 (Jan 8, 2011)

  • added "Veetle video" screen (browser + favorites).
  • added more sport links button to the Sport Live TV screen.
  • enhancement of the errors log
  • cleanup the unused youtube images.

New in Cool Movie Browser 1.5.101206 (Dec 6, 2010)

  • added "YouTube" screen (recent, search + watch).
  • added "category" feature to group the movies.
  • enhancement the UI (icons + bigger fonts)
  • fixed minor bugs

New in Cool Movie Browser 1.4.101017 (Oct 18, 2010)

  • Added "Online Live TV" screen.
  • Fixed minor bugs

New in Cool Movie Browser 1.3.101010 (Oct 11, 2010)

  • added "Play Playlist" button to Playlist screen.
  • added "Play Movie" button to Playlist screen.
  • added the "Show/Hide" movies panel in Playlist screen
  • fixed minor bugs

New in Cool Movie Browser 1.2.101005 (Oct 6, 2010)

  • added tab panel to select different screens.
  • added the Playlists editor as a standalone page
  • added the Sport Live TV - online streams - page
  • fixed minor glitches

New in Cool Movie Browser 1.1.100929 (Sep 30, 2010)

  • replaced the "hide names" check-box with 3 radio buttons
  • hide none, hide images, hide names)
  • improved the list presentation by having the folder path drawn with gray color
  • fixed minor glitches