youtube-dl-gui 3.2.3

Custom arguments on the main form don't block file-name restricted characters.
Custom arguments on the main form (if entered) will be copied to the extended downloader so you don't have to re-enter them.
File name schema inputs have most restricted characters blocked this time. Slashes are allowed, for sub-directories.
Updated the German localization, thanks @uDEV2019

Runtime fixes

Note: If the updater does not auto-run when updating; you can manually run the updater executable.

Proxy settings on the extended downloader is fixed now.
The taskbar progress is now first-come priority; new instances that are running will not display in the taskbar unless it has access to the taskbar interface. This affects the main program and the updater.
The hardest part of this program is auto-scrolling, i'm trying, honest.
The system based Hand cursor should be available everywhere, thanks to some random off-topic stack overflow post.
Custom extensions may be phased out, because they're already not used anywhere.
Some back-end stuff.
Anyways

German translation updated (thanks @uDEV2019)
Italian translation updated (thanks @bovirus)

Quick download form update

This version focused on the quick downloader form. It still had some issues so I just decided to update it to include download progress. It's still the only way to download playlists or full channels because the extended downloader can only focus on one video at a time. I thought about using the extended downloader for the batch downloader or similar, but I do not feel like focusing on that right now.

The settings.ini config file will be renamed to youtube-dl-gui.ini on launch. This is for parity, and your settings should not be effected. I said should.
The quick downloader was heavily updated. Visually it's got some extra stuff to play with.
The quick downloader also saves your previously closed location so it won't show up in the middle of your screen.
The updater was updated. If it was ran without youtube-dl-guis' process id or the update message handler, it'll prompt you to choose your own adventure. Either Pre-Release, Release, or Ignore. Was it ignore? I don't remember what I wrote there.
Custom arguments have been enabled for the quick and extended downloader. You can still specify custom arguments only, but this is for people who want to use additional custom arguments that I have not added as options (either yet, or do not care about).
RichTextBox controls were updated, auto-scrolling will be way smoother now. It will only auto-scroll if you are at the bottom of the text box.
Language downloader was slightly updated.
Removed youtube-dlc from the forks list. Because of this, the extended downloader was enabled everywhere because it was confirmed working with yt-dlp and to a lesser extend youtube-dl which are the only 2 forks available.
The extended downloader added a new format type: Unknown for any formats that might not have been caught. This should be the final compatibility with sites that are quite funky.
Also, there are more progress updates for embedding subtitles or metadata added to the post-processing section.
Point and Size structs are now custom designed for better verification and other stuff. I don't know why I just didn't add them as extensions, but I wanted the Point to have an InvalidPoint option to check against.
There may be other changes I did not remember.
Translations that were updated since the previous release (may not reflect new localization strings in this version):

Italian got updated (thanks @bovirus)
Simplified Chinese was updated (thanks @wcxu21)

This is a minor update adding a tiny amount of changes, that started annoying me.

The extended downloader column widths for the video and audio formats are saved when closing, and loaded when loading.
The icons for the batch forms were updated to include the outline like the extended downloader form.
The about forms' text was updated. I know part of it isn't translatable, it's not meant to be translatable.
If you're one of the unlucky souls to download version 3.0.0 within 5 minutes of it releasing and have not gotten the hotfix:

Fixed long string values being loaded incorrectly causing issues when loading values such as the download path or file name schema history.
Finally, translations were updated. Consider using the language downloader to update (if it works, I haven't tried):

German translation was updated (Thanks @uDEV2019)
Simplified Chinese translation was added (Thanks @wcxu21)
Russian translation was updated (Thanks @Qwest8K)

Double check your youtube-dl fork setting before downloading anything, it has changed.
(Re-uploaded exe to fix download path error)

This release contains an extended downloader that gives you way more options than the quick downloader. The original downloader will be retained. You can enable using the extended downloader by default in the settings.

An extended downloader form was added.
An archive downloader was added.
A log form was added
A revamped merger form was added, for more intricate merging. It's rudimentary but I don't really have the time to keep testing something I'm not gonna use. It works, that's all that really matters.
The exception form was updated
yt-dlp will be used as the default youtube-dl provider.
An option to download ffmpeg was added to the settings form.
Additionally, first time users will be asked if they want to download youtube-dl and ffmpeg.
The default download path was changed to C:\Users\<user>\Downloads\youtube-dl
Updater has been updated.
There may be changes I didn't write down.

Hey it's been a bit, this is a pre-release.

