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‎1.4.0 (TBC)

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== 1.4.0 (TBC) ==

New:
* Complete overhaul of the background auto-processing system thanks to inspiration and help from ''MymsMan'';
** Its work has been split into two separate tasks - media scanner and queue runner;
** The media scanner adds jobs to the queue rather than processing them as it runs. This makes its run-time shorter and more predictable. It still performs fairly quick actions such as expire and de-duplication in-line;
** Rather than scanning the recording tree once for each action (decrypt, dedup, shrink, etc.), the new media scanner scans the recording hierarchy just once per run. This change alone has halved the run-time (although it depends on the directory structure to some extent);
** The default automatic processing scan interval has been changed from every 20 minutes to every 10;
** Most existing automatic processing plugins (''sweeper'',''flatten'',''flatview'',''newk'') will work unchanged with the new system but updates are available so that they can take advantage of the new framework;
** The ''badnts'',''arbookmarks'' and ''detectads'' (if using post-decrypt mode) plugins will not work properly and must be upgraded;
** The web interface built-in actions (decrypt, shrink, etc.) are now implemented as plugins, just like any other extension package;
** Background automatic tasks such as decryption and shrink now appear in the queue;
* The queue diagnostic screen has been updated:
** Show more information about tasks;
** Allow a task to be manually put on hold or re-submitted to the queue;
** Provide links back to the media browser for each queue entry;
* A link to the queue screen can be added to the toolbar (new option in Settings->Auto Processing);
* It's now possible to manually specific MP2 or MP3 audio when manually adding files to the queue from the browse screen;
* Viewing a schedule backup now shows favourites from the backup file too;
* New hook to allow plugins to take action following the creation of a new directory (used by ''flatten'' to mark new folders as ''noflatten'');
Fixes:
* If a recording fails to decrypt, a system warning will only be generated after three attempts;
* Restoration of favourite channels has been fixed;
* The status screen was not correctly reporting MP3 extraction jobs;
* Fix manual event scheduling (was reporting duplicate event);
Other Changes:
* The . filename used for recursive flags has changed. Recursion is now indicated by the addition of an R (it was previously lower-cased);
* Detect and report the CFW 3.11 kernel versions;
* New {ts tsr} method to check if a recording was time-shifted;

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−	~~== 1.4.1 (TBC/03/2017) ==~~

−	~~New:~~
−	* Virtual VFD (front panel display) in web browser if ''redring'' is installed (this can be customised or hidden via EXTRA.css);
−	* Fix many extended character issues (pound signs, letters with accents etc.); everything is now normalised to UTF-8;
−	* Improved package management screen:
−	** Removed advanced option to display additional packages;
−	** Added real-time toggle at top right to enable display of additional packages;
−	** Beta or non-base packages are shown in a different colour with annotation;
−	** Package list can be sorted based on displayed columns;
−	* Add option to stop sending backup files to the dustbin when automatically decrypting or shrinking;
−	* Pseudo MP3 files can not be generated from a high-definition recording;
−	~~Fixes:~~
−	* Allow skipping of last episode in current EPG data;
−	* Fix restore of favourites (really this time);
−	* Allow re-submission of completed queue jobs;
−	* Queue post-action plugins are now run in priority order;
−	* Automatically fix previously unsuccessful package updates;
−	* Fixes for chunked transfer of package update progress in Chrome;
−	* Do not continually attempt to decrypt a zero-byte failed recording;
−	* Improve CGI conversation with web server;
−	* Remove trailing space from generated password hashes (incompatible with newer ''lighttpd'' versions);
−	~~Other Changes:~~
−	* Main menu icons will now use available screen width;
−	* Default queue processing interval reduced to 10 minutes;
−	* Upgraded [i]ffmpeg[/i] utility to version 2.8 which is faster than the previous version;
−	* Upgraded bundled ''tablesorter'' library.

← Older revision	Revision as of 14:44, 14 March 2017
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	+	== 1.4.1 (TBC/03/2017) ==

	+	New:
	+	* Virtual VFD (front panel display) in web browser if ''redring'' is installed (this can be customised or hidden via EXTRA.css);
	+	* Fix many extended character issues (pound signs, letters with accents etc.); everything is now normalised to UTF-8;
	+	* Improved package management screen:
	+	** Removed advanced option to display additional packages;
	+	** Added real-time toggle at top right to enable display of additional packages;
	+	** Beta or non-base packages are shown in a different colour with annotation;
	+	** Package list can be sorted based on displayed columns;
	+	* Add option to stop sending backup files to the dustbin when automatically decrypting or shrinking;
	+	* Pseudo MP3 files can not be generated from a high-definition recording;
	+	Fixes:
	+	* Allow skipping of last episode in current EPG data;
	+	* Fix restore of favourites (really this time);
	+	* Allow re-submission of completed queue jobs;
	+	* Queue post-action plugins are now run in priority order;
	+	* Automatically fix previously unsuccessful package updates;
	+	* Fixes for chunked transfer of package update progress in Chrome;
	+	* Do not continually attempt to decrypt a zero-byte failed recording;
	+	* Improve CGI conversation with web server;
	+	* Remove trailing space from generated password hashes (incompatible with newer ''lighttpd'' versions);
	+	Other Changes:
	+	* Main menu icons will now use available screen width;
	+	* Default queue processing interval reduced to 10 minutes;
	+	* Upgraded [i]ffmpeg[/i] utility to version 2.8 which is faster than the previous version;
	+	* Upgraded bundled ''tablesorter'' library.

