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MacTubes version history

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v3.1 (2011/09/11)

- Added downloadable format list.


- It displays all downloadable formats for a video file.
- Select search result and choose "Download" -> "Show Files" from
context menu.
- You can download any format video files.

- Supported downloading WebM, Original(4k2k) format video.


- You can download it from downloadable format list.
- You need install QuickTime plug-ins (Perian v1.2.2 or later) for WebM
format videos.

- Supported Voice Over.


- When enable Voice Over, it speaks label at mouse over on button or
menu.

- Fixed and changed other functions.


- Added setting interval time of starting request for searching HD
video.
- You can set interval time for searching HD video.
- For exsample, when you set "0.2 sec", first result starts
request 0.2 seconds later and 50th result starts request 0.2 x 50 = 10 seconds
later.
- Please change "HD" tab in Preferences.
- Changed async processing at starting download.

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v3.0.8 (2011/08/05)

- Fixed and changed other functions.

- Fixed problem that failed downloading video files.

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v3.0.7 (2011/07/10)

- Fixed and changed other functions.

- Changed old code that is deprecated.

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v3.0.6 (2010/04/16)

- Fixed and changed other functions.

- Fixed problem that failed playing and downloading video files when
enabled "html5" mode on YouTube site.

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v3.0.5 (2010/03/20)

- Fixed and changed other functions.

- Improved program for downloading video files.


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v3.0.4 (2010/03/04)

- Fixed and changed other functions.

- Fixed problem that failed downloading video files.


- Fixed problem that failed downloading video files when enabled "html5" mode
on YouTube site.

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v3.0.3 (2010/10/10)

- Fixed and changed other functions.

- Fixed problem when changed video in Flash Player, application downloads


video file before change.

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v3.0.2 (2010/07/24)

- Fixed and changed other functions.

- Fixed problem that failed downloading video files.


- Fixed problem that failed playing in "Video Player" and "QuickTime Player".

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v3.0.1 (2010/07/01)

- Fixed and changed other functions.

- Fixed problem that failed downloading video files.

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v3.0 (2010/05/22)

- Added new player "Video Player" and "QuickTime Player".

- You can change player for playing video.

- Flash Player
- Using flash player on YouTube site.

- Video Player
- Using "video" tag of HTML5.
- You need browser that supports HTML5.(Safari 4.0 or higher?)

- QuickTime Player
- Using QuickTime. You need QuickTimePlayer 7.6(?) or higher.

- About "Video Player" and "QuickTime Player".

- Changing video format


- You can change video format for playing.
- Please push video icon button in player window and select
format.
- You need install QuickTime plug-ins (Perian) for playing
FLV format videos.
- There is a case that it takes much time for loading and
starting FLV video.
- Notes
- Now, these players are implemented experimentally.
- By the specifications change of the YouTube site, there
is the case that it can not play videos.
- There is a case that it can not play video (ex. mp4 file
is not found), in that case, please give it up.
- When you play many videos, QuickTime creates a lot of
cache files.
- In that case, delete cache files by deleting tools or
your hand.

- Fixed and changed other functions.

- Fixed problem that failed downloading video files when enabled


"html5" mode on YouTube site.
- Moved repeat button from player window to main window.
- Added Application and OS version in error log.

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v2.6.1 (2010/03/27)

- Fixed and changed other functions.

- (Again) Fixed problem that failed downloading video files when


enabled "watch5" mode on YouTube site.

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v2.6 (2010/03/22)

- Added "Category" in playlist.

- You can search from categories in YouTube and change feed type.
- You can change title of categories to Japanese.
- In Preferences -> "General" tab, select Japan in "Country" or
check "Japanese Titles" .

* Now "Standard Feeds" are deleted because adding "Category".

- Added displaying viewer commens in information window.

- You can read viewer's comment of video.

- Fixed and changed other functions.

- Fixed problem that failed downloading video files when enabled


"watch5" mode on YouTube site.

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v2.5.1 (2009/11/23)

- Fixed and changed other functions.

- Fixed problem that application can not show "HD/1080" label in search
results.

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v2.5 (2009/11/21)
- Supported downloading HD(1080p) video.

