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Personal Video Database Changelog

What's new in Personal Video Database 1.0.2.7

Nov 6, 2013
  • Feature:
  • File scanner can parse imdb ids
  • Fixed:
  • Issues with character encoding and plugins and scripts
  • Setting Seen Date would not update the Seen state
  • DoubleClick in Fields did not select word under cursor
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in Personal Video Database 1.0.2.6 (Oct 17, 2013)

  • A possibility to add values instead of replacing in Mass Editor
  • Option: Update record on link click
  • Option: Best match selection after timeout
  • Improved -checkurl switch to enable URL comparison while checking for record existence
  • Changed .jpeg is now accepted in image selection dialogs
  • Changed Added Finnish and Greek translations
  • Fixed Grouping by "Borrower"
  • Fixed PVD started on disconnected monitors
  • Fixed "Ignore case" option sometimes produced duplicate list values
  • Fixed Clearing date fields for people
  • Fixed Some minor search fixes
  • Fixed Screenshots were not visible after automatic creation
  • Fixed Issue with apostrophes in database path
  • Fixed Fixed some issues with handling errors in plugins

New in Personal Video Database 1.0.2.5 RC (Oct 17, 2013)

  • Hidden Parameter "SilentForceFirstResult" to make PVD always get the first best result in silent mode
  • Improved FFMPEG automatic Screenshot maker
  • Improved Plugins can return "none" from ProcException to suppress Error Messages
  • Improved When openning an old database: URLs will be normalized. Duplicate URLs will be automatically removed.
  • Improved New "AddAwardEx2" function in Script Engine enables scripts to provide URL for Awards
  • Improved Record identification using URLs
  • Changed MediaInfo and FFMPEG libraries updated
  • Changed Added french translation
  • Fixed AddImageURL fixed in script engine
  • Fixed Covers were not saved
  • Fixed Multiple search issues
  • Fixed Multiple UI issues
  • Fixed Multiple translation issues
  • Fixed Lots of minor fixes

New in Personal Video Database 1.0.2.3 Beta (Oct 17, 2013)

  • Filter by credits
  • Field label click switches field in Mass Editor
  • Scripts can now create UI elements, use Ini files, Lists and Streams
  • Improved Search performance
  • Improved Import/Export Plugins have now access to multiple additional functions in the main application
  • Improved Edit button for Advanced search
  • Improved "All" filter searches in custom fields
  • Improved Database file handling
  • Changed Files in Path field are clickable
  • Changed Added ukrainian translation
  • Fixed Changing name/title did not work
  • Fixed Different minor fixes

New in Personal Video Database 1.0.2.2 Beta (Oct 17, 2013)

  • Improved UI is fully translatable (English, Russian and German languages are already available)
  • Changed Some minor UI changes
  • Fixed Records were not filtered when loading saved tabs with filters
  • Fixed Double Click on posters and Covers
  • Fixed Predefined date filters
  • Fixed External images were not loaded when relative paths were changed
  • Fixed Error when handling duplicate records
  • Fixed A couple of issues with copying and pasting records
  • Fixed Importing information for people
  • Fixed Some backwards compatibility issues

New in Personal Video Database 1.0.2.1 Beta (Oct 17, 2013)

  • Improved External files import
  • Changed One more Firebird upgrade
  • Fixed Error when copying movies with screenshots
  • Fixed Loading wide toolbar configurations
  • Fixed Connecting to older databases

New in Personal Video Database 1.0.2 Beta (Oct 17, 2013)

  • Automatically import external subtitles (if language is detectable from filename), audio streams and posters
  • Copy & Paste Records
  • Copy and Paste images from clipboard
  • Option: select first search result
  • Improved Toolbar tabs:
  • Left-click toggles toolbar
  • Double-click replaces everything with the selected toolbar
  • Right click shows a popup with all actions of the toolbar (if possible)
  • If a toolbar does not fit, it is placed on the next row
  • The second "dynamic" row can only contain one toolbar
  • Improved HTTP Client
  • Improved Duplicate check when adding records
  • Improved Show number of selected records in Mass Editor + Confirmation when changing more than 10 entries
  • Improved New firebird version
  • Changed New ffmpeg version
  • Changed "Disc inserted dialog" is not shown if minimized
  • Changed File Path Field is now an expandable Memo
  • Changed System dlls are installed into PVD folder
  • Fixed Only set automatic id to visible movies
  • Fixed A couple of issues with date fields
  • Fixed Do not ask to delete files if there are no video files assigned
  • Fixed Browse button executed the action twice
  • Fixed Unable to change title
  • Fixed Many other minor fixes and improvements

