v0.17.0 - A Whole Different Animal

8 Months of Major Updates, Finally Stable Enough to Release

• Lots of incompatible config changes, please consult the README!
• Total control flow rewrite to build a relational hierarchy
• Shift towards Object-Oriented design to avoid redundant API calls
• New API framework to take advantage of bulk/batched requests (see API_CLIENT_ID and API_CLIENT_LEGACY)
• New QoL features: OPTIMIZED_DOWNLOADING (on by default) and --persist

What's Changed

• Overall higher quality code (expect fewer errors and unhandled crashes)
• Lay groundwork for future features
• (fix): key error when paging and allow moving of files across different filesystems and docker mounts by @Phlogi in #85
• fix: change --client_id to --client-id in README by @KilimcininKorOglu in #147
• Fixed typo in ADDED_AT assign (was assigning ADDED_BY) by @sern19 in #196
• Adds ISRC to tags and output format options by @DerKO9 in #204
• adds formatting to the m3u8 file name by @DerKO9 in #207

New Contributors

• @Phlogi made their first contribution in #85
• @KilimcininKorOglu made their first contribution in #147
• @sern19 made their first contribution in #196
• @DerKO9 made their first contribution in #204
• @appleflyerv3
• @carlyd95 (Bug Magnet)
• @fafamobile
• @RGPZ
• @SkilletWarez
• @tsuliwaensis

Full Changelog: v0.10.26...v0.17.0

v0.9.21 - Zot Still Standing

What's Changed

• Transition away from a custom OAuth implementation
• Fix #48 (once the upstream library accepts my pull request)
  • In the meantime, this library will use my fixed fork directly

Full Changelog: v0.9.14...v0.9.21

v0.9.11 - Debugger's Paradise

What's Changed

• Write --debug prints to file at ROOT_PATH
• Expand depth and detail of logs
• Add actual config framework for handling logging prints
• Some file reorganization
• Reduce Nuisance Warnings (see #36)

Full Changelog: v0.9.10...v0.9.11

v0.9.10

What's Changed

• Prep Work for Proposed API Optimization (see #41 and leave your thoughts)
• Fix Podcast Extension Names by @Ragnaran in #37
• Added Issue Templates (thank you for all of the great bug finds and feature requests!)
• Add Dynamic File Suffixing for Podcasts
• Bug Fixes (see #32 and #38)

New Contributors

• @Ragnaran made their first contribution in #37

Full Changelog: v0.9.0...v0.9.10

v0.9.0 - Feature Double Feature

What's Changed

• Add -v, --verify-library Mode, to Check All Track Metadata and Update Discrepancies with API Results (thanks #29)
  • Adds STRICT_LIBRARY_VERIFY config option (True by default)
  • may take a long time and cause rate-limits with larger libraries (only tested with ~10 tracks at a time)
  • may still have hidden edge-case bugs with strange metadata config options
  • -v no longer is an alias for --version, unfortunately, but if someone suggests a better name for the mode that doesn't conflict with other mode/config abbreviations and frees up -v I would be delighted to hear it
• Add Playlist M3U8 Logic, Allowing for Self-Updating Playlists when Re-Running (thanks #34)
• Improve Metadata Handling and Reduce API Calls
• More Improvements to Printing System
• Bugfixes (#32, #33)

Full Changelog: v0.8.20...v0.9.0

v0.8.20

What's Changed

• Total Rework of the Console Printing System (no more random extra blank lines or overwriting)
• Bugfixes
• More API improvements (reduce total number of requests made)
• Performance Optimizations
• Minor Function Changes for Use in Experimental verify-library branch

Full Changelog: v0.8.10...v0.8.20

v0.8.10

What's Changed

• Provide tags to lyric files. by @ppebb in #31
• Fix error with single-digit millisecond timing in synchronized lyric files
• Improved performance, reduced imports, and expanded debug print statements

New Contributors

• @ppebb made their first contribution in #31

Full Changelog: v0.8.6...v0.8.10

v0.8.6

What's Changed

• Genre Metadata Tags are Now Enabled by Default (thanks #30)
• Upgrade the URL Calling Mechanism
• Reduce the Number of API Calls for Some Tasks (like Genre Fetching)
• Make Lyric Errors More Concise
• General Organizational Improvements

Full Changelog: v0.8.0...v0.8.6

v0.8.0

What's Changed

• Add User-Defined Regex Filters for Tracks, Podcast Episodes, and Albums (Feature Request #23)
• Change SKIP_EXISTING to Skip More Consistently (#18 & #25)
• README Improvements
• Bugfixes (#24)

Full Changelog: v0.7.15...v0.8.0

v0.7.15

• Add NO_COMPILATION_ALBUMS Config Flag as requested by #23
• Minor Bug Fixes
• Enhance --debug mode print info for albums

Full Changelog: v0.7.14...v0.7.15