- You can select "HD" -> "720p" or "1080p" in "Download" menu.


- If HD(1080p) video is available, it is possible to download.

- Added "HD Settings" tab in Preferences.

- "Search HD Video is Available"


- It shows "HD" or "HD/1080" label in thumbnail image, if HD
video is available.
- This uses more memory and network bandwidth to access YouTube
site,
for checking that HD format video is available by each
results.
- If you don't need to search HD videos, I recommend that disable
it.

- "Always Play HD Video"


- It plays HD video when it is available.
- It plays only "720p" format because MacTubes uses embed player.

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v2.4.3 (2009/10/23)

- Fixed problem that MacTubes failed downloading video files again.

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v2.4.2 (2009/10/22)

- Fixed problem that MacTubes failed downloading video files.

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v2.4.1 (2009/08/23)

- Removed "Video Format" menu.

- YouTube changed rule that embedded player can not play with high
quality video directly.
- If you want to change format, please push [HQ] or [HD] button in
YouTube Player.

- Fixed and changed other functions.

- Fixed problem that application can not show "HD" label in search
results.

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v2.4 (2009/08/14)

- Fixed problem that MacTubes failed downloading video files.

- Supported drag & drop into browser app.

- You can drag & drop search results into browser app and open video
page.

- Supported drag & drop from browser app to player window.


- You can drag & drop video link in browser app into player window.
- MacTubes plays video.

- Supported playing video with open command.

- You can play video with open command from Terminal app or Apple
Script.
format : open -a MacTubes "VIDEO URL"
example : open -a MacTubes http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=xxxxxxxx
- If exists older version (before v2.3), it may not works well.
- Thank you Mr. drikin(http://drikin.com/) for supporting open command.

- Fixed and changed other functions.

- Remove "Live Resize" in Preferences.


- Now always live resizing in player window.
- But it does not works well changing "Full Screen" <-> "Full
Screen(Hide)".

- Added country "Sweden".

- Notes

- Now(2009/08/14), when you changed playing format(Normal/High/HD),


but application plays with Normal format.
- If you want to change format, please push [HQ] or [HD] button in
YouTube Player.
- YouTube changed rule that external player can not play with high
quality video directly.

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v2.3 (2009/03/20)

- Added video info panel.

- Shows video information.


- Select video and push [i] button in main window or choose
"Information" from context menu.

- Added active downloads count in dock icon.

- Shows active downloads count.

- Added import / export playlists.

- You can import or export playlists.


- How to import
- Select "File" -> "Import Playlist.." from main menu.
- How to export
- Export all playlists, select "File" -> "Export Playlist.." from
main menu.
- Export each playlists, select playlist or folder and choose
"Export.." from context menu.

- Added "Player" tab in Preferences.

- You can change settings of YouTube player.


- Please read manual for each parameter.
- Changed other functions.

- Added "Player" menu in main menu.


- Deleted "Open" "Copy" "Comment" menu from context menu.
- Changed "Includes Limited Contents" to "Safe Search" in Preferences.
- Changed internal values of "Theme Color" in Preferences.
- If you selected theme color, please select again.
- Shows "Not Found" when video is not found at searching from playlist.

- Fixed bug that top of screen is not displayed at full screen.


- Fixed bug that search and feed list is displayed on context menu "Add
To Playlist".

- Changed "GData.Framework" version. (1.4.0 -> 1.6.0)


- Improved source code.

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v2.2.1 (2009/02/05)

Changed other functions.

- Fixed problem that can not download video file.

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v2.2 (2009/01/17)

Added "HD Video Search" function.

- It enables to show "HD" label in thumbnail image, if search result


has HD format video.
- Please check "Search HD Video is Available" in Preferences. (default
is disabled)
- This function uses more memory and network bands to access YouTube
site,
for checking that there is HD format video by each results.
- If you don't need to search HD format videos, I recommend that you
disable it.

Added "displaying order" of playlist videos.

- You can change order of displaying at playlist.


- Please change from button menu.

Changed other functions.

- Stop playing video at changing videos.


- Changed layouts in window.
- Fixed problem that can not play video under MacOS X 10.4.10.