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:58, 17 January 2017
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−	~~== 1.4.0 (TBC) ==~~

−	~~New:~~
−	* Complete overhaul of the background auto-processing system thanks to inspiration and help from ''MymsMan'';
−	** Its work has been split into two separate tasks - media scanner and queue runner;
−	** The media scanner adds jobs to the queue rather than processing them as it runs. This makes its run-time shorter and more predictable. It still performs fairly quick actions such as expire and de-duplication in-line;
−	** Rather than scanning the recording tree once for each action (decrypt, dedup, shrink, etc.), the new media scanner scans the recording hierarchy just once per run. This change alone has halved the run-time (although it depends on the directory structure to some extent);
−	** The default automatic processing scan interval has been changed from every 20 minutes to every 10;
−	** Most existing automatic processing plugins (''sweeper'',''flatten'',''flatview'',''newk'') will work unchanged with the new system but updates are available so that they can take advantage of the new framework;
−	** The ''badnts'',''arbookmarks'' and ''detectads'' (if using post-decrypt mode) plugins will not work properly and must be upgraded;
−	** The web interface built-in actions (decrypt, shrink, etc.) are now implemented as plugins, just like any other extension package;
−	** Background automatic tasks such as decryption and shrink now appear in the queue;
−	* The queue diagnostic screen has been updated:
−	** Shows more information about tasks;
−	** Allow a task to be manually put on hold or re-submitted to the queue;
−	** Provide links back to the media browser for each queue entry;
−	* A link to the queue screen can be added to the toolbar (new option in Settings->Auto Processing);
−	* It's now possible to manually specify MP2 or MP3 audio when manually adding files to the queue from the browse screen;
−	* Viewing a schedule backup now shows favourites from the backup file too;
−	* New hook to allow plugins to take action following the creation of a new directory (used by ''flatten'' to mark new folders as ''noflatten'').
−	~~Fixes:~~
−	* If a recording fails to decrypt, a system warning will only be generated after three attempts;
−	* Restoration of favourite channels has been fixed;
−	* The status panel was not correctly reporting MP3 extraction jobs;
−	* Fix pkg _load method to handle packages with a missing description;
−	* Fix duplicate suppression in system notifications for events with no associated date (such as system crashes);
−	* Fix manual event scheduling (was reporting duplicate event).
−	~~Other Changes:~~
−	* The . filename used for recursive flags has changed. Recursion is now indicated by the addition of an R (it was previously lower-cased);
−	* Detect and report the CFW 3.11 kernel versions;
−	* New {ts tsr} method to check if a recording was time-shifted.

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 * If a recording fails to decrypt, a system warning will only be generated after three attempts;
 * Restoration of favourite channels has been fixed;
-* The status screen was not correctly reporting MP3 extraction jobs;
+* The status panel was not correctly reporting MP3 extraction jobs;
 * Fix pkg _load method to handle packages with a missing description;
 * Fix manual event scheduling (was reporting duplicate event).
 Other Changes:

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 ** Provide links back to the media browser for each queue entry;
 * A link to the queue screen can be added to the toolbar (new option in Settings->Auto Processing);
-* It's now possible to manually specific MP2 or MP3 audio when manually adding files to the queue from the browse screen;
+* It's now possible to manually specify MP2 or MP3 audio when manually adding files to the queue from the browse screen;
 * Viewing a schedule backup now shows favourites from the backup file too;
 * New hook to allow plugins to take action following the creation of a new directory (used by ''flatten'' to mark new folders as ''noflatten'').

@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
 ** Background automatic tasks such as decryption and shrink now appear in the queue;
 * The queue diagnostic screen has been updated:
-** Show more information about tasks;
+** Shows more information about tasks;
 ** Allow a task to be manually put on hold or re-submitted to the queue;
 ** Provide links back to the media browser for each queue entry;
@@ Line 18: / Line 18: @@
 * It's now possible to manually specific MP2 or MP3 audio when manually adding files to the queue from the browse screen;
 * Viewing a schedule backup now shows favourites from the backup file too;
-* New hook to allow plugins to take action following the creation of a new directory (used by ''flatten'' to mark new folders as ''noflatten'');
+* New hook to allow plugins to take action following the creation of a new directory (used by ''flatten'' to mark new folders as ''noflatten'').
 Fixes:
 * If a recording fails to decrypt, a system warning will only be generated after three attempts;
 * Restoration of favourite channels has been fixed;
 * The status screen was not correctly reporting MP3 extraction jobs;
-* Fix manual event scheduling (was reporting duplicate event);
+* Fix manual event scheduling (was reporting duplicate event).
 Other Changes:
 * The . filename used for recursive flags has changed. Recursion is now indicated by the addition of an R (it was previously lower-cased);
 * Detect and report the CFW 3.11 kernel versions;
-* New {ts tsr} method to check if a recording was time-shifted;
+* New {ts tsr} method to check if a recording was time-shifted.