New in Personal Video Database 1.0.1.0 Beta (Oct 17, 2013)

  • "Collapsed" toolbar mode when no tabs selected
  • Customizable tabs on toolbar
  • New options in "Appearance": sort lists, execute plugin on selection
  • Saving tabs, filters, searches, sorting and grouping
  • Improved Grouping
  • Fixed Some issues with high DPI
  • Fixed Full screen mode
  • Fixed Some issues with window painting with disabled Aero
  • Fixed Plugin selection was reset after switching the mode
  • Fixed Some minor fixes

New in Personal Video Database 1.0.0.0 (Oct 17, 2013)

  • Grid View
  • Advanced search for people
  • Saving advanced searches
  • Totally restructured main toolbar and main menu
  • NMM on toolbar
  • Episode adition/changing episode/season number on toolbar
  • New custom field type: date
  • Search keyword is selected in memo fields when found
  • MME for all fields for movies and people on toolbar
  • Delete associated files
  • Move files to folder
  • Organize video files
  • Setting custom rating in view mode
  • Last Modified was sometimes not set
  • Searching for a date in text fields
  • Lots of other small fixes and improvements

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.9.21 (Apr 28, 2010)

  • Improved added hungarian translation
  • Fixed filtering by keyword containing backslah cause PVD to crash
  • Fixed new records were not automatically selected
  • Fixed screenshots section

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.9.20 (Apr 25, 2010)

  • Feature Skins: separate stars and buttons for each skin
  • Feature Skins: height attribute for rows
  • Feature Skins: height attribute for spacer
  • Feature Skins: maxvalue, precision attributes for ratings
  • Feature Skins: allow rating without stars
  • Fixed Skins: automatic width calculation
  • Fixed Skins: Collapsed/expanded states did not save after changing the skin
  • Fixed Skins: Offsets in custom section
  • Feature Export: Configurable duration format
  • Fixed Export: resizing images
  • Fixed Exporting photos
  • Feature Script Engine: GetFieldValueXML, GetSeriesFieldValueXML
  • Improved Round seconds to the full minute when showing duration in minutes
  • Improved Default colors and underline options for all controls
  • Changed Budget and Box Offcie fields can contain bigger values
  • Fixed grouping by composers and writers
  • Fixed Bigger toolbar icons support
  • Fixed Clearing date fields
  • Fixed Creating a database having international characters in path

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.9.19 (Mar 30, 2010)

  • Feature Ignore list for update check
  • Feature Skins: attribute valsperline="x"
  • Feature Skins: text alignment in memos
  • Feature Added Refresh skin action and Update action
  • Feature Export plugin: main movie values in episode templates, special values (imdb id, video width and height)
  • Improved Grouping
  • Changed Media type and count detection
  • Changed Added slovenian translation
  • Fixed Audio fields import
  • Fixed Record preview hint in full screen view
  • Fixed Painting very long pathes (> 6000 characters)
  • Fixed Font settings for multiline fields
  • Fixed Find movies removed from HDD in Tree mode
  • Fixed Download thread timeout when downloading large files
  • Fixed Setting people awards with same event
  • Fixed Set ID function

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.9.12 (Sep 9, 2009)

  • Feature Date added and Date modified fields support time
  • Improved Improved and fixed plugins and scripts
  • Fixed Restoring database from backup (multiple issues)
  • Fixed Accessing database from different windows users
  • Fixed Many small bugs fixes
  • Export plugin:
  • Now supports file name formatting for "nearfiles" parameter and "recordtemplate" parameter. Possible values are:
  • %d% - internal id
  • %rid% - movie id
  • %ot% - original title
  • %t% - title
  • %y% - year
  • Additional function: {#StringReplace 'Original Text' 'String to replace' 'string to replace with'}
  • Skins:
  • Image fields now support autosize.
  • The code produces a poster field with maximum width of 40% of the window and poster buttons (next/prev/add) below. If poster is smaller than 40% of window width it will be rendered in it's full size (not stretched to 40%).

