February 25th, 2012· Preferred Thumbnail Size can now be set in Browser
· List View mode layout improved
· Tag Cloud cosmetically improved and can now be enlarged via double-click
· Inspector Panels now ârememberâ their states across sessions
· Compact Library on Exit became broken in 1.6.4: Fixed
· Fixed crash where an âon-topâ application interfered with tooltips
· Fixed bug with External Apps set-up
· Fixed small bug with Browser History drop-down
· Plus other small improvements and bug fixes
February 2nd, 2012· [Functional] Added pop-out mode for File Inspector's mini-player
· [Functional] Added functionality to handle moved files
· [Technical] No longer requires Admin privileges on Windows 7
· [Technical] Fixed exit crash on Windows 7
· [Technical] Fixed bug in Browser tooltip
January 24th, 2012· [Bug Fix] Fixed font-rendering problem on Win 7 tooltips
· [Technical] Updated datenhaus components
January 19th, 2012· [Functional] Added facility to filter by 'Date Added'
· [Functional] Added option for alternative interface layout
· [Functional] Added Browser History to toolbar
· [Functional] Added option for an alternative Story Board layout
· [Functional] Improved functionality for Filename/Alias/Description searching
· [Technical] Browser pop-up re-written for improved stability
June 28th, 2011· [Functional] Options added for optimising TV-Out on slower machines
June 6th, 2011· [Functional] Creating segments via main interface became broken in 1.6.0: Fixed
June 1st, 2011· [Functional] TV-Out mode interface completed, with full menu functionality
· [Functional] Code stability greatly improved
September 3rd, 2010· Cosmetic] 'Poster Images' now referred to as 'Story Boards'
· Cosmetic] Removed 'Select All/None/Inverse' buttons from Browser toolbar to provide more space in lower resolutions
· Cosmetic] The Library Tree has a new 'modern' default look, that may be turned off in Options (back to 'classic').
· Functional] 'Recent Files' menu added to File Inspector context menu
· Functional] 'Find Similar Files' added to File Browser context menu
· BUG] Last row of Browser would fail to scroll up into view when using 'down' arrow key: Fixed
· Functional] Browser would scroll slowly via keyboard if mouse was hovering over it: Fixed
· BUG] Occasionally, offline files would not be displayed as such: Fixed
· BUG] Opening an Offline file in the Inspector resulted in that file getting incorrectly classified as being of 'Undetermined' file Format: Fixed
· Functional] Added a new Browser Mode called 'Carousel'
· Functional] Added a TV-Out mode optimised for using VP2 on a TV display.
· Functional] Added a text-input interface for use in TV-Out mode; user can now use T9 texting via a remote control to locate files
· Functional] Files can be tagged whilst viewing them in the internal full-screen player, using a T9 text interface (via a remote control)
· Functional] Command-line start-up now supports a '-TV' switch to start VP2 in TV-Out mode.
· Functional] Application now has a 'Save Workspace' option on the Library menu so that the program will re-start with the last-used Library and View intact
January 11th, 2010· [Technical] Several small bug fixes
September 24th, 2009· [Cosmetic] All dialogs have been given a make-over to match the new look
· [Technical] HUGE performance increases for loading Libraries
· [Technical] HUGE gains wrt thumbnails memory consumption
· [Functional] Now supports network shares and UNC paths
· [Functional] Individual Thumbnails, Ratings, Titles and Descriptions may be added to Segments
· [Functional] Live playback of File Posters became broken in 1.3.0 Beta: Fixed
· [Functional] Stretch to screen with internal player was broken: Fixed
· [Functional] Now supports ASX playlists
· [Functional] Can now restrict Browser results to Offline/Online/All Files
· [Functional] Browser History drop-down has been enhanced
· [Functional] Toolips now display user ratings
May 15th, 2009· [Cosmetic] Videophile has a new look! See it here
· [Functional] User can adjust the colour scheme for the interface (Hue/Sat/RGB)
· [Technical] Fixed a problem in the installer which was failing to associate .vp2 files with Videophile II
· [Functional] Storage Devices with no serial number are better managed
· [Functional] Introduced strategy for managing virtual drives
· [Functional] Improved error handling for running External Apps
· [Technical] More robust handling of database inconsistencies (in the event of corruption) wrt thumbnails
· [Technical] Several small bug fixes
May 3rd, 2009· [Functional] Added a configurable main toolbar for fast access to many program features
· [Functional] External Apps can now be configured to be accessible via the Tools menu. Intended for generic commands, not those that affect specific files (e.g. run ffdshow config)
· [Functional] Added 'Open Containing Folder' option to File Browser context menu
· [Functional] Added 'File Properties' option to File Browser context menu
· [Technical] A few small bug fixes
April 30th, 2009· [Technical] Fixed conflict between Tag Cloud and other dialogs which could sometimes cause crashes.
· [Functional] Bug fixes associated with performing actions whilst using 'Add Files' function
· [Functional] Added 'External Applications' option to Tools menu and 'Tools Menu' option to External App Config dialog (Work in Progress)
April 29th, 2009· [Technical] Fixed problem in the installer which was failing to register dhrichclient3.dll causing the Tag Cloud to crash on some machines
· [Functional] A few minor bug fixes
April 25th, 2009· [Functional] Added a floating Tag Cloud window that shows the Tags that exist within the current View in the File Browser
· [Functional] 'Add Files' no longer pauses when App is minimised.
· [Functional] App no longer steals focus during 'Add Files' function
· [Functional] Storage Devices can now be given 'friendly names' so that you don't have to worry about what a disk calls itself - use the name you know it by instead. Especially useful for CDs and data DVDs.
April 20th, 2009· Technical: All datenhaus components updated to latest versions
· Functional: Automatic refresh upon media insertion/removal became broken in V1.0.5 - Fixed
· Functional: Editing of Saved Searches became broken in V1.0.5 - Fixed
April 16th, 2009· Functional: Can now rate files 'on-the-fly' when in full-screen playback via 1,2,3,4,5 keys
· Functional: Added Storage Devices to the Library Tree
· Functional: Added the ability to enable and disable menu items that relate to External Apps
· Functional: Increased the number of possible External App configurations to 30
· Functional: Tags, Searches, Formats, Storage Devices and Ratings are now all interchangeable when dragging and dropping from the Library Tree; searching has become even more powerful since they can now be mixed and matched to find, append, filter in and filter out.
· Interface: View Specification is now displayed graphically in the File Browser's drop-down list
· Interface: 'Files' menu re-named to 'Browser' and Refresh/Back/Forward moved from View menu to Browser menu
· Interface: Library files now have their own icon!
· Interface: Renamed menu 'Export Selection to CSV file' to 'Export View data to CSV file'
· Technical: Redesigned the way that Views and Searches are processed and stored; Views & Searches created in previous versions will require to be re-created as they will be broken I'm afraid!
· Technical: Ratings moved from the VideoSegments table to the VideoFiles table
· Technical: Storage Devices that aren't referred to are now de-referenced during library housekeeping
April 7th, 2009· In certain situations, a file would appear to be selected in the file Browser when it actually wasn't. This occurred upon exiting a Playlist. Fixed.
· Added File Format and Rating to the Library Tree
· Delete multiple files wasn't working - probably became broken ages ago
· Fixed.
· Enumeration of drives was not working correctly for Add Files function.
· Fixed.
· Results automatically refresh upon drive add/remove and media change (CD/DVD
· Insert/Eject)
· Disabled Move Files function as it is not stable (should have done this
· ages ago!)
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