Media Hoarder Changelog

What's new in Media Hoarder 1.3.4

Feb 24, 2024
  • Auto-Update IMDB Sources (since v1.3.4)
  • The last two updates of Media Hoarder were primarily because IMDB sources needed an update and less because of new features.
  • To mitigate this, Media Hoarder is from now on able to fetch new IMDB sources if available. This is done by accessing Media Hoarder's repository at github.com.
  • Excluding Genres Filter (since v1.3.1):
  • With v1.3.1 it is now possible to filter e.g.:
  • "Action without Horror"
  • "Comedy without Drama"
  • "Anything without Family, Music OR Musical"
  • For this, the genres filters have a new option "Exclude this genre".
  • Watch this very short video to learn how to use it.
  • Last MacOS signed release! (v1.3.1):
  • Media Hoarder has been released as an officially signed application until now. Apple still wants to receive 99USD per year no matter if you want to provide a free piece of software or not. This is unbearable and I won't put any more money into Apple's mouth. I'm unsure if Media Hoarder can still be used without being signed, let's see... so for the time being, v1.3.0 is the last signed MacOS release of Media Hoarder.
  • On another note: Whoopsie! Unfortunately, for Mac users, we never provided a newer version than v1.2.2 via the website even though we announced new versions over the last months. Sorry, this has been fixed now.
  • Trailer Show:
  • The list actions menu (three dots in the top right corner of the main list) got two new actions:
  • Start Trailer Show (Ordered)
  • Start Trailer Show (Randomized)
  • These actions will start a trailer show of the underlying list of movies, either in sort order (e.g. by release year, rating, title etc.) or randomized. During the trailer show you can add the current shown movie to a list of your choice, this way you can collect some "chosen movies" while watching the trailers. Of course you can also close the trailer show and let Media Hoarder search for the currently shown movie.
  • Here's a short video showcasing this feature.
  • Trailer Dialog:
  • The trailer dialog has been updated for a better watching experience and uses the maximum available screen space including full screen if you choose.
  • Other Improvements and Fixes:
  • (v1.3.3) IMDB sources updated
  • (v1.3.2) Link IMDB Dialog has now paginated search results with 20 per page, IMDB searches had to be updated (see below)
  • (v1.3.2) Updated IMDB detection while scanning media
  • IMDB Scraper Updates
  • Metacritic Score
  • Trailer Media URLs
  • (v1.3.1) Filming Locations
  • (v1.3.1) Original Title
  • (v1.3.2, v1.3.4) Advanced Title Search
  • (v1.3.2) Find Page Search

New in Media Hoarder 1.3.3 (Feb 2, 2024)

  • IMDB sources updated

New in Media Hoarder 1.3.37-a Beta (Dec 31, 2023)

  • TV Series Support:
  • This pre-release includes the first implementation of TV series support.
  • Read here about how Media Hoarder expects series to be organized: feature-series/docs/01-Media-Storage.md
  • You can track the implementation progress at:
  • feature-series/TODO
  • feature-series/DONE

New in Media Hoarder 1.3.1 (Oct 10, 2023)

  • IMDB Scraper Updates
  • Metacritic Score
  • Trailer Media URLs
  • (v1.3.1) Filming Locations
  • (v1.3.1) Original Title

New in Media Hoarder 1.3.0 (Sep 2, 2023)

  • Trailer Show:
  • The list actions menu (three dots in the top right corner of the main list) got two new actions:
  • Start Trailer Show (Ordered)
  • Start Trailer Show (Randomized)
  • These actions will start a trailer show of the underlying list of movies, either in sort order (e.g. by release year, rating, title etc.) or randomized. During the trailer show you can add the current shown movie to a list of your choice, this way you can collect some "chosen movies" while watching the trailers. Of course you can also close the trailer show and let Media Hoarder search for the currently shown movie.
  • Trailer Dialog:
  • The trailer dialog has been updated for a better watching experience and uses the maximum available screen space including full screen if you choose.
  • Other Improvements and Fixes:
  • IMDB Scraper Updates
  • Metacritic Score
  • Trailer Media URLs

New in Media Hoarder 1.2.2 (Jun 28, 2023)

