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ARGUS TV 2.3
Here is the list of implemented changes since 2.2.2:
Too many internal changes to even begin to sum them up ;)
Too many internal changes to even begin to sum them up ;)
Notifier: now always connects over https and will show balloons even when you are remotely connected.
Scheduler: will use Wake-On-LAN on Recorders if they are on a different machine.
Scheduler: enhanced CalculateUpcomingRecordings to better handle the case of a recorder being disconnected.
Scheduler: console will now auto-refresh live streams, active recordings and upcoming programs.
Recorder: a DiSEqC command that fails to be sent after tuning will be resent now when the graph has entered running state (this fixes certain BlackGold and Pinnacle cards).
MediaPortal: added support for 1.7.x, 1.8, 1.9 and 1.10 FINAL
Updated Scheduler, Recorder and installer icon to a more "modern" look.
Updated Ultidev WebServer Pro to 1.0.0.20
ARGUS TV 2.2.2
Postby dot-i » Mon Feb 17, 2014 11:30 pm
Full release notes of the changes since 2.2.1:
Scheduler Console: fixed "Now" position for high DPI screens.
Streaming Server: fixed RTSP time-line issues.
Recorder: rolled back the old TBS card code for the time being.
ARGUS TV 2.2.1
Postby dot-i » Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:28 pm
Full release notes of the changes since 2.2:
Web Access: fixed display of manual upcoming schedule in Web Access Status page.
Web Access: added Apple Touch icons for iOS 7.
MediaPortal: added support for MediaPortal 1.6.
MediaPortal: updated to latest Titan skin files (thanks to dlarge500).
Recorder: updated Satellites.xml to Reinh@rd 02.01.2014 + up to date world-wide transponders.
Recorder: updated some entries in Cables.xml.
Recompiled most C++ code with Visual Studio 2013.
A couple of internal changes to improve robustness.
Updated UltiDev to version 2.0.19.
ARGUS TV Recorder DVB-C/S/T and ATSC card support:
TBS: CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Digital Everywhere (FireDTV): CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Digital Devices: CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
TechnoTrend: CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
TeVii: DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Twinhan: DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
KNC: DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Hauppage: DiSEqC, ATSC and DVB-S2 tuning
HDHomeRun: ATSC tuning
Certain generic cards: DiSEqC and ATSC tuning
ARGUS TV 2.2
Postby dot-i » Fri Nov 29, 2013 1:32 am
This release of ARGUS TV contains a number of fixes and performance improvements.
The Scheduler is significantly faster when dealing with multiple complex schedules.
EPG parsing in the Recorder has been optimized to use a lot less CPU.
The Recorder has much better TBS card support.
All consoles now support high-DPI displays (aka Retina).
Revamped REST api that is more RESTful.
Ready for XBMC Gotham and supports MediaPortal 1.5 out of the box.
Full release notes of the changes since 2.1:
Scheduler: implemented smarter caching when calculating upcoming programs - should speed things up with a lot of complex schedules.
Scheduler: revamped the REST api to be more RESTful (still supports the old api for backwards compatibility).
Scheduler: added %%CHANNELTYPE%% format.
Scheduler: console is now DPI-aware.
Scheduler: added new configuration setting to specify the e-mail sender (default is the first address in the to-list).
Scheduler: when changing the post-record of an already active recording, the recording will now correctly run until the new end-time.
Scheduler: hitting the Delete key in the Recorder Programs panel now acts the same as picking Delete from the popup menu.
Scheduler: added support for <previously-shown> to XMLTV importer.
Scheduler: allow star-rating in XMLTV to contain decimal points.
Scheduler: tweaked XMLTV importer to trim spaces around titles/episode numbers.
Scheduler: if 'Verbose' logging is on, REST service calls will now be logged.
Scheduler: added new GetFullRecordings method to the REST api as request by the XBMC plugin author.
Scheduler: updated ezthumb to 3.0.4.
Recorder: when a program change is detected while recording/streaming, descrambling is reinitialized now.
Recorder: optimized EPG grabbing significantly.
Recorder: console is now DPI-aware.
Recorder: live streams will now allow scrambled programs to stream (but with black image of course) -- this should enable card activation signals to come through.
Recorder: tweaked TBS code to support most TBS cards.
Recorder: TBS 22khz and toneburst fixes (djblu)
Recorder: made minimum ts files count 3 instead of 2.
Recorder: tweaked PMT tuning code to fix occasional tunings problems (e.g. HBO HD).
Recorder: fixed bogus Indeo Decoders error when card was already tuned to the correct frequency (djblu)
Recorder: changed 'Scan' to 'Scan Services' in the Recorder Console.
