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Message #00091
New beta version for your testing and feedback
Hi everyone,
I have prepared a few changes to the upcoming version 0.4.5. Perhaps the
most important is that I have increased the speed at which the program
scans fast devices by only displaying the thumbnails once the scan is
completed. This can make a very substantial difference when downloading
thousands of files from a fast device. I thought of this optimization
when fixing an important and closely related bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/rapid/+bug/1014203
To make it clear to the user that the scan is running, the progress bar
now pulses, and the number of photos and videos found is displayed as a
running total.
If you have time and interest, please test this new feature and let me
know what you think of this change. I have not uploaded the tarball to
the launchpad website. However, for Ubuntu users, it should soon appear
in the "Rapid Photo Downloader Testing PPA". If you have not already
added this to your list, then from the command line you can do it like this:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dlynch3/rapid-photo-downloader-testing
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
I recommend keeping the regular Rapid Photo Downloader PPA too. You can
use both, and the Ubuntu package manager will automatically choose the
highest version.
This is the full change log:
To increase performance, thumbnails are now no longer displayed until all
devices have finished being scanned. To indicate the scan is occurring, the
progress bar now pulses and it displays a running total of the number of
photos
and videos found. If scanning a very large number of files from a fast
device,
the progress bar may pause. If this happens, just wait for the scan to
complete.
Fixed bug #1014203: Very poor program performance after download device
changed.
The program now displays the results of scanning files much quicker if the
program's download device preferences are changed and a scan begins of a new
device.
You can now specify via the command line whether you would like to
automatically
detect devices from which to download, or manually specify the path of the
device. If specified, the option will overwrite the existing program
preferences.
Added extra information to debugging output.
Fixed bug #1014219: File Modify process crashes if program exits during
download.
Damon
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