CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

23.081 - 2023-08-04

Fixed

• Minor fix.

23.071 - 2023-07-25

Fixed

• Fixed YouTube throttling. For faster downloading, use Chromium-based browsers. Attention: updated browsers are not compatible, for example, Chrome only works with version 110 and below. AVC video data is also not available, only VP9.

22.122 - 2022-12-19

Fixed

• Several minor fixes.

[22.121] - 2022-12-03

Changed

• Changed the behavior of -browser parameter. See its description for more information.

Fixed

• Several minor fixes.

[22.062] - 2022-06-22

Fixed

• Several minor fixes.

[22.061] - 2022-06-06

Added

• The ability to cache technical information about the live stream. Read about the -keepstreaminfo parameter to not use the cache.

Changed

• Improved and documented -log parameter.

Fixed

• Several minor fixes.

[22.051] - 2022-05-19

Added

• Downloading of recently finished live streams (no more than 6 hours ago).
• Option -duration=[minutes].[seconds], for better usability.
• Option -resolution=0 to save audio only (works with both audio and video formats except .mp4).
• Options -duration=max, -duration=min, -resolution=max, -resolution=min, for better usability.
• Saving to .m3u and .m3u8 formats (allows to play the specified part of the live stream without downloading, only tested with VLC mediaplayer).

Changed

• Default media container format, from .mp4 to .mkv.

Fixed

• Several minor fixes.

Removed

• Option -start=wait (now the program is waiting for live streams without this option).

[22.041] - 2022-04-14

Added

• Parameter -browser to allow browser to be used (in headless mode) if Yrewind can't get live stream info on its own.

Changed

• Now the browser is used only if the -browser parameter is specified.

Fixed

• Error when saving some live streams.
• Several minor fixes.

[22.011] - 2022-01-21

Fixed

• Several minor fixes.

[21.121] - 2021-12-01

Changed

• Nothing has changed (technical release).

[21.063] - 2021-06-20

Changed

• The way to get technical information about live stream - Yrewind now uses a browser (Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge if Chrome is not installed). This method is slightly slower and more buggy, but more resilient to various changes on YouTube servers.

[21.062] - 2021-06-15

Fixed

• Several minor fixes.

[21.061] - 2021-06-03

Added

• Parameter -cookie to save live stream using cookie file.

Changed

• The -start parameter is now calculated not relative to the time on the computer, but relative to the server time.
• The relative path in the -ffmpeg parameter is now determined relative to the location of the batch file (command run) directory, rather than relative to the location of yrewind.exe.

Fixed

• Several minor fixes.

Removed

• The ability to view a specified time interval using VLC Media Player.

[21.051] - 2021-05-20

Added

• Support for arguments and nested quotes when using the -executeonexit parameter.
• The ability to autorestart to get the next part of the stream (command -executeonexit=*getnext*).

Fixed

• Added an additional way to determine UTC time if the page of the required stream contains incorrect information (the reason for the hang of some streams).
• Several minor fixes.
• Updated algorithm for obtaining information about the stream.

[21.041] - 2021-04-06

Changed

• The format of the metadata in the saved file (it is now formatted as: title || author || live stream URL || channel URL || UTC start point).

Fixed

• Error while saving file if its path contains invalid filesystem characters (when using rename masks *author* and *title*).
• Several minor fixes.

[21.031] - 2021-03-18

Added

• Support for saving audio files.
• The -executeonexit parameter to run document or executable file after the program finishes.

Fixed

• Clarified the saved formats.
• Several minor fixes.

[21.023] - 2021-02-28

Fixed

• Several minor fixes.

[21.022] - 2021-02-24

Added

• Single-character aliases for all parameters (-u for -url, -s for -start, etc.).

Changed

• The -pathffmpeg parameter has been renamed to -ffmpeg. The renamed parameter now supports relative paths, now you can also specify the path to VLC Media Player (to view the required time interval instead of saving it).
• The -pathsave parameter has been renamed to -output. The renamed parameter now supports relative paths and rename masks for the output directory (the directory name must now end with a slash). In addition, the functionality of this parameter has been extended with the functionality of the -filename and -vformat deleted parameters.

Fixed

• Several minor fixes.

Removed

• The -filename and -vformat parameters (their functionality has been moved to the -output parameter).

[21.021] - 2021-02-15

Fixed

• Several minor fixes.

[21.015] - 2021-01-27

Changed

• Increased the maximum allowed video duration (up to 300 minutes).

[21.014] - 2021-01-17

Fixed

• Several minor fixes.

[21.013] - 2021-01-12

Added

• Parameter -filename to save live stream with custom file name (rename masks supported).
• Parameter -start=yyyyMMdd:hhmmss to specify starting point with seconds.
• Parameter -url=[channelUrl] to monitor the specified channel for new live streams.