Recorder: updated Satellites.xml to Reinh@rd 10.11.2013 and made it world-wide.
Recorder: updated Delta Netherlands in Cables.xml.
Recorder: updated Ziggo(9700) in Cables.xml
Recorder: updated Germany: Kevag / Kabel Deutschland in Cables.xml
Web Access: tweaked time format in Web Access (fixes problems in some timezones).
Web Access: added <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"/> to fix Surface tablet browsing.
Web Access: program popup from Upcoming for types Alert and Suggestion now allow recordings to be created (like from the EPG).
Web Access: fixed "on now" issue with start/stop times that were not exactly on a minute.
Web Access: fixed program popup on Edit Schedule when the upcoming grid was paged.
Added MediaPortal 1.4 and 1.5 support to the installer, removed support for MP 1.2.x.
ARGUS TV Recorder DVB-C/S/T and ATSC card support:
TBS: CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Digital Everywhere (FireDTV): CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Digital Devices: CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
TechnoTrend: CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
TeVii: DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Twinhan: DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
KNC: DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Hauppage: DiSEqC, ATSC and DVB-S2 tuning
HDHomeRun: ATSC tuning
Certain generic cards: DiSEqC and ATSC tuning
ARGUS TV 2.1
Postby dot-i » Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:29 pm
The list of changes since 2.0.1:
Refactored scheduler and XMLTV & EPG importers to work with UTC times (for better daylight saving time support).
Refactored internal channels, upcomings, etc... to all provide an 'integer' ID besides the GUID that was already there. This is to make it easier to integrate with XBMC.
WCF and REST api versions bumped due to the above changes.
Changed text for "New episodes only" to "Record episodes once" and "Skip repeats" to "First runs only".
Web Access: current grid length is now saved in a cookie for Upcomings and Schedules.
Web Access: added Retina image for main logo.
Web Access: added star rating to EPG and recorded program popup window (if available).
Web Access: added 'Previously shown' to the program popup window.
Web Access: hide new text-clear button on IE10+ (since we have our own).
Web Access: Edit Schedule now allows for hours in the pre- and post-record textboxes.
Web Access: fixed entering manual schedules with start-time before midnight and stop-time after midnight.
Web Access: upgraded to bootstrap 2.3.1 and updated some more jquery libs.
Web Access: no longer supports IE7.
Scheduler: enabled a category-only schedule or search.
Scheduler: enabled all the same arguments from recording file formats for processing commands.
Recorder: tweaked buffering for radio, should no longer skip.
Recorder: fixed low-level parser bug that sometimes caused missing DVB-EPG data.
Recorder: small tweak to detect and avoid double text in DVB-EPG data.
Recorder: updated Satellites.xml to Reinh@rd 26.04.2013.
Recorder: made demuxer a bit more robust to handle duplicate stream PID entries (fixes ORF2 HD issue).
Core: tweaked NewSequentialGuid() for better performance on SQL Server and MySQL.
Core: Tweaked scheduler to fix bogus "is no longer recording" detection that happened in some race condition.
Core: Fixed REST search calls.
MediaPortal: Updated all MP referenced assemblies to 1.3 Final.
MediaPortal: Branded and tweaked Titan skin.
MediaPortal: Fixed OSD for DefaultWide skin.
MediaPortal: Recorded TV and Radio for DefaultWide.
The import/synchronize wizard in the Recorder Console will now also try to read FTR metadata.
Fixed crash with forward slashes in Recorder console's setting screen.
Updated satellites.xml to Reinh@rd 19.01.2013.
Updated Cables.xml and Terrestrial.xml.
ARGUS TV 2.0.1
Postby dot-i » Thu Nov 22, 2012 7:27 pm
The list of changes since 2.0:
Updated all tuning XML files.
Added new API call on WCF and REST: SetRecordingFullyWatchedCount.
Tweaked thumbnail creation after a recording ends, should be more robust now.
Built in backwards-compatibility into configuration module.
Fixed connections dialog (connection profiles).
Swapped card priority in TV Server plugin to match visual order in ARGUS TV Recorder.
Fixed some problems with JSON parsing in the REST api (XBMC add-on should work fine again now).
MediaPortal: fixed ordering in search screen for 1.2.3 plugin.
ARGUS TV 2.0
Postby dot-i » Tue Nov 13, 2012 2:17 am
ARGUS TV Recorder DVB-C/S/T and ATSC card support:
TBS: CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Digital Everywhere (FireDTV): CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Digital Devices: CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
TechnoTrend: CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
TeVii: DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Twinhan: DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
KNC: DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Hauppage: DiSEqC, ATSC and DVB-S2 tuning
HDHomeRun: ATSC tuning
Certain generic cards: DiSEqC and ATSC tuning
Here is the list of implemented changes since 2.2.2:
Too many internal changes to even begin to sum them up ;)
Too many internal changes to even begin to sum them up ;)
Notifier: now always connects over https and will show balloons even when you are remotely connected.