  • Improved AI Recommendations powered by ChatGPT:
  • The integration of ChatGPT has been significantly improved. The dependency on IMDB IDs has been removed, so that you can ask the AI for lists of movies where the name and year suffices.
  • IMDB Scraper updated:
  • A larger overhaul of how Media Hoarder scrapes IMDB metadata was necessary and has been implemented.
  • List Actions:
  • Perform actions on the current list (filtered and sorted as is).
  • Access the list actions menu on the top right of the screen.
  • Other Improvements and Fixes:
  • The embedded trailer player has been improved, it doesn't load the imdb.com site's complete frame but directly plays the video
  • Windows: distribution of VLC and MediaInfo CLI upated to their latest versions (VLC: 3.0.18, MediaInfo: v22.12)
  • (v1.2.2) enhanced IMDB scraper checks
  • (v1.2.2) Settings - Movies: source paths are now ordered by their given name

New in Media Hoarder 1.2.1 (Feb 14, 2023)

  • Improved: AI Recommendations powered by ChatGPT:
  • The integration of ChatGPT has been significantly improved. The dependency on IMDB IDs has been removed, so that you can ask the AI for lists of movies where the name and year suffices.
  • IMDB Scraper updated:
  • A larger overhaul of how Media Hoarder scrapes IMDB metadata was necessary and has been implemented.
  • List Actions:
  • Perform actions on the current list (filtered or not). Currently the available actions only involve rescan of IMDB metadata but there is more to come in the future.
  • Access the list actions menu on the top right of the screen.
  • Other Improvements and Fixes:
  • The embedded trailer player has been improved, it doesn't load the imdb.com site's complete frame but directly plays the video
  • Windows: distribution of VLC and MediaInfo CLI upated to their latest versions (VLC: 3.0.18, MediaInfo: v22.12)

New in Media Hoarder 1.2.0 (Feb 13, 2023)

  • Improved:
  • AI Recommendations powered by ChatGPT
  • The integration of ChatGPT has been significantly improved. The dependency on IMDB IDs has been removed, so that you can ask the AI for lists of movies where the name and year suffices.
  • Examples:
  • Provide a list of christmas themed action movies
  • Provide a list of mind bending movies
  • Provide a list of Oscar winning best motion picture between 2000 and 2010
  • Provide a list of classic Sci-Fi movies that were not made by Hollywood
  • IMDB Scraper updated:
  • A larger overhaul of how Media Hoarder scrapes IMDB metadata was necessary and has been implemented.
  • List Actions:
  • Perform actions on the current list (filtered or not). Currently the available actions only involve rescan of IMDB metadata but there is more to come in the future.
  • Access the list actions menu on the top right of the screen.
  • Other Improvements and Fixes
  • The embedded trailer player has been improved, it doesn't load the imdb.com site's complete frame but directly plays the video
  • Windows - distribution of VLC and MediaInfo CLI upated to their latest versions (VLC: 3.0.18, MediaInfo: v22.12)

New in Media Hoarder 1.1.0 (Dec 29, 2022)

  • Feature: AI Recommendations powered by ChatGPT
  • The news of ChatGPT spread like wildfire and it is perfectly able to recommend movies to your criteria and name their IMDB IDs. Now you can initiate a conversation with ChatGPT from within Media Hoarder and every mentioned movie - as long as you have it in your collection - can be filtered.
  • Examples:
  • Provide a list of christmas themed action movies and their IMDB ID
  • Provide a list of mind bending movies and their IMDB ID
  • Provide a list of Oscar winning best motion picture between 2000 and 2010 and their IMDB ID
  • Provide a list of classic Sci-Fi movies that were not made by Hollywood and their IMDB ID
  • Check this short video which shows how to use AI recommendations in Media Hoarder.
  • PersonDialog: add button for (re-)fetching data from imdb.com
  • In order to fetch the latest data from imdb.com for a person (directors, actors, etc.) a button has been added to the person dialog title.
  • Other Fixes:
  • MediaList: minor positioning correction for action icons in media items
  • Show/Hide version history, hidden by default when you have the latest version

New in Media Hoarder 1.0.1 (Nov 22, 2022)

  • Fix: Breaking IMDB CAPTCHA.
  • IMDB introduced a breaking change: CAPTCHAs on their public sites. This broke Media Hoarder and with v1.0.1 we introduced a quick fix, but we'll investigate the issue further.
  • Feature: Show IMDB and MetaCritic scores in compact movie lists (dialogs)