RechatTool Changelog

What's new in RechatTool 2.1.0

May 7, 2023
  • Fix "Cannot access child value" error, at least temporarily (i.e. until Twitch blocks this workaround, if they decide to).

New in RechatTool 2.0.0 (Dec 11, 2022)

  • Support Twitch's new API.
  • Backwards compatibility with existing .json files has been broken; use an older version if they need to be reprocessed into .txt files.

New in RechatTool 1.6.0 (Feb 27, 2022)

  • Update Twitch client ID.
  • Windows version now requires .NET Framework 4.6.2+ (most people have this already).
  • New cross-platform version, requires .NET 6.0. Fine for use on Windows too, assuming you have .NET 6.0 runtime installed (most people don't).

New in RechatTool 1.5.7 (Jan 15, 2021)

  • Don't leave partial output file if download fails.
  • Work around Twitch bug where some messages are missing commenter information.

New in RechatTool 1.5.6 (Dec 28, 2020)

  • Fix "could not convert string to integer" error with certain user badges.
  • When processing, make sure input file exists before creating output file.

New in RechatTool 1.5.5 (Oct 25, 2018)

  • Recognize Staff and Global Moderator badges.

New in RechatTool 1.5.4 (Aug 6, 2018)

  • Support new format for video URL.

New in RechatTool 1.5.3 (Jun 10, 2018)

  • Recognize "admin" badge.

New in RechatTool 1.5.2 (Mar 20, 2018)

  • Show duration of downloaded chat log in progress.
  • Fix timestamp wrapping at 24 hours.

New in RechatTool 1.5.1 (Mar 19, 2018)

  • Set created/modified times on downloaded/processed files.

New in RechatTool 1.4.0 (Nov 17, 2017)

  • For users with localized display names, show regular username in parentheses.

New in RechatTool 1.3.0 (Oct 12, 2017)

  • Support Twitch's new chat API.

New in RechatTool 1.2.0 (Oct 12, 2017)

  • Option to specify the number of download threads and increase default value to 4.
  • Option to overwrite output file.
  • Show download percentage complete.

New in RechatTool 1.1.1 (Oct 12, 2017)

  • Minor tweak.

New in RechatTool 1.1.0 (Oct 12, 2017)

  • Processing improvements.
  • Ability to parse video id from a URL.
  • Tweak number of download threads.