Scheduler: will use Wake-On-LAN on Recorders if they are on a different machine.
Scheduler: enhanced CalculateUpcomingRecordings to better handle the case of a recorder being disconnected.
Scheduler: console will now auto-refresh live streams, active recordings and upcoming programs.
Recorder: a DiSEqC command that fails to be sent after tuning will be resent now when the graph has entered running state (this fixes certain BlackGold and Pinnacle cards).
MediaPortal: added support for 1.7.x, 1.8, 1.9 and 1.10 FINAL
Updated Scheduler, Recorder and installer icon to a more "modern" look.
Updated Ultidev WebServer Pro to 1.0.0.20
ARGUS TV 2.2.2
Postby dot-i » Mon Feb 17, 2014 11:30 pm
Full release notes of the changes since 2.2.1:
Scheduler Console: fixed "Now" position for high DPI screens.
Streaming Server: fixed RTSP time-line issues.
Recorder: rolled back the old TBS card code for the time being.
ARGUS TV 2.2.1
Postby dot-i » Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:28 pm
Full release notes of the changes since 2.2:
Web Access: fixed display of manual upcoming schedule in Web Access Status page.
Web Access: added Apple Touch icons for iOS 7.
MediaPortal: added support for MediaPortal 1.6.
MediaPortal: updated to latest Titan skin files (thanks to dlarge500).
Recorder: updated Satellites.xml to Reinh@rd 02.01.2014 + up to date world-wide transponders.
Recorder: updated some entries in Cables.xml.
Recompiled most C++ code with Visual Studio 2013.
A couple of internal changes to improve robustness.
Updated UltiDev to version 2.0.19.
ARGUS TV Recorder DVB-C/S/T and ATSC card support:
TBS: CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Digital Everywhere (FireDTV): CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Digital Devices: CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
TechnoTrend: CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
TeVii: DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Twinhan: DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
KNC: DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Hauppage: DiSEqC, ATSC and DVB-S2 tuning
HDHomeRun: ATSC tuning
Certain generic cards: DiSEqC and ATSC tuning
ARGUS TV 2.2
Postby dot-i » Fri Nov 29, 2013 1:32 am
This release of ARGUS TV contains a number of fixes and performance improvements.
The Scheduler is significantly faster when dealing with multiple complex schedules.
EPG parsing in the Recorder has been optimized to use a lot less CPU.
The Recorder has much better TBS card support.
All consoles now support high-DPI displays (aka Retina).
Revamped REST api that is more RESTful.
Ready for XBMC Gotham and supports MediaPortal 1.5 out of the box.
Full release notes of the changes since 2.1:
Scheduler: implemented smarter caching when calculating upcoming programs - should speed things up with a lot of complex schedules.
Scheduler: revamped the REST api to be more RESTful (still supports the old api for backwards compatibility).
Scheduler: added %%CHANNELTYPE%% format.
Scheduler: console is now DPI-aware.
Scheduler: added new configuration setting to specify the e-mail sender (default is the first address in the to-list).
Scheduler: when changing the post-record of an already active recording, the recording will now correctly run until the new end-time.
Scheduler: hitting the Delete key in the Recorder Programs panel now acts the same as picking Delete from the popup menu.
Scheduler: added support for <previously-shown> to XMLTV importer.
Scheduler: allow star-rating in XMLTV to contain decimal points.
Scheduler: tweaked XMLTV importer to trim spaces around titles/episode numbers.
Scheduler: if 'Verbose' logging is on, REST service calls will now be logged.
Scheduler: added new GetFullRecordings method to the REST api as request by the XBMC plugin author.
Scheduler: updated ezthumb to 3.0.4.
Recorder: when a program change is detected while recording/streaming, descrambling is reinitialized now.
Recorder: optimized EPG grabbing significantly.
Recorder: console is now DPI-aware.
Recorder: live streams will now allow scrambled programs to stream (but with black image of course) -- this should enable card activation signals to come through.
Recorder: tweaked TBS code to support most TBS cards.
Recorder: TBS 22khz and toneburst fixes (djblu)
Recorder: made minimum ts files count 3 instead of 2.
Recorder: tweaked PMT tuning code to fix occasional tunings problems (e.g. HBO HD).
Recorder: fixed bogus Indeo Decoders error when card was already tuned to the correct frequency (djblu)
Recorder: changed 'Scan' to 'Scan Services' in the Recorder Console.
Recorder: updated Satellites.xml to Reinh@rd 10.11.2013 and made it world-wide.
