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.