Version 0.0.9 beta 2 -------------------- 2009-05-12 By popular demand, allow direct downloading from cameras. This support is experimental and may not work with your camera. This is possible through the use of the new gvfs service, provided by GIO, that exists in recent versions of Linux. A recent version of Linux is a must. The camera must also be supported by libgphoto2 in combination with gvfs. If you cannot browse the camera's contents in a file manager (e.g. Nautilus), the camera download will not work until the gvfs support is improved. Although this is a popular request, the reality is that downloading images directly from the camera is often extremely slow in comparison to popping the memory card into a card reader and downloading from that. Fix bug #368098: the program now starts more quickly and does not become unresponsive when scanning devices with a large number of images. This will hardly be noticeable by users that download from memory cards, but for those who download from hard drives with hundreds of GBs of files -- they'll notice a big difference. Fix bug #372284: for image renaming, the "image number" component is more robust. Now, only the series of digits at the end of a filename are recognized as the image number (obviously the file's extension is not included as being part of the filename in this case). This allows takes in account files from cameras like the Canon 1D series, which can have filenames like VD1D7574.CR2. Bug fix: don't download from volumes mounted while the program is already running unless auto detection is specified. This bug could occur when auto detection was enabled, then disabled, and then a volume was mounted. Version 0.0.8 ------------- 2009-05-01 Added stored and downloads today sequence numbers: * The stored sequence number is remembered each time the program is run. * Downloads today tracks how many downloads are made on a given day. The time a day "starts" is set via a new preference value, day start. This is useful if you often photograph something late at night (e.g. concerts) and want a new day to "start" at 3am, for instance. Make estimate of time remaining to download images much more accurate. Display download speed in status bar. Reorganized sequence number/letter selection in preferences. Add feature to detect change in program version, upgrading preferences where necessary. Only allow one instance of the program to be run -- raise existing window if it is run again. This is very useful when Rapid Photo Downloader is set to run automatically upon insertion of a memory card. Add "exit at end of successful download" automation feature. When an image's download is skipped, the thumbnail is now lightened. Show a missing image icon if the thumbnail cannot be displayed for some reason. (See bug #369640 for why thumbnail images from certain RAW files are not displayed). Resize main window when an image device is inserted -- it now expands to show each device that is inserted. Do not proceed with download if there is an error in the image rename or download subfolder preferences. Instead, indicate a download error. Allow version 0.1.1 of pyexiv2 to be used (an older version of the library code that is used to get information on the images, found in distributions like Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron). In cases where image rename or download subfolder preferences are invalid, more helpful information is printed to the console output. Bug fix: better handle automated shortening Canon names like 'Canon 5D Mark II'. It is now shortened to '5DMkII' instead of merely '5D'. Bug fix: reenable example of image renaming and subfolder name generation by using first image from the first available download device. This was inadvertently disabled in an earlier beta. Bug fix: make default download subfolder YYYY/YYYYMMDD again. It was inadvertently set to DDMMYYYY/YYYYMMDD in beta 6. Bug fix: don't change download button label to "pause" when "Start downloading on program startup" is set to true. Bug fix: implement code to warn / give error about missing backup devices. Bug fix: reset progress bar after completion of successful download. Fix bug #317404 when clearing completed downloads. Version 0.0.8 beta 7 -------------------- 2009-04-07 Added serial number metadata option for select Nikon, Canon, Olympus, Fuji, Panasonic, and Kodak cameras. Added shutter count metadata option for select Nikon cameras, e.g. Nikon D300, D3 etc. Add owner name metadata option for select Canon cameras, e.g. 5D Mk II etc. Version 0.0.8 beta 6 -------------------- 2009-03-31 Add YYYY-MM-DD and YY-MM-DD options in date time renaming, suggested by Andreas F.X. Siegert and Paul Gear. Fix bug #352242 where image has no metadata. Handle images with corrupt metadata more gracefully. Version 0.0.8 beta 5 -------------------- 2009-03-30 Reduce console output. Version 0.0.8 beta 4 -------------------- 2009-03-25 Updated Ubuntu package. Version 0.0.8 beta 3 -------------------- 2009-03-25 Updated Ubuntu package. Version 0.0.8 beta 2 -------------------- 2009-03-25 First Ububtu package. Rename tarball package to suit package name. Updated README. Version 0.0.8 beta 1 -------------------- 2009-03-20 Make file renaming thread safe, fixing a long-standing (if difficult to activate) bug. Implement add unique identifier when file name is not unique. Added "Report a Problem", "Get Help Online", "Make a Donation" to Help menu. Implemented "Clear completed downloads" menu item. Download images in order they were taken (checked by time they modified). Fixed bug where choosing text as the first item in a download subfolder caused a crash. Fixed bug where date and time choices based on when image is downloaded caused a crash. Initial code to show error message when image renaming preferences have an error. Fixed bug where some invalid preferences were not being caught. Run default python, not one specified in env, as per recommendations in Debian Python Policy. Remove initial period from filename extension when generating a subfolder name (or else the folder will be hidden). Check to see if metadata is essential to generate image names is now more robust. Remove list control from preferences, reverting to normal tabbed preferences, as the window was becoming too wide. Show notifcations via libnotify. Error and warning icons can now be clicked on to open log window. Finally, last but certainly not least--implemented sequence number and sequence letter generation: * session sequence number * sequence letter Coming soon: * downloads today sequence number * subfolder sequence number * stored sequence number Version 0.0.7 ------------- 2009-01-13 Implemented option for automatic detection of Portal Storage Devices. Version 0.0.6 ------------- 2009-01-11 Fixed extremely annoying bug where memory cards could not be unmounted. Made sample image selection for preferences more robust. Added license details to about dialog. Fix bug where image rename preferences entry boxes vertically expanded, looking very ugly indeed. Wrap new filename in image rename preferences when it becomes too long. Make default download folder selection more robust. Remove sequence number and sequence letter from list of choices for image rename (not yet implemented). Bug #314825: fix by not calling gnomevfs.get_local_path_from_uri() unless strictly necessary. Version 0.0.5 ------------- 2009-01-09 Implement auto download on device insertion, and auto download on program startup. Increase default width of preferences dialog box. Add vertical scrollbar to image rename preferences. Fixes for bugs #313463 & #313462. Version 0.0.4 ------------- 2009-01-06 Bug #314284: Implement backup functionality. Bug #314285: Insert debugging code to help determine the cause of this bug. Version 0.0.3 ------------- 2009-01-03 Bug #313398: Fix bug where application needed to be restarted for new preferences to take effect. Added setup.py installer. Version 0.0.2 ------------- Dependencies: Pyexiv 0.1.2 Updated metadata code to reflect changes in pyexiv library. Version 0.0.1 ------------- Initial release.