Changelog

Change history for YouChoob

Release notes for this product.

v1.20; 8th July, 2013.
  - Added: Documentation and YouChoob 2 links to the About menu.
  - Other: Uses a new file format for storing settings; previous settings are lost.
  - Other: Changed parts of the interface.
  - Other: Minor changes.
  - Fixed: Now works correctly after a major (backend) YouTube site change.

v1.19; 10th August, 2011.
  - Added: Additional formats are recognised, such as WebM.
  - Added: High-quality (480x360) thumbnails are now downloaded.
  - Fixed: Now works correctly after a major (backend) YouTube site change.
  - Other: Minor interface changes and improvements.
  - Other: Download the MP4/WEBM versions of videos if FLV does not work.

v1.18; 25th March, 2011.
  - Added: Delete Incomplete Downloads to the Settings -> Downloads window.
  - Added: Donate button to the main window.
  - Other: Slight re-design of the main window.
  - Other: YouChoob will notify you if you don't have the full .NET4 installed.

v1.17; 13th December, 2010.
  - Added: Support for videos linked from profile pages (ie. "profile?user=...").
  - Fixed: Now works correctly after the recent YouTube site changes.
  - Fixed: Minimising YouChoob sent it to the system tray, even if Minimise To Tray was disabled.
  - Other: Improved video title -to- filename conversion.

v1.16; 28th August, 2010.
  - Added: Interface tab to the settings window.
  - Added: System tray support (see Settings - Interface).
  - Added: Filenames are now HTML entity decoded, where appropriate.
  - Fixed: "When All Downloads Complete" button drop-down didn't re-position correctly.
  - Fixed: The image in the taskbar preview didn't show the video thumbnail correctly. [Windows 7]

v1.15; 27th July, 2010.
  - Fixed: Now works correctly after a minor YouTube site change.

v1.14; 25th May, 2010.
  - Added: "When All Downloads Complete..." drop-down to the main window.
  - Other: Improved clipboard importing of YouTube video IDs.

v1.13; 15th May, 2010.
  - Fixed: Now works correctly after a minor YouTube site change.

v1.12; 3rd April, 2010.
  - Added: Now accepts raw video IDs.
  - Fixed: Now works correctly after a major YouTube site change.
  - Other: Downloaded video thumbnail is now of a mucher higher quality.
  - Other: Faster start-up.
  - Other: Updated BiQubic.Update.

v1.11; 3rd March, 2010.
  - Added: More recognised video formats to the selection dialog.
    Note that YouChoob could always download these formats;
    they are merely added as a user-convenience.

v1.10; 5th February, 2010.
  - Fixed: YouChoob couldn't work out a video's title.
  - Fixed: Video Quality Selection window was displaying a taskbar entry. Removed.
  - Other: Minor interface fixes.

v1.09; 25th October, 2009.
  - Added: Internally converts embedded URLs into the correct format.
  - Fixed: Now works correctly after a minor YouTube site change.
  - Other: Changed the way the "page parse failed" step works.

v1.08; 10th October, 2009.
  - Added: Video Quality Selection option to Settings -> Downloads.
  - Added: The correct extension is used for saving based on video quality.
  - Added: Application and download statistics. See Readme.
  - Other: Replaced the About dialog with a true About window.

v1.07; 19th September, 2009.
  - Added: Do Not Prompt For Video Filename to Settings -> Downloads.
  - Added: Optional video thumbnail saving to Settings -> Downloads.
  - Fixed: Now works correctly after the recent YouTube site changes.
  - Other: Much better video quality detection; will download best available at all times.

v1.06; 19th February, 2009. (Beta)
  - Added: Native batch downloading.
  - Added: Settings window.
  - Added: Context menu to the video thumbnail image.
  - Added: Download transfer rate to the main window.
  - Added: Windows 7 download progress indication to YouChoob's taskbar entry.
  - Fixed: Minor GUI layout issue in pre-Vista versions of Windows.
  - Other: Updated help file.
  - Other: Minor tweaks.

v1.05; 29th January, 2009.
  - Fixed: Sometimes the thumbnail for the video didn't appear. This may also fix
    a rare "not a valid video" error prior to downloading.
  - Other: Minor tweaks.

v1.04; 16th January, 2009.
  - Added: Automatic support for downloading high quality versions of videos.
  - Added: Links can be dragged and dropped onto the URL textbox.

v1.03; 22nd April, 2008.
  - Added: Clicking the video thumbnail will view the video.
  - Added: Update checker.
  - Fixed: Location issue with the progress bar and thumbnail during sizing.
  - Other: General application and interface improvements.
  - Other: "Download Another Video" wasn't working 100%.

v1.02; 18th April, 2008.
  - Added: The thumbnail image of the video being downloaded is now displayed.
  - Added: YC will auto-download any YouTube links in the clipboard at startup.
  - Added: Clicking Import Link From Clipboard will begin auto-downloading.
  - Other: Slight interface modifications for when downloads start and finish.

v1.01; 15th April, 2008.
  - Added: Stop button so a downloading video can be cancelled.
  - Added: "Download Another Video" button that launches another YC instance.
  - Fixed: Accepts URLs that start with "http://youtube.*".
  - Fixed: The main window didn't size correctly.
  - Other: Now suggests a filename for the video based on the video's title.
  - Other: Executable is now signed with a strong key for security purposes.
  - Other: Modifications based on code analysis by FxCop.

v1.00; 11th April, 2008.
  - Initial public release.