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Rapid Photo Downloader Changelog

What's new in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.9.18

Jan 16, 2020
  • This release contains an important run-time bug fix and a new translation for Turkish.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.9.16 (Aug 16, 2019)

  • This release is small but important: some code was removed from one of the libraries of code Rapid Photo Downloader uses, causing Rapid Photo Downloader to crash when it tried to call it.
  • There are some other minor updates too.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.9.15 (Jul 12, 2019)

  • Compared to 0.9.14, this is an important update focusing on bug fixes. Packagers should note the new Python package requirement: tenacity.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.9.15 Beta 1 (Jun 25, 2019)

  • This version contains several important bug fixes. If all proceeds smoothly, it will graduate from beta status when translations are updated.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.9.14 (Mar 31, 2019)

  • This version contains several bug fixes and some translation updates.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.9.13 (Nov 8, 2018)

  • This release comes with several installer improvements and support for the Sigma X3F file format, as well as bug fixes that are useful when the program installed from Linux distribution packages.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.9.12 (Sep 30, 2018)

  • The most important aspects of this release are Python 3.7 compatibility and support for the Canon CR3 file format.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.9.11 (Aug 27, 2018)

  • This release comes with several bug fixes and the addition of CentOS support.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.9.10 (Jul 30, 2018)

  • Fixes a critical bug regarding changes in PyQt 5.11.
  • Includes several other bug fixes, e.g. fixed Appstream metadata.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.9.9 (Mar 12, 2018)

  • Fix bug #1750879: Sequence numbers increment incorrectly for videos when Synchronize RAW+JPEG enabled.
  • Fix bug in sequence letter generation.
  • Enable the disabling of new version checks in both the program logic and the user interface, which is useful for Linux distributions. To disable the check, Linux package maintainers should patch the file constants.py to change the line `disable_version_check = False` to `disable_version_check = True`.
  • Include tornado as a dependency instead of relying on the deprecated mini-tornado found in pyzmq.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.9.8 (Feb 19, 2018)

  • On Sony files, use ExifTool to get shutter count metadata. Please note, not all Sony models produce this metadata.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.9.7 (Jan 2, 2018)

  • Fixed bug where removing a download source while another source was being scanned could cause a crash when the timeline was scrolled.
  • Fixed bug where session sequence values were being reset every time a download was initiated, not every time the program was started.
  • Updated German, Hungarian and Norwegian Bokmal translations.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.9.0 Beta 1 (Apr 2, 2017)

  • Improved install.py script, adding openSUSE and the Fedora derivative
  • Korora to list of supported distros. Moreover, the script now installs
  • all program requirements without having to be manually restarted.
  • A message dialog window is now displayed if back ups will not occur or if
  • the download destinations have a problem.
  • Added 'Program Warnings' section to the preferences dialog window.
  • Optimized icon sizes in dialog windows.
  • Check for new version using secure connection.
  • Added an option to issue a warning if a file type unknown to the program is
  • found on a download device.
  • Added an option to program preferences dialog to ignore DNG date/time
  • metadata when downloading from MTP devices (like cellphones and tablets).
  • When it is ignored, the DNG file's modification time is used instead. Many
  • (if not all) Android 6 and 7 devices create bogus DNG metadata values.
  • Since the first alpha release, by default the program ignores the DNG
  • date/time metadata when downloading from MTP devices.
  • Changed the count that appears above the program's icon when running on the
  • Unity desktop to show how many files are checked for download, instead of
  • how many new files are available for download.
  • Fixed a bug where device scan would indicate a device was empty when the
  • preference value 'Ignored Paths on Devices' contained no paths to ignore.
  • Fixed a bug where opening a file on an MTP device in a file browser would
  • sometimes fail when the storage name component of the path was incorrectly
  • identified.
  • Fixed bug where the case of the extension for XMP files, THM files and WAV
  • files was not matching file renaming preferences.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.4.10 (Feb 25, 2014)

  • Updated Catalan and Portuguese translations and fixed a translation bug.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.4.9 (Jan 22, 2014)

  • Updated Catalan and Spanish and Swedish translations.
  • Fixed occasional incorrect use of term "backup".