Fixed

• The time in the file name now more closely matches the time of the streamer.
• Several minor fixes.

[21.012] - 2021-01-08

Added

• Option -start=+[minutes] for the delayed start of recording.
• Streamer name to video file metadata.
• Time in filename is now with seconds.

Fixed

• The bug due to which the program could not find information about the stream.
• Several minor fixes.

[21.011] - 2021-01-04

Added

• Option -start=beginning to rewind the live stream to the first available moment.
• Option -start=wait to wait for the scheduled live stream to start and then automatically record it from the first second.

Changed

• The built-in help of the program has become a little more convenient.

Fixed

• The bug with FFmpeg freezing if stream terminated during real time recording.
• Several minor fixes.

Removed

• The -pathchrome and -nocache parameters have been removed.

[20.124] - 2020-12-31

Changed

• The speed of receiving information about live stream has been increased.

Fixed

• Several minor fixes.

Removed

• Dependency on Google Chrome. Now the browser is not required for the program to work.

[20.123] - 2020-12-28

Added

• Parameter -vformat=[formatExtension].
• Support for resolutions higher than 1080p.

Fixed

• Several minor fixes.

[20.122] - 2020-12-25

Changed

• Improved and accelerated work with cache.
• Modes rewind and real time are combined: now it's possible to save intervals like -start=-30 -duration=60 (the first part of the file is downloaded at high speed and the rest is recorded in real time).

Fixed

• The bug due to which all incomplete videos were without sound (for example, when the program was manually closed during recording).
• Several minor fixes.

Removed

• Sync warning in file name if duration does not match specified. Now program just leaves temp file name.

[20.121] - 2020-12-10

Fixed

• An issue where some streams could not be downloaded due to an error 9411 (Cannot process live stream with FFmpeg library).
• Several minor fixes.

[20.113] - 2020-11-28

Added

• The real time mode: now program can record live stream in real time.

Changed

• If the -start parameter is missing, the program now runs in real time recording mode, saving the following 1 hour of the stream, not the previous ones.
• Improved speed of caching information about the required live stream.
• Increased the maximum allowed video duration (up to 90 minutes).

Fixed

• The bug that caused an exception to be thrown when specifying a non-absolute path to the -pathsave parameter.
• Several minor fixes.

[20.112] - 2020-11-16

Added

• Preliminary internet connection check to prevent FFmpeg freezing.

Changed

• Increased the maximum allowed video duration (up to 75 minutes).

Fixed

• The bug with incorrect URL recognition if it was specified without quotes and contained a hyphen.
• Several minor fixes.

[20.111] - 2020-11-03

Added

• Parameter -start=-[minutes].

Fixed

• Several minor fixes.

[20.105] - 2020-10-31

Added

• Duration checking for downloaded videos.

Fixed

• An error 9124 (FFmpeg not found) if bat file was located in a different directory than program.
• Several minor fixes.

[20.104] - 2020-10-13

Added

• Saving metadata to the output video.

[20.103] - 2020-10-12

Changed

• Command line arguments are now case insensitive.

Fixed

• Several minor fixes.

[20.102] - 2020-10-07

Fixed

• Several minor fixes.

[20.101] - 2020-10-06

Added

• Checking if other instances of the program is running.
• Determining of the earliest available live stream time point.
• The ability to cache live stream information to improve save speed.

Changed

• Now the program determines the nearest lower resolution if nonexistent is specified (instead of higher).
• The program interface has been redesigned.

Fixed

• The bug when empty directories created by the current instance of the program (for example, if the video did not downloaded) were not deleted.
• The bug causing the duration of some videos to be several seconds longer than the specified one.
• Several minor fixes.

[20.075] - 2020-07-30

Added

• Checking for interval availability before downloading it.

Fixed

• The bug with playing live stream sound when receiving information about it.
• Several minor fixes.

[20.074] - 2020-07-21

Changed

• To reduce the file size, the assembly of the program has been moved from .NET Core to .NET Framework.

Fixed

• Several minor fixes.

[20.073] - 2020-07-20

Added

• Recognition of different URL spellings.

Fixed

• Several minor fixes.

[20.072] - 2020-07-19

Added

• The function showing download progress.
• Built-in help (with contents of readme file).
• Live stream title parsing.
• Video type recognition (live stream or regular video).
• Video is now first saved under a temporary file name to prevent overwriting in case of an error.

Fixed

• Several minor fixes.

Removed

• The ability to download video files without limiting the duration.

[20.071] - 2020-07-06

Added

• Basic functionality developed.