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macOS
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linux
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I had a good week with a variety of fixes and optimisations. New users also get a couple of user-friendly services to start with.

highlights

A recent update to the mpv seekbar accidentally caused bad errors during audio playback. I have now fixed it. I regret the regression, and I have added tests to make sure this does not happen again.

All 'file log' import queues now search and count themselves faster. Any heavy import session, like a very large downloader or many medium size downloaders working at once, should use less CPU just to do normal work.

I sped up some file searches that were running super slow. The general problem file search was typically a mix of 'has multiple search predicates' and 'includes a short unnamespaced tag or namespace:anything'. This combination was taking two minutes or more rather than a handful of seconds due to an overly complicated database query that wasn't running well. Should be fixed now, but let me know if you have any more of this sort of trouble!

new user services

To help new users, new clients now start with two extra services:

First is a local tag service called 'downloader tags', which the initial default tag import options is now set to get tags for. I hope this will reduce some of the confusion around default tag import options, merged downloader/personal tags in 'my tags', and having to retroactively fill in missed tags for files downloaded early on.

Second is a like/dislike rating service called 'favourites'. Many users are unaware of the existence of ratings services at all, so now everyone will start with a simple clickable star. When you update, if you currently have no rating services, you will be asked if you want to get this new default. You don't have to, but if you haven't tried ratings out yet, give it a go!

full list

- misc:
- fixed a recent serious regression that could cause a crash when playing audio in mpv (issue #1007)
- the main importer file log now does 'get next/all/count imports with status y' calls significantly faster, particularly on very large lists. these calls happen all the time for different status text changes and general 'which import to try next?' work. all busy downloader situations should see CPU gains to regular and background work
- fixed a problem where importing with the min/max file resolution options set would give a typo error when the size was violated rather than 'ignored'
- I think I have fixed an issue with subscriptions not wanting to run a query if by random accident that query has an invalid URL selected as the query's 'example url' for various pre-work login and bandwidth tests
- hydrus can now capture duration/fps of videos that specify two very close fps, e.g. 60 and 59.99. previously, these would default to the 24 fallback and could cause some weirdness in mpv
- replaced the default pixiv artist page api parser with one that fetches the newer url format, matching the tag search. existing users will see no automatic change but will receive the new parser, so if you are a big pixiv user, you might like to switch 'pixiv artist gallery page api' to the 'new urls' parser variant under _network->downloader components->manage url class links_. note that if you do this, your pixiv artist subscriptions will do a mini-resync (which involves some wasted time/bandwidth) as their urls change!