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.9.11 (Jun 26, 2009)

  • fixed some plugins,file scanner and permissions; added french and dutch languages; improved export

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.9.10 (Jun 5, 2009)

  • Fixed Sorting and grouping by custom fields
  • Fixed Setting date fields
  • Improved Some UI improvements
  • Improved IMDB Plugin and FilmUp plugins

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.9.9 (Jun 2, 2009)

  • Feature Fields: Languages, Translations, AudioBitrates, AudioCodecs, Channels, Samplings, AudioCount are now exportable
  • Fixed Some small UI fixes
  • Fixed Date filters
  • Fixed Cookie management
  • Fixed Different fixes
  • Improved Browse for additional files dialog open on existing folder
  • Improved Added some system dlls to installer
  • Improved General plugins

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.9.8 (May 28, 2009)

  • Changed More space between links
  • Feature Movie Twitter plugin
  • Feature IMDB -> Option: download only one plot summary
  • Feature New Plugin type: general
  • Feature Execute SQL from within the application in -debug Mode
  • Fixed URLs were overwritten during record update
  • Improved Search box behaviour
  • Improved Add Record Dialog
  • Improved Aditional Awards advanced filters
  • Fixed Many minor fixes

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.9.7 (May 27, 2009)

  • Changed More space between links
  • Feature Movie Twitter plugin
  • Feature IMDB -> Option: download only one plot summary
  • Feature New Plugin type: general
  • Feature Execute SQL from within the application in -debug Mode
  • Fixed URLs were overwritten during record update
  • Improved Search box behaviour
  • Improved Add Record Dialog
  • Improved Aditional Awards advanced filters
  • Fixed Many minor fixes

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.9.6 Beta (May 6, 2009)

  • Feature: Some additional options in Miscellaneous
  • Improved: Image preview: now Full size with scrollbars
  • Improved: Script Engine
  • Improved: Add Record Dialog
  • Fixed: File Scanner
  • Fixed: Connect to server
  • Fixed: Duplicate function (movies and people)
  • Fixed: A couple of small fixes and improvements

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.9.5 Beta (Apr 24, 2009)

  • Feature Access Rights
  • Feature Customizable naming format for exported images
  • Feature Export near video files
  • Feature Replace folders in file paths when playing
  • Feature Client-Server Support
  • Feature Option: download all found posters (only if supported by the plugin)
  • Feature Option: Smart detect DVD/BD
  • Feature Customizable file extensions for all video file operations
  • Feature apply web search to all selected items
  • Feature Using ffmpeg for taking screenshots
  • Feature Last modified field (movies and persons)
  • Feature Option: use first screenshot as poster
  • Fixed Problem with consuming a lot of memory to put images outside of the database file
  • Fixed SetID gets really FIRST available number
  • Fixed File Scanner
  • Fixed Support for coockies was broken
  • Fixed Manual Screenshot maker
  • Fixed Getting Audio Streams information for DVDs
  • Fixed Advanced Filters and some standard filters
  • Fixed Some issues with custom fields
  • Fixed Setting date added field
  • Fixed and Improved Export plugin
  • Fixed and Improved Skins
  • Improved Script Engine
  • Improved HTML to Text conversion
  • Improved IMDB plugins
  • Improved AllMovie.com support
  • Improved Awards field behaviour

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.9.4 Beta (Jan 21, 2009)

  • Feature: RegExp support and additional functionality for File Scanner and Organize files by episodes function
  • Feature: Automatic Screenshots (experimental)
  • Feature: The TVDB Plugin
  • Feature: Option: Download thread timeout
  • Feature: Find movies removed from HDD
  • Feature: Collapsed/Expanded state of fields is restored after program restart
  • Feature: Remove all posters/photos/screenshots/covers (currently only visible in hotkeys list)
  • Feature: Expand/Collapse all fields (currently only visible in hotkeys list)
  • Improved: Date/Time functions and a possibility to access series data from an episode added to Script Engine
  • Improved: Drawing Filmographies should be faster now
  • Improved: New records are selected after addition using NMM (New Movie Master) or File Scanner
  • Fixed: Impawards plugin, Adult.DVDEmpire script
  • Fixed: Skin system (for example custom fields positioning)
  • Fixed: Plugin system
  • Fixed: Hotkeys assignment when hotkey already exists
  • Fixed: Some movie management and filtering fixes
  • Fixed: Audio streams conversion from 0.9.8 DBs
  • Fixed: Duplicate Awards entries from IMDB
  • Fixed: Many different minor fixes

