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DoublePics-Cockpit Changelog

What's new in DoublePics-Cockpit 4.0115.0529.00035

May 29, 2015
  • New features:
  • License manager: Preview how renewals and upgrades affect the update entitlement period
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Bug in hardware id generation: Users of Windows 7 Home Premium might have to re-create their FREE licenses

New in DoublePics-Cockpit 4.0015.0520.00033 (May 22, 2015)

  • New features:
  • Folder contents are being loaded asynchronously (non-blocking)
  • Fine controllable filter for loading folder contents (instead of "only images" checkbox; in combination with recursive loading and full featured DB root node this is a full featured search system) [...]
  • DB root node fully integrated the same as normal folders/media (recursive commands, statistics, etc.)
  • Acquisition of camera and GPS metadata (EXIF, IPTC, etc.) and display; including new filters [...]
  • completely reworked search results presentation with separated sort order for the groups and the group items; + consolidated categorization indicator
  • Instant view of hash duplicates and hash set matches (details via ToolTips)
  • Map (bing maps nativly / Google maps via browser) for images with GPS data
  • Minimum value for total tolerance (for ignoring very similar images)
  • CS Server search jobs; zipped or directly written to job directory [...]
  • Folder statistics are being loaded asynchronously; Cockpit can be already used while non essential DB information is being loaded
  • files classified as being DATA by the image search (without movie recognition) will be automatically reanalyzed once when movie recognition is enabled
  • ed2k hash generator
  • Detection of hanging movies
  • Identification mark for folders with outdated statistics (caused by scan progress, categorization, etc.)
  • Flagged elements (files) can be removed without deleting them
  • New scan options: system folders, reparsepoint folders and new files can be ignored; images can be explicitly get reanalyzed or explicitly not be reanalyzed
  • Sort order for folder contents
  • More details (DATA + hash info) in thumb view (overview and search results)
  • Thumb view uses internal thumbnails for files which are currently not available
  • Changes:
  • This version will reanalyze all image files once.
  • No reload after scan without changes
  • Progress dialog at places where the entire UI blocked seconds till minutes when the DB service was busy can be cancelled
  • DB upgrade asks for confirmation, does not upgrade automatically any more
  • Search process: consolidated C groups are only shown at the end or when paused
  • Docked tool windows open on direct click (not just by hovering)
  • many small detail improvements of the user interface (ex: ToolTips, context menus, etc.)
  • Better detection of media with changed drive letters
  • Significantly accelerated MD5 duplicates search, even on large result sets; + selective hash algorithms
  • Quicker preparation of scan process (significant on big DBs)
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Bug: Error on "Open DB" dialog when a folder of one of the previously loaded DBs is missing
  • Bug: Timeouts on long-lasting deletion processes
  • Bug: Some (=really few) movies are diagonally shifted
  • Bug: Some errors while processing movies crash the entire communication channel to external helper processes
  • Bug: Aborting a search can freeze/deadlock the application
  • Bug: Horizontal lists (movie preview and movie comparison results) don't scroll on mouse wheel
  • Bug: PixelMD5 search results are not complete when Scan/Repo is used the "wrong" way/direction
  • Bug: Doubleclick doesn't toggle flagged state in thumb view mode
  • Bug: Problems with invisible unicode control characters (can appear on Linux NAS systems or be caused by wrong conversions)
  • Bug: on searching with enabled mirroring search the shown diff values can be too low

New in DoublePics-Cockpit 3.0814.0411.00277 (May 22, 2015)

  • New features:
  • Quickstart buttons for creating or loading databases is loaded
  • List of recently used databases available in application, task bar and start menu
  • Speed up skipping of unmodified files during reanalysis, especially on network shares
  • Automatic update check (configurable)
  • Speedup of movie detection
  • Changes:
  • Change of descriptions and abbreviations on scan preparation
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Bug: Debugging assertions interrupted video analysis
  • Bug: Message "The server did not provide a meaningful reply; this might be caused by a contract mismatch, a premature session shutdown or an internal server error." after successful scan process
  • Bug: Setup fails on original .NET 4.0 without service packs
  • Bug: Selection gets lost in search results when switching between grouped view and single item view
  • Bug: ArgumentNullException in search results (on focus switch from right side to left side)

New in DoublePics-Cockpit 3.0714.0212.00200 (Apr 2, 2014)

  • Client / Server:
  • The X -Ways assimilation is done via DoublePics Packager (instead of X -Ways Client)
  • DoublePics Packager does not have to be expensive installed as a service , but is a " normal program " with an icon in the taskbar
  • Video scene detection and analysis are now available with DoublePics Packager for X -Ways
  • Info on work progress in DoublePics Packager
  • Two -way - processing with DoublePics Packager : if a file can not be processed by DoublePics Packager itself , then ( optionally ) a second attempt with IrfanView started. This can be , for example, * . tga images that are included in Windows thumbs.db from DoublePics process ( if " enhanced" with X -Ways and exported)
  • The Job Mail Checker is now called Job Status Monitor
  • The Job Status Monitor does not require a mail (IMAP) server more
  • Progress , start time and end time of an expected jobs are now visible directly by Job Status Monitor
  • Information about search results ( number of hits categories, etc. ) can be viewed directly on the Job Status Monitor
  • " Magic Category" function - that is, Categorization of a hit based on the directory name where the original files are

New in DoublePics-Cockpit 3.0513.0201.00521 (Feb 12, 2014)

  • General:
  • Revised license system.
  • Existing customers should download the updated licenses from our customer center
  • Error reports can now be saved locally, to send them later.
  • Cockpit:
  • Revised Cockpit user-interface
  • Advanced auto-mark dialog
  • Preview for video sequences
  • Threshold for video scene detection was lowered to 0.4 seconds
  • Optimized deletion of files. Moving of files into the trash is now optional.
  • The database will be automatically cleaned after files got deleted. Orphans won't be displayed anymore.
  • Revised import dialog. You'll now get more feedback about non processed files, advanced logging and more.
  • Optimized scene detection. Recognized scenes will now be saved in a central location.
  • Hidden folders will now be ignored by default.
  • Revised database-treeview
  • Several bugfixes and optimizations for Windows 8

New in DoublePics-Cockpit 3.01 (Feb 12, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • DP -1002 - Multi- selection in DB Overview
  • DP -1011 - Controller for zoom level of the search result Group Overview
  • DP -1014 - Export of image files by category membership
  • DP -1027 - Feedback about comparing progress
  • Show start time of a read procedure - DP -1031
  • DP -1032 - show search parameters in Suchergebnistab
  • DP -1040 - introduce Primary Category
  • DP -1065 - Number of unique hits in search result
  • DP -1070 - Logging is not readable images
  • DP -1073 - multi-image functionality ( = multiple logical images per file)
  • DP -1074 - Automatically Include loose files into logical image group
  • DP -1076 - number of hits per category in Email
  • DP -1078 - sorting the hit groups
  • Change deletion indicator in multifunctional marker - DP -1079
  • DP -1083 - setting default for search parameters ( DoublePics - Classic)
  • DP -1084 - inverting the file mark
  • DP -1085 - Recursively copy all selected images in an external folder
  • DP -1094 - Development and integration of the new TreeView concept
  • Improvements:
  • DP -1026 - Designation of Sorting
  • DP -1035 - Gallery view
  • DP -1049 - Group overview with more information
  • DP -1075 - Prevent search matches in which both sides are in the same logical group of pictures
  • DP -1087 - Error email if no xways checksum file exists
  • DP -1095 - Info e- mail when database updated
  • Bug fixes:
  • DP -1082 - Job Mail Checker loses Settings by update

New in DoublePics-Cockpit 2.3.2.20 (Mar 17, 2007)

  • �Search results are no longer limited to 32768 entries on NT based systems (to which Windows 2000/XP/Vista belong)
  • �The automatically maintained CRC database is now stored in user based directories so the installation directory needs no write-access anymore

New in DoublePics-Cockpit 2.3.2(.4) (Jun 15, 2006)

  • bugfix against database corruption after compression