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.4.9 Beta 3 (Jan 21, 2014)

  • Added new feature to verify files as they are downloaded and backed up.
  • Updated Dutch, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Serbian, Spanish and Swedish translations. Added Catalan translation.
  • Fixed packaging bug.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.4.9 Beta 1 (Jan 16, 2014)

  • Fixed bugs #1025908 and #1186955: Finalize fix for severe performance problems and crashes that arose from the combination of Gnome's GIO file functionality and python's multiprocessing. The solution was to remove GIO and replace it with regular python file processing. A nice side effect is that the program now runs faster than ever before.
  • Fixed bug #1268291: Handle cases where filesystem metadata (e.g. file permissions) could not be copied when writing to certain file systems such as NTFS. The program will now consider a file is copied succesfully even if the filesystem metadata could not be updated.
  • Fixed bug #1269032: When Sync RAW + JPEG sequence numbers is enabled, the program fails to properly deal with photos with corrupt EXIF metadata.
  • Fixed bug #1269079: Download failure when folder exists for only one of photo or video on auto detected back devices.
  • Updated Norwegian and Serbian translations.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.4.8 (Jan 4, 2014)

  • Adds support for MPO files (3D images).
  • A translation bug is fixed, and several translations are updated.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.4.7 (Oct 21, 2013)

  • 1D series Canon camera users can now download audio files that are associated with photos.
  • Several bugs are fixed, including one found only in Ubuntu 13.10 and other very recent Linux distributions.
  • A partial Belarusian translation has been added, and two other translations updated.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.4.6 (Jan 23, 2013)

  • Contains two bug fixes for when running under a very recent Linux distribution, including one critical bug. Many translations have been updated.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.4.5 (Jun 26, 2012)

  • Performance has been substantially improved when scanning a large number of files.
  • You can now specify from where to download using command line options.
  • Translations have been updated.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.4.4 (May 31, 2012)

  • You can now use a month in text format to generate subfolders and filenames.
  • Various minor bugfixes have been applied, and a variety of translations have been updated.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.4.3 (Jan 8, 2012)

  • You can now download MTS video files and THM video thumbnail files, automatically rotate JPEG images, and extract Exif.CanonFi.FileNumber metadata. There is a new toolbar, showing the most commonly changed configuration options: where files will be transferred from, whether they will be copied or moved, and where they will be transferred to. Several bugs have been fixed, and translations have been updated.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.4.2 (Oct 2, 2011)

  • New features were added to specify in finer detail from where photos and videos should be downloaded from and where they should be backed up to. Nine bugs were fixed, a Danish translation was added, and many other translations were updated.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.4.1 (May 20, 2011)

  • EXIF Artist and Copyright metadata options were added to file and subfolder name generation.
  • Many translations were updated.
  • Thumbnails are now always sorted by file modification time.
  • The job code is now correctly requested after a preference change.
  • A crash when trying to scan inaccessible files on a mounted camera was fixed.
  • The startup test to check whether pynotify is working was relaxed.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.4.0 (Apr 29, 2011)

  • Rapid Photo Downloader now sports a clean new user interface and runs a lot faster. How much faster? Rapid Photo Downloader now makes use of multi-core systems to download and backup photos and videos in the most efficient manner possible. It can download about 12.5x faster than Shotwell, or 2.5x faster than F-Spot (testing done with 2.2GB of Canon RAW files downloaded from a single memory card - it's even faster when you download from multiple cards at one time).
  • No other program on Linux comes close to providing Rapid Photo Downloader's powerful yet user friendly file renaming and subfolder generation options.
  • Whether you download thousands of photos every week, or your needs are more modest, Rapid Photo Downloader can make your photographic workflow more reliable and efficient. It is an essential tool for the discerning photographer.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.4.0 RC1 (Apr 21, 2011)

  • Backups have been implemented.
  • A preferences option for disabling thumbnail generation was added.
  • A crash that occurred when downloading some files after having previously downloaded others in the same session was fixed.
  • The Brazilian, Dutch, German, and Russian translations were updated.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.3.5 / 0.4.0 Beta 1 (Apr 11, 2011)

  • This version adds: Job Code functionality; an eject device button for each unmountable device; display of remaining files to be downloaded in the progress bar; display of overall download progress in the lower progress bar; display of time remaining and download speed in the status bar; and system notification messages.
  • New automation features: auto download, auto exit, and auto unmount.
  • Bugfix: display file and subfolder naming warnings in error log.
  • Updated Czech, French, and Russian translations.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.4.0 Alpha 3 (Apr 5, 2011)