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v2.1 (2008/12/14)

Added "Repeat Play" mode.(*1)

- You can select repeat play mode "Repeat Off" or "Repeat All" or
"Repeat One".
- You can change play mode in player window or Preferences.
Support "HD" format video.

- You can play and download "HD" format video.


- But now, almost videos are not available with "HD" format, so this is
not useful.
- If you want to watch it, try to search with Keyword example "fmt=22".

Support changing video in YouTube player.(*1)

- When you changed video in YouTube player, application changes video


information and
records play history.

Added display settings in YouTube player.

- You can show or hide "Related videos" and "Search Box" in YouTube
player.
- You can change in Preferences.

Added displaying Author's comment

- Author's comment is popup displayed in search results.


- You can show comment from context menu.

Changed other functions.

- Moved page button to bottom of window.


- Changed "Full Screen (Hide)" mode shortcut key "cmd + Y" -> "cmd +
shif + Y".
- Added menu item "Add To Playlist" to context menu of search results.

*1 Notes
I tested this function on MacOS X 10.4.11 or higher.
There is a possibility that it does not work correctly under MacOS X 10.4.11.

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v2.0 (2008/11/03)

Added "Grid view" mode.

- It can display search results as "Glid View" mode.


- You can change image size by moving slider.

- There is a little problem. .


- After displaying as glid view, details in popup is not correctly.
- Please scroll or resize frame or window, it is displayed correctly.

Added "Page Jump" function.

- It can jump pages of search results .


- Push right mouse button on page button and select page.
- It can not jump over 1000 results by limit of YouTube API.

Added country.

- Added "Israel" and "Czech Republic".

Added shotrcut key.


- You can go or back result pages with "cmd + ]" / "cmd + [" .

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v1.3 (2008/10/04)

Added show / hide status bar in full screen mode.

- Push cmd + Y, it changes "hide all" -> "show YouTube controller" ->
"show all".

Added menu item "Always On Top" in "View" of main menu.

- It can display player window on the top of screen at any time.


- Push cmd + shift + T, it changes enable/disable.

Added Downloading by drag & drop.

- Drag & drop search results to download window and it starts


downloading.
- With cmd + drop, it downloads MP4 file.

Fixed problem of exclude filter.

- Fixed following problem.


When exclue filter is enabled, it failed searching related and
author`s video.
- In this case, exclue filter is disabled.

Changed folder icon in playlist.

- Changed folder icon like MacOS X 10.5:)

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v1.2.1 (2008/09/07)

Fixed problem of downloading.

- Fixed following problem.


When "/" is included in title, failed downloading of video file.

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v1.2 (2008/09/04)

Added "Standard Feeds".

- It is possible to add feeds in playlist. (ex "Recently Featured"


"Most Viewed")
- Explanation of feeds are written in attached HTML manual.

Added selecting "time period" of searching.

- When you search with feeds, you can select time period from some
feeds.

Added selecting "Country".

- When you selected country, search results of feeds are changed from
selected country.
- You can change country in main menu or Preferences.
- I recommend to select your country.

Fixed problem of downloading.

- Fixed following problem.


If you selected country "Worldwide (All)" in YouTube site using
web browser(Safari), can not download video files.

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v1.1 (2008/08/31)

Added changing video file format.

- It is possible to change video file format for playing.(Normal(FLV) /


High(MP4))
- You can change in Preferences or player window.

Changed search order.

- It is possible to change order in searching for author`s video.


- It is not enabled in searching for related videos. (Issue of YouTube
API?)

Added "Includes limited contents" in Preferences.

- If you checked on "Includes Limited Contents", includes limited


contents in search results.

Added "Exclude Filter" in Preferences.

- If you add authorID or keyword, exclude videos from search results.

Changed user interface.

- Double clicked folder in playlist, open or close it.


- Single clicked folder or playlist, you can edit title.
- Shows title of playlist with popup.

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v1.0 (2008/08/17)

First release

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Known issues.

- When canceled downloading at quiting application, file is not deleted


which is not finished downloading.
- After displaying as glid view, details in popup is not correctly.
- At other case, please read "FAQ" section in attached manual.

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