BandcampDownloader

Bug fixes

• Fixed issue that would cause the program to crash when the artwork file was already existing in the target folder.
• Fixed issue #73 that would stuck the downloads in an endless loop when downloading a cover art failed.
• Fixed issue that would report an incorrect number of tries when downloading a cover art failed.

New features

• Added {album}, {year}, {month} and {day} placeholders to the file name format. #72

Bug fixes

• {month} and {day} placeholders are now formatted on two digits; for instance: "05" instead of "5".

New features

• Added an option to disable notifications sound (off by default). #71

Bug fixes

• Fixed race condition #54 that would make the program crash when downloading two albums with the same name.
• Fixed issue with albums name too long to be supported by Windows.

New features

• Added an option to download through a specified proxy. #70 You can choose between:
  • No proxy.
  • The system proxy.
  • A manually configured HTTP/SSL proxy.

Improvements

• Tracks size download is now done asynchronously in order to speed up the process. For instance, when downloading 124 albums, we got the following results:
  • Before: downloading tracks size took 33m30s.
  • Now: downloading tracks size takes 2m30s.

Bug fixes

• Fixed issue #65: the total downloaded size reported when downloads were finished was wrong under some circumstances.
• Fixed the exponential back-off mechanism that forced to wait 200ms (with default settings) before the first download try.
• Fixed issue that would prevent the cover art to be saved in the folder when "☑ Convert to jpg" was unchecked.
• Fixed issue that would prevent the settings file to be correctly saved after clicking on "Browse".
• "☑ Download artist discography" was (un)checkable during downloads. No more.

Notes to upgraders:

• The settings file format has changed, so some of your settings may be reset.

New features

• Added an option to empty tags from the downloaded files.
• Added an option to disable checking for updates at startup.
• Added a button to check for updates.

Improvements

• Various UI improvements.
• Log file will be archived to BandcampDownloader.0.log if its size exceed 1MB. Only one archive log file will be kept.
• Updated dependencies to their latest version.

Bug fixes

• Fixed issue #69 that prevented from downloading albums that have no cover.
• After selecting a folder via the "Browse" button, the placeholders were lost. The default placeholders will now be added back.

Notes to upgraders:

• The settings file has changed, so your settings will be reset. You can delete your old BcDlSettings.json that will be replaced by BandcampDownloader.ini.
• DLL files are now packed inside the EXE file. You can delete the DLL files you had next to BandcampDownloader.exe.

New features

• Added separate settings for the cover art downloaded in folder and the one saved in tags. #64
• Lyrics can be saved to tags when available. #42 Thanks @ajsnyde!
• You can now choose which tag should be saved (artist, title, album...) or not.
• Added an option to remove comments from tags.
• Added an option to reset settings to their default values.
• The log is now saved to a file: BandcampDownloader.log.

Improvements

• Settings are now displayed on their own window.
• Added advanced settings to the UI. #46 No need to edit your settings file anymore. Thanks @ajsnyde!
• Log is now automatically scrolled if position is at the end. "☑ Auto scroll log" option has been removed.
• DLL files are now packed inside BandcampDownloader.exe.
• Updated dependencies to their latest version.

• Fixed issue #40 that prevented downloads of track when their name was too long.
• Fixed issue #21 that prevented downloads of one-album artists when "☑Download artist discography" was checked.
• Updated Json.NET and ImageResizer libraries to their latest version.

• Added an option to skip retrieved the track size #27. Progress is then based on the downloaded files count. Thanks @ajsnyde for implementing this!
• Added an option to stop scrolling the log #29. Thanks @ajsnyde for implementing this!
• UI revamp. Thanks @M4lik for working on this!
• Updated Json.NET and ImageResizer libraries to their latest version.

Fixed issue #34 that prevented to download albums or tracks that contained whitespaces in their name.

• Added a confirmation dialog on closing the application when there are active downloads #28
• Fixed the issue that prevented the application to download the cover arts #31 #33
• Fixed the issue that caused the application to crash when the album name was too long #22

• Added placeholder for {year}, {month} and {day} (album release date) that can be chosen for the download location. Thanks @kaktus313 for implementing this!
• Added support for system proxy. Thanks @Aljenci for implementing this!
• The default settings are now using the exponential back-off algorithm in order to prevent Bandcamp to throttle the downloads. Values can be tweaked in the settings file if you encounter some issues. Check the wiki for more info.

• Fixed an issue with the option to download the artist discography.
• Minor UI changes.

• Added support for track pages (http://[artist].bandcamp.com/track/[track]) #18
• Added option in config file to modify the file naming scheme #17

Thanks again to @ajsnyde!

Fixed issue #15 that prevented BandcampDownloader to correctly save the cover art files.

Added a new functionality to check for updates when starting the application.

• Songs can now be downloaded under a artist/album folders architecture.
• The maximum number of tries when a download fails is now configurable (see help).
• An exponential back-off system has been implemented in order to bypass Bandcamp anti-spam filter. By default, this mechanism will not be used, you have to manually edit your settings file. See help here.
• BandcampDownloader now checks if files are already present in the download folder in order to prevent to download twice the same files in case an error occurred and the downloaded has been restarted.

Huge thanks to @ajsnyde for implementing all these new features!

Fixed issue #9 that prevented BandcampDownloader to retrieve the artwork file size. Thanks @dashWo for fixing this!

Added option to save the current settings to a file (named BcDlSettings.json, located next to the .exe file). Settings are automatically loaded when starting the application.

Fixed issue #1 that prevented BandcampDownloader to find the correct url to download tracks.

Updated Json.NET and ImageResizer libraries to their latest version.