Recorder: updated Delta Netherlands in Cables.xml.
Recorder: updated Ziggo(9700) in Cables.xml
Recorder: updated Germany: Kevag / Kabel Deutschland in Cables.xml
Web Access: tweaked time format in Web Access (fixes problems in some timezones).
Web Access: added <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"/> to fix Surface tablet browsing.
Web Access: program popup from Upcoming for types Alert and Suggestion now allow recordings to be created (like from the EPG).
Web Access: fixed "on now" issue with start/stop times that were not exactly on a minute.
Web Access: fixed program popup on Edit Schedule when the upcoming grid was paged.
Added MediaPortal 1.4 and 1.5 support to the installer, removed support for MP 1.2.x.
ARGUS TV Recorder DVB-C/S/T and ATSC card support:
TBS: CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Digital Everywhere (FireDTV): CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Digital Devices: CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
TechnoTrend: CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
TeVii: DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Twinhan: DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
KNC: DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Hauppage: DiSEqC, ATSC and DVB-S2 tuning
HDHomeRun: ATSC tuning
Certain generic cards: DiSEqC and ATSC tuning
ARGUS TV 2.1
Postby dot-i » Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:29 pm
The list of changes since 2.0.1:
Refactored scheduler and XMLTV & EPG importers to work with UTC times (for better daylight saving time support).
Refactored internal channels, upcomings, etc... to all provide an 'integer' ID besides the GUID that was already there. This is to make it easier to integrate with XBMC.
WCF and REST api versions bumped due to the above changes.
Changed text for "New episodes only" to "Record episodes once" and "Skip repeats" to "First runs only".
Web Access: current grid length is now saved in a cookie for Upcomings and Schedules.
Web Access: added Retina image for main logo.
Web Access: added star rating to EPG and recorded program popup window (if available).
Web Access: added 'Previously shown' to the program popup window.
Web Access: hide new text-clear button on IE10+ (since we have our own).
Web Access: Edit Schedule now allows for hours in the pre- and post-record textboxes.
Web Access: fixed entering manual schedules with start-time before midnight and stop-time after midnight.
Web Access: upgraded to bootstrap 2.3.1 and updated some more jquery libs.
Web Access: no longer supports IE7.
Scheduler: enabled a category-only schedule or search.
Scheduler: enabled all the same arguments from recording file formats for processing commands.
Recorder: tweaked buffering for radio, should no longer skip.
Recorder: fixed low-level parser bug that sometimes caused missing DVB-EPG data.
Recorder: small tweak to detect and avoid double text in DVB-EPG data.
Recorder: updated Satellites.xml to Reinh@rd 26.04.2013.
Recorder: made demuxer a bit more robust to handle duplicate stream PID entries (fixes ORF2 HD issue).
Core: tweaked NewSequentialGuid() for better performance on SQL Server and MySQL.
Core: Tweaked scheduler to fix bogus "is no longer recording" detection that happened in some race condition.
Core: Fixed REST search calls.
MediaPortal: Updated all MP referenced assemblies to 1.3 Final.
MediaPortal: Branded and tweaked Titan skin.
MediaPortal: Fixed OSD for DefaultWide skin.
MediaPortal: Recorded TV and Radio for DefaultWide.
The import/synchronize wizard in the Recorder Console will now also try to read FTR metadata.
Fixed crash with forward slashes in Recorder console's setting screen.
Updated satellites.xml to Reinh@rd 19.01.2013.
Updated Cables.xml and Terrestrial.xml.
ARGUS TV 2.0.1
Postby dot-i » Thu Nov 22, 2012 7:27 pm
The list of changes since 2.0:
Updated all tuning XML files.
Added new API call on WCF and REST: SetRecordingFullyWatchedCount.
Tweaked thumbnail creation after a recording ends, should be more robust now.
Built in backwards-compatibility into configuration module.
Fixed connections dialog (connection profiles).
Swapped card priority in TV Server plugin to match visual order in ARGUS TV Recorder.
Fixed some problems with JSON parsing in the REST api (XBMC add-on should work fine again now).
MediaPortal: fixed ordering in search screen for 1.2.3 plugin.
ARGUS TV 2.0
Postby dot-i » Tue Nov 13, 2012 2:17 am
ARGUS TV Recorder DVB-C/S/T and ATSC card support:
TBS: CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Digital Everywhere (FireDTV): CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Digital Devices: CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
TechnoTrend: CAM, DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
TeVii: DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Twinhan: DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
KNC: DiSEqC and DVB-S2 tuning
Hauppage: DiSEqC, ATSC and DVB-S2 tuning
HDHomeRun: ATSC tuning
Certain generic cards: DiSEqC and ATSC tuning