  • An error log window was added to display download warnings and errors.
  • A feature to synchronize RAW + JPEG sequence values was added.
  • A bug where it was impossible to set subfolder and file rename preferences on Ubuntu 11.04 or Fedora 15 was fixed.
  • The Brazilian, Dutch, French, German, and Spanish translations were updated.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.4.0 Alpha 2 (Mar 31, 2011)

  • Sample file names and subfolders are now displayed in the preferences dialog window.
  • An option to add a unique identifier to a filename if a file with the same name already exists was added.
  • Several minor bugs were fixed.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.4.0 Alpha 1 (Mar 25, 2011)

  • Rapid Photo Downloader is much faster and sports a new user interface. It is about 50 times faster in tasks like scanning photos and videos before the download. It also performs the actual downloads quicker. It will use multiple CPU cores if they are available.
  • Rapid Photo Downloader now requires version 0.3.0 or newer of pyexiv2. It also requries Python Imaging (PIL) to run. It will only run on recent Linux distributions such as Ubuntu 10.04 or newer. It has been tested on Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10 and 11.04, as well as Fedora 14. (There is currently an unusual bug adjusting some preferences when running Ubuntu 11.04. See bug #739021).
  • This is an alpha release because it is missing features that are present in version 0.3.5. Missing features include:
  • System Notifications of download completion
  • Job Codes
  • Backups as you download
  • Automation features, e.g. automatically start download at startup
  • Error log window (currently you must check the command line for error output)
  • Time remaining status messages
  • Synchronize RAW + JPEG Sequence Numbers
  • Add unique identifier to a filename if a file with the same name already exists
  • Sample file names and subfolders are not displayed in the preferences window
  • These missing features will be added in subsequent alpha and beta releases.
  • Kaa-metadata is no longer required to download videos. However, if you want to use Frames Per Second or Codec metadata information in subfolder or video file names, you must ensure it is installed. This is no longer checked at program startup.
  • Thanks go to Robert Park for refreshing the translations code.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.3.4 (Jan 2, 2011)

  • Enable zooming in and out of preview image.
  • Extraneous white space is now more effectively stripped from serial number metadata and folder names.
  • Fixed bug #685335: inaccurate description of python packages required for downloading videos.
  • Added Croatian translation. Updated French, Norwegian Bokmal, Polish and Russian translations.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.3.3 (Oct 25, 2010)

  • Added support for mod, tod and 3gp video files.
  • Hachoir-metadata is now used to extract selected metadata from video files
  • Fixed bug #640722: Added preliminary support for Samusung SRW files.
  • Fixed bug #550883: Generation of subfolders and filenames using the time a download was started.
  • Fixed bugs related to missing video download directory at program startup.
  • Added command line option to output to the terminal information useful for debugging.
  • Added Norwegian Bokmal and Portuguese translations. Updated Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian Nynorsk, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Ukrainian translations.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.3.2 (Sep 13, 2010)

  • This release adds a Norwegian Nynorsk translation.
  • It updates the Chinese, Finnish, Hungarian, Dutch, Occitan (post 1500), Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Russian translations.
  • It fixes crash on startup when checking for free space and the download folder does not exist.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.3.1 (Aug 13, 2010)

  • The main window now works more effectively on tiny screens like netbooks.
  • The amount of free space available on the filesystem where photos are to be downloaded is now displayed in the status bar.
  • Added or updated many translations: Chinese (simplified), Bulgarian, Japanese, Occitan (post 1500), Persian, Portuguese (Brazilian), and Turkish have been added. Updated Finnish, French, Hungarian, Russian, Serbian and Spanish translations.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.3.0 (Jul 11, 2010)

  • The major new feature of this release is the generation of previews before a download takes place. You can now select which photos and videos you wish to download.
  • You can now assign different Job Codes to photos and videos in the same download. Simply select photos and videos, and from the main window choose a Job Code for them. You can select a new Job Code, or enter a new one (press Enter to apply it).
  • The errors and warnings reported have been completely overhauled, and are now more concise.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.2.1 (Jun 6, 2010)

