# Changelog: ### v0.5.2 - We're bad at counting (27 Nov 2021): **General changes:** - Fixed filenaming on Windows - Fixed removal of special characters metadata - Can now download different songs with the same name - Real-time downloads now work correctly - Removed some debug messages - Added album_artist metadata - Added global song archive - Added SONG_ARCHIVE config value - Added CREDENTIALS_LOCATION config value - Added `--download` argument - Added `--config-location` argument - Added `--output` for output templating - Save extra data in .song_ids - Added options to regulate terminal output - Direct download support for certain podcasts **Docker images:** - Remember credentials between container starts - Use same uid/gid in container as on host **Windows installer:** - Now comes with full installer - Dependencies are installed if not found ### v0.2.4 (27 Oct 2021): - Added realtime downloading support to avoid account suspensions. - Fix for downloading by artist. - Replace audio conversion method for better quality. - Fix bug when automatically setting audio bitrate. ### v0.2.3 (25 Oct 2021): - Moved changelog to seperate file. - Added argument parsing in search function (query results limit and query result types). - Fixed spelling errors. - Added mac specific install guide stuff. - Fixed infinite loop. - Fixed issue where zspotify could'nt run on python 3.8/3.9. - Changed it so you can just run zspotify from the root folder again. - Added function to auto generate config file if it doesnt exist. - Fixed issue where if you enabled splitting discs into seperate folders downloading would fail. - Added playlist file(m3u) creation for playlist download. ### v0.2.2 (24 Oct 2021): - Added basic support for downloading an entire podcast series. - Split code into multiple files for easier maintenance. - Changed initial launch script to app.py - Simplified audio formats. - Added prebuild exe for Windows users. - Added Docker file. - Added CONTRIBUTING.md. - Fixed artist names getting cutoff in metadata. - Removed data sanitization of metadata tags. ### v0.2.1 (23 Oct 2021): - Moved configuration from hard-coded values to separate zs_config.json file. - Add subfolders for each disc. - Can now search and download all songs by artist. - Show single progress bar for entire album. - Added song number at start of track name in albums. ### v0.2.0 (22 Oct 2021): - Added progress bar for downloads. - Added multi-select support for all results when searching. - Added GPLv3 Licence. - Changed welcome banner and removed unnecessary debug print statements. ### v0.1.9 (22 Oct 2021): - Added Gitea mirror for when the Spotify Glowies come to DMCA the shit out of this. - Changed the discord server invite to a matrix server so that won't get swatted either. - Added option to select multiple of our saved playlists to download at once. - Added support for downloading an entire show at once. ### v0.1.8 (21 Oct 2021): - Improved podcast downloading a bit. - Simplified the code that catches crashes while downloading. - Cleaned up code using linter again. - Added option to just paste a url in the search bar to download it. - Added a small delay between downloading each track when downloading in bulk to help with downloading issues and potential bans. ### v0.1.7 (21 Oct 2021): - Rewrote README.md to look a lot more professional. - Added patch to fix edge case crash when downloading liked songs. - Made premium account check a lot more reliable. - Added experimental podcast support for specific episodes! ### v0.1.6 (20 Oct 2021): - Added Pillow to requirements.txt. - Removed websocket-client from requirements.txt because librespot-python added it to their dependency list. - Made it hide your password when you type it in. - Added manual override to force premium quality if zspotify cannot auto detect it. - Added option to just download the raw audio with no re-encoding at all. - Added Shebang line so it runs smoother on Linux. - Made it download the entire track at once now so it is more efficient and fixed a bug users encountered. ### v0.1.5 (19 Oct 2021): - Made downloading a lot more efficient and probably faster. - Made the sanitizer more efficient. - Formatted and linted all the code. ### v0.1.4 (19 Oct 2021): - Added option to encode the downloaded tracks in the "ogg" format rather than "mp3". - Added small improvement to sanitation function so it catches another edge case. ### v0.1.3 (19 Oct 2021): - Added auto detection about if the current account is premium or not. If it is a premium account it automatically sets the quality to VERY_HIGH and otherwise HIGH if we are using a free account. - Fixed conversion function so it now exports to the correct bitrate. - Added sanitation to playlist names to help catch an edge case crash. - Added option to download all your liked songs into a sub-folder. ### v0.1.2 (18 Oct 2021): - Added .gitignore. - Replaced dependency list in README.md with a proper requirements.txt file. - Improved the readability of README.md. ### v0.1.1 (16 Oct 2021): - Added try/except to help catch crashes where a very few specific tracks would crash either the downloading or conversion part. ### v0.1.0 (14 Oct 2021): - Adjusted some functions so it runs again with the newer version of librespot-python. - Improved my sanitization function so it catches more edge cases. - Fixed an issue where sometimes spotify wouldn't provide a song id for a track we are trying to download. It will now detect and skip these invalid tracks. - Added additional check for tracks that cannot be "played" due to licence(and similar) issues. These tracks will be skipped. ### v0.0.9 (13 Oct 2021): - Initial upload, needs adjustments to get working again after backend rewrite.