Code cleanup, removing unused code stuff.
Changed the single-instance form activation when trying to open another instance, should work (tm). This doesn't activate each other between versions, this is a hard cutoff from the previous method. Not important for end users, but important if you maintain using multiple versions.
Fixed exceptions "github" button linking to youtube-dl's repo instead of mine. Sorry.
The language class got more optimized, it might be faster and use less system resources, now.
Conversion got absolutely changed. it pops up a form, like the download form. File merging should follow soon-ish.
Update checking got somewhat changed, exceptions occur with more information based on the exception.
The language file was updated for this pre-release. I don't expect to add more or change them, but i don't know. I usually prefer to release them when the new version comes out, because it's safer in case i rename something.

пакетный патч

это практически исправляет пакетный загрузчик.

добавлен японский язык, спасибо @thr3a

more bug fixes, late night release

properly reflects the youtube-dl fork when saving (if changed)
fixed downloading audio when the best format is selected. weird.
fixed downloading thumbnails, it downloads thumbnails. forgot about it.
cancelling in-progress downloads should work. look below for some information.
if no file name schema exists (null, empty, or whitespace), it will default to the default one.
temporarily rolled back to environment.currentdirectory for program path until further notice
translation stuff
Italian got updated, thanks @bovirus

if you have issues, check https://github.com/murrty/youtube-dl-gui/issues and post a new issue if yours is unique. be prepared to send the problematic url as well as your user.config (%localappdata%/youtube-dl-gui) or settings.ini (it's easier to enable the portable ini temporarily.), or just send them in the same issue. save us all some time.

so, here's some info about the cancelling downloads in progress, it's a little technical. basically, this looks up processes using windows management, which is hilarious. this is because the two forks create multiple processes, and the tools given to us (pretty much only me) aren't good enough to find processes that are children of a single process id. this works, but i don't know how well. keep a close eye on how well this new logic works, and if you know anything about this kinda thing and want to help, feel free to review it and submit a pull request if you know better. the logic is basically in frmDownloader.cs#L641.

yeah, yeah weird format. i'm tired give me a break

bug fixes

Fixed downloading audio with different formats other than "best"

Fixed update checking for youtube-dl + forks, and this program.

an update (finally) (Hotfixed)

(Includes ffmpeg fix)

Absoutely changed how settings is handled, again. It's done this way to prevent saving the settings file just for a quick download.

You can now enable/disable using the ini file in the settings, whenver you want to disable/enable it. It'll overide the previous settings.

You can now specify what videos you want to download in a playlist, channel, before, on, or after a specific date.

The main form's minimum size was slightly increased to make room for the video selection.

The file name schema has a history. There's no way to clear or remove them without editing the settings file.

Custom arguments also have history.

Prefer ffmpeg hls is a setting instead of enforced.

You can select between forks of youtube-dl, such as youtube-dlc and yt-dlp. I don't really use forks, so I don't know if the commands will translate to them properly. Suggest any that you would like to see.

Changed reading ini files to have a larger (65535) string length instead of 255. This is useful for long strings, such as custom arguments and schema history.

Bug fixes

There's a 1 in 5000 chance that the exception form will look degenerate. You'll know it if you see it, and it overides language settings, because everyone should feel the curse.

There may be more undocumented changes, but that's my fault for not proactively writing them down.

God dang it, bobby

New translations (Between last release and now, may not be 100% up to date):
Dutch was added (Thanks @den-ali)
German was updated (Thanks @PeterNerlich)
Italian was updated (Thanks @bovirus)
Russian was updated (Thanks @Qwest8K)
Spanish was updated (Thanks @XanGregor)
(Translations are not installed automatically via in-application updates, download the zip to download them along with youtube-dl-gui, or if you're in the application go to https://github.com/murrty/youtube-dl-gui/releases/latest, alternatively, you can go to https://github.com/murrty/youtube-dl-gui/tree/master/lang and download a specific language file.)

Feel free to create a pull request with translations if you would like to help translate. The current template file version is 1.41.

If any bugs are present or you want to request a feature; please open a new issue at https://github.com/murrty/youtube-dl-gui/issues

(I'm trying out new release formatting, it's huge)

(hotfixed binaries include last 3 commits)

hey it's been a hot minute since the last version. This version doesn't include language files because next version will most likely be full release, so if you're a translator, feel free to check out the changes in the template file.

Here's the main difference between last pre-release and this one:

*Settings is now fully handled different. Hopefully, it means it'll be stable when using ini or the internal handler.
*You can transfer settings between ini and internal handler whenever you want in the settings form. It'll overwrite the target (IE, if you're using the ini and disable using the ini file, it'll overwrite the settings stored in the internal handler)
*Language class has been refactored a little, should be somewhat more efficient.
*Fixed loading language files, now it should happen properly now. Was it a bug?

some personal junk, feel free to ignore this part

i haven't been interested in working on this program as i used to be, probably notable with the sudden breaks in updates. if you contributed by reporting issues or translating, thanks for helping, and if you download and use it, thanks for using it, and everyone in general thanks for being patient if you are. i'll try to keep working on this, but i'm not sure how much longer i can keep going with it.