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.8.19 (Aug 1, 2008)

  • Improved Web site compatibility for downloading movie/person information
  • Added French and Turkish languages

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.8.18 (Jul 8, 2008)

  • Fixed Resizing poster selection window
  • Fixed Paths to video files in File scanner
  • Fixed Creating Screenshots in separate folders
  • Fixed Episodes were sometimes connected to a wrong movie record
  • Fixed Some other small fixes and improvements

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.8.17 (Jul 2, 2008)

  • Feature Refresh view function
  • Feature Adult DVD Empire import script
  • Feature configuration can be associated with a database
  • Improved Adding movies from file scanner can be canceled
  • Improved Skip button in movie selection list (import)
  • Improved Poster preview is proportional to window size (import)
  • Improved Script Engine
  • Changed Multivalue fields are set in the right order
  • Fixed Some UI fixes
  • Fixed A number of plugins and scripts
  • Fixed Changing image folders
  • Fixed Some other small fixes and improvements

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.8.15 (Jun 20, 2008)

  • Feature: Files selection when detecting DVD duration
  • Improved: Script Debugging
  • Improved: Multiple recipients are now possible in Add Award dialog
  • Improved: 3 types of playlist available to play multiple video files
  • Improved: Wish setting can be made for multiple movies with context popup
  • Fixed: Some person/movie management problems in DB engine
  • Fixed: Script Engine with scripts for person information
  • Fixed: Some other little bugs

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.8.14 (Jun 16, 2008)

  • Improved Script Engine
  • Improved world-art.ru Script
  • Improved: Searching with Allmovie.com script
  • Improved: Check for data compatibility when importing from CSV, Excel, AMC
  • Fixed: Searching with IMDB plugin
  • Fixed: Program termination when switching from movie to an episode in Edit mode
  • Fixed: Save images in Database option did not effect Photos
  • Fixed: All credits from IMDB importing to writer field in some circumstances
  • Fixed: Advanced Search
  • Changed: Added some additional video file extensions

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.8.11 (Jun 10, 2008)

  • Feature Script Engine
  • Feature AllMovie.com and World-Art.ru download scripts
  • Feature Playing multiple files
  • Feature Collapsible multi line custom fields
  • Fixed Issues with working directory
  • Fixed Some UI fixes and improvements
  • Fixed Some minor bug fixes

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.8.9 (May 9, 2008)

  • New database engine
  • New fields
  • Improved import, export, filtering, grouping, series support
  • A lot of new great features and improvements

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.7.1 (Dec 3, 2007)

  • Fixed: Overwrite options
  • Fixed: Import persons from IMDB
  • Fixed: DB corruption is some circumstances
  • Fixed: Some small fixes in plugins

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.7 (Nov 27, 2007)

  • Feature: Scan folders for new movies and changed paths
  • Feature: Batch plugins
  • Feature: Dropdown list as search box
  • Feature: Automatically add new values to lists
  • Feature: Dramatically improved search
  • Feature: Find and Replace
  • Feature: New Field: Date of death
  • Feature: Different customizable coloring of links to movies or persons that exist in the database
  • Feature: Actors with Roles in Movie Information Card
  • Feature: Hints with image and info for links to existing persons or movies
  • Feature: Append database
  • Feature: Import from CSV
  • Feature: Overwrite confirmation dialog
  • Feature: ISO support
  • Feature: -showhidden command line parameter to show hidden files in File select dialog
  • Feature: Option: Show filesize as MB, GB
  • Improved: More Filters
  • Improved: Dramatically improved export
  • Improced: Screenshots are saved in Jpeg
  • Improved: All lists on one page new lists Languages, Countries
  • Improved: Faster UI Drawing
  • Fixed: Many different bug fixes

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.6.3 (Oct 5, 2007)

  • Custom languages
  • New and improved plugins
  • Improved mouse wheel support
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.5.1 (Sep 3, 2007)