  • Updated Spanish, Russian and Finnish translations.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Display sample photo and video names in preferences dialog.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.2.0 (May 31, 2010)

  • This release is the first to download videos.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.1.3 (Jan 23, 2010)

  • This release fixes bugs relating to handling problems with missing and/or read-only download directories, and better handles cases where the desktop notification system has bugs.
  • When both the backup and "Delete images from image device upon download completion" options are selected, the program will only delete an image from the image device if it was both downloaded to the download folder and backed up. Previously, it did not check to ensure it was backed up correctly too.
  • All users are recommended to update.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.1.2 (Jan 17, 2010)

  • Photographers using RAW + JPEG mode now have the option to synchronize sequence numbers for matching pairs of images. The maximum sequence number length has been increased to seven digits. Serbian has been added, and all other translations have been updated.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.1.1 (Jan 6, 2010)

  • Added auto delete feature. When enabled, upon the completion of a download, images that were successfully downloaded will be deleted from the image device they were downloaded from. Images that were not downloaded successfully will not be deleted.
  • Added keyboard accelerators for Preferences and Help.
  • Added Dutch translation by Alian J. Baudrez. Updated Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slovak and Spanish translations.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.1.0 (Dec 8, 2009)

  • New feature: when detection of portable storage devices is selected, the program will prompt you whether or not to download from each device it automatically detects. You can choose whether the program should remember the choice you make every time it runs.
  • New feature: Added a "Job codes" option. Like the "text" option in image and subfolder name generation, this allows you to specify text that will be placed into the file and subfolder names. However, unlike the "text" option, which requires that the text be directly entered via the program preferences, when using the "Job code" option, the program will prompt for it each time a download begins.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.1.0 Beta 2 (Nov 23, 2009)

  • New feature: when detection of portable storage devices is selected, the program
  • will prompt you whether or not to download from each device it automatically
  • detects. You can choose whether the program should remember the choice you make
  • every time it runs. This fixes bug #376020.
  • Fixed bug #484432: error in adding job codes via the preferences dialog.
  • Fixed bug #486886: Job code prompt can appear multiple times.
  • Updated Hungarian and French translations.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.1.0 Beta 1 (Nov 15, 2009)

  • A new feature is Job Codes, which you can read about here: http://damonlynch.net/rapid/documentation/#jobcode
  • Czech, French, Hungarian, Slovak, and Swedish translations have been added. A variety of bugs have been fixed.
  • This code is ready for full release, but given the magnitude of changes, a beta seems like a good idea, simply to catch any undetected bugs.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.0.10 (Jun 5, 2009)

  • Updated Russian translation.
  • Fix for a bug where the program would crash when using an automatically configured backup device and gvfs.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.0.9 (Jun 2, 2009)

  • This release adds Italian, German, Russian and Finnish translations by Marco Solari, Luca Reverberi, Martin Egger, Daniel Passler, Sergei Sedov and Mikko Ruohola. The Preferences Dialog window's usability is improved, and a Help button has been added that links to the newly completed online documentation.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.0.9 Beta 4 (May 27, 2009)

  • Spanish translation by Jose Luis Navarro and Abel O'Rian.
  • 2Bug fixes relating to preferences changes: changes to preferences are applied to downloads which have not yet started, and preference errors are now handled more effectively.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.0.9 Beta 3 (May 25, 2009)

  • Added command line options for controlling verbosity, displaying which image file types are recognized, and printing the program version.
  • Polish translation by Michal Predotka. Coming soon: French, German and Spanish translations.
  • Minor fixes to logic that checks whether the Download button should be disabled or not. This should now be more reliable.
  • The previous beta would sometimes crash when thumbnails could not be extracted from images. This has been fixed.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.0.9 Beta 2 (May 13, 2009)

  • This beta adds experimental support for downloading directly from cameras -- it may not work with your camera. Read the release notes for more details.
  • It also significantly improves program responsiveness when downloading from sources with thousands of images, like external hard drives.
  • The "image number" component of image renaming is more robust. Now, only the series of digits at the end of a filename are recognized as the image number (obviously the file's extension is not included as being part of the filename in this case). This allows takes in account files from cameras like the Canon 1D series, which can have filenames like VD1D7574.CR2.
  • Please note that while every effort has been made to test this new release, significant changes have been made to the program's code, possibly causing regressions or new bugