Fast Downloader Changelog

What's new in Fast Downloader 0.5.15

Dec 25, 2023
  • Updated libraries.
  • Bugfix: Tray didnt have translations.

New in Fast Downloader 0.5.14 (Oct 10, 2023)

  • Updated libraries
  • Saving the last storage location
  • Small improvements

New in Fast Downloader 0.5.13 (Sep 15, 2023)

  • Updated libraries
  • Updated binaries
  • Improved progress display
  • Improved title cleaning
  • Bugfix: Entering a URL with the enter key didn't clear the input

New in Fast Downloader 0.5.12 (Aug 21, 2023)

  • Improved aborting of a download

New in Fast Downloader 0.5.11 (Aug 20, 2023)

  • Bugfix: Download doesn't abort anymore if cookies can't be extracted
  • Bugfix: Linux and MacOS libraries didn't have the correct execute permission
  • Updated Linux binaries

New in Fast Downloader 0.5.10 (Aug 16, 2023)

  • This version includes:
  • Updated libraries
  • Electron26
  • Improved design
  • Improved update and error handling
  • More translations: French and Chinese
  • Bugfix: Percentage is now displayed correctly

New in Fast Downloader 0.5.9 (Jul 11, 2023)

  • This version includes:
  • Updated libraries
  • Updated binaries
  • Improved design
  • Improved video/audio title cleanup
  • More translations: Portuguese and Italian
  • Specific settings for whole playlists:
  • You can now select different settings for a specific playlist, e.g. quality, download location etc.
  • The options are available by right clicking the URL in the URL list

New in Fast Downloader 0.5.8 (Jun 9, 2023)

  • Improved file naming (unnecessary information is removed)
  • Improved design
  • Improved error handling
  • Improved intelligence

New in Fast Downloader 0.5.7 (Jun 2, 2023)

  • Updated binaries
  • Performance improvements
  • YouTube to YouTube Music URL conversion improvements

New in Fast Downloader 0.5.6 (May 30, 2023)

  • Enhanced user feedback
  • Library updates
  • Performance improvements
  • Bugfix: Where yt-dlp did not function on Linux if Python 3+ was not installed
  • Bugfix: Where a duplicate URL removed the incorrect HTML element.

New in Fast Downloader 0.5.5 (Mar 20, 2023)

  • Bugfix: Successful downloads no longer get aborted
  • Bugfix: Close button of the infobox is now always visible
  • Bugfix: Adding the artists to the song title when there're none, no longer results in "NA - ..."

New in Fast Downloader 0.5.4 (Jan 26, 2023)

  • Bugfix: Extractors didn't always load as expected
  • Bugfix: Some extractors jumped directly to 100% without downloading
  • Code improvements

New in Fast Downloader 0.5.3 (Jan 25, 2023)

  • Download system improvements
  • Design improvements
  • Better check for extractors

New in Fast Downloader 0.5.2 (Jan 24, 2023)

  • Design improvements
  • Enabled browser deselection
  • Bugfix: Download didn't work when freshly installed

New in Fast Downloader 0.5.1 (Jan 23, 2023)

  • Design improvements
  • Update improvements

New in Fast Downloader 0.5.0 (Jan 22, 2023)

  • Design improvements
  • Code improvements
  • Performance improvements
  • Implementation of 1700+ supported sites
  • Clear list button
  • 32-bit support (Windows)
  • Automatic yt-dlp update functionality
  • Bugfix: The URL list didn't clear completely after a download

New in Fast Downloader 0.4.3 (Jan 14, 2023)

  • Bugfix: Download didn't start correctly

New in Fast Downloader 0.4.2 (Jan 4, 2023)

  • Unification of the language system
  • Missing translations added
  • Unification of the code base
  • Notification improvements
  • Performance improvements
  • Bugfix: File separator is now got from path

New in Fast Downloader 0.4.2 Pre-release (Dec 28, 2022)

  • This version includes:
  • Unification of the language system
  • Missing translations added
  • Unification of the code base
  • Notification improvements
  • Check if do not disturb is enabled (Windows & Mac only)
  • Performance improvements
  • Bugfix: File separator is now got from path

New in Fast Downloader 0.4.1 (Dec 28, 2022)

  • Improved design
  • Improved performance
  • Clear list functionality
  • Tray icon enhancements
  • Clear list
  • Location selection
  • Start menu icon fixed (Arch Linux and CentOS)
  • Dependency updates

New in Fast Downloader 0.4.0 (Dec 7, 2022)

  • Implemented automatic URL translation
  • From YouTube to YouTube music (when available)
  • Multithreaded
  • Performance improvements
  • Updated binaries
  • Various bug fixes
  • Code cleanup

New in Fast Downloader 0.3.11 (Nov 25, 2022)

  • This version includes:
  • Improved user experience
  • Binaries updated to the latest version
  • Dependencies updated to the latest version
  • Playlist limit of 100 overwritten
  • Had a misconfiguration
  • Removed deprecated variables and functions
  • Fix for random crashing when aborting the download

New in Fast Downloader 0.3.10 (Sep 28, 2022)

  • This version includes:
  • Added button to see the full changelog
  • Added date of the changelog entry

New in Fast Downloader 0.3.9 (Sep 27, 2022)

  • This version includes:
  • Large performance improvements
  • Only the visible elements are loaded
  • Improvements in user experience
  • Improvements in design
  • Implemented an in-app changelog

New in Fast Downloader 0.3.8 (Sep 22, 2022)

  • Improved progress bar
  • Improved design
  • Bugfix: Critical error that prevented the download from starting

New in Fast Downloader 0.3.7 (Sep 20, 2022)

  • Implemented the selection of video encoding
  • Improved system
  • Fixed the design of settings
  • Fixed undefined error
  • Updated libraries

New in Fast Downloader 0.3.5 (Aug 12, 2022)

  • YouTube Music premium integration:
  • YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium subscription needed
  • Higher quality downloads (from YouTube Music)
  • Removal of deprecated function
  • Removal of unnecessary timeout