  • Fixed: Indexing people
  • Fixed: Some bugs with sorting
  • Fixed: Some UI fixes
  • Feature: Japanese language (thanks to Nardog)

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.5 (Aug 30, 2007)

  • Feature: Screenshot maker
  • Feature: New Fields: Aka, Tagline, Features, Wish, Other Rating
  • Feature: New Filters: Title OrigTitle Aka, Aka, Viewed date, Wish/Have/All
  • Feature: Option: Maximum Poster Height and Width
  • Feature: Option: Default seen state (when adding new movie)
  • Feature: Option: All Words in Title start with capital letter
  • Feature: Option: Place Prefix at the begining of the title
  • Feature: Option: Web Plugins: Overwrite fields
  • Feature: Option: Use minutes in Duration field
  • Feature: Option: Automatically set IDs for new movies
  • Feature: Added a possibility to set specific viewed date
  • Feature: More Statistics
  • Feature: Import Movie Information from www.moviemeter.nl
  • Feature: Import People Information from imdb.com and kinopoisk.ru
  • Feature: Import covers from AllCDCovers.com
  • Improved: Producer, Scenario and URL fields are made multiline
  • Improved: Some internal optimization
  • Changed: All Paths are saved as relative paths in a separate folder for each database
  • Changed: Many different UI fixes and improvements
  • Fixed: Retrieving file size of very big files

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.4.2 (Jul 30, 2007)

  • Feature: Load screenshots from Folder
  • Feature: Spanish Language (thanks to Yervant Kaspar)

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.4 (Jul 23, 2007)

  • Fixed: Proxy configuration
  • Fixed: Toolbar Hints
  • Fixed: Some other fixes and improvements
  • Feature: Added a possibility to save database manually

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.3 (Jul 17, 2007)

  • Improved: Faster: loading, editing, filtering, file browser
  • Improved: Better Plugin handling
  • Improved: Long Plot summary and Plot Keywords can be downloaded from IMDB
  • Improved: Some UI fixes and improvements
  • Improved: OFDB plugin
  • Improved: Unicode support in web plugins
  • Feature: New Field, Filter and Group: Tags
  • Feature: New Fields: Music, Awards, Movie Connections
  • Feature: Large fields can be expanded and collapsed
  • Feature: Sorting in Plain view / Tree view
  • Feature: Database version check
  • Feature: Option: Import Media Label only from Removable Media
  • Feature: Option: Put movies with empty values in "Undefined" group

New in Personal Video Database 0.9.0 (Jun 19, 2007)

  • Feature: Custom Fields (unlimited number)
  • Feature: Grid view, Sorting, Posters in grid, All fields except poster can be viewed and edited, All fields can be repositioned or hidden
  • Feature: Customizeble Web search
  • Feature: Preview when importing posters from the web
  • Feature: Group by first letter of Title and Original title
  • Feature: Movie Information is divided into 4 categories (using colors and rectangles)
  • Feature: Customizable UI Colors
  • Feature: Logical Sorting
  • Feature: New fields: viewed date, loaned date
  • Feature: Loan history
  • Feature: Loan/Return multiple movies
  • Feature: Multi-language plugins
  • Feature: portable.bat to use Personal Video Database from removable media
  • Feature: Import from Ant Movie Catalog
  • Fixed: Import from older MS Excel versions
  • Fixed: AV when deleting movies
  • Fixed: Loan options had no effect
  • Fixed: Cancelling import from web is now responding faster
  • Fixed: Advanced Search from Main Menu
  • Changed: Many different UI fixes and improvements
  • Changed: Groupping is not case sensitive

New in Personal Video Database 0.8.5 (May 28, 2007)

  • Feature: Multi-Language UI
  • -Feature: Import from OFDB.de
  • -Feature: Online Updates
  • -Feature: Default plugins are selected according to the users Language
  • -Feature: Login to KinoPoisk.ru
  • Changed: Version Column in Prefrences -> Plugins
  • Fixed: Some UI fixes
  • Fixed: Import buttons did not functioned sometimes
  • Fixed: Movie URL was sometimes wrong
  • Fixed: Timeout settings for Internet connection
  • Fixed: Clear Movie did not clear all the fields
  • Fixed: Password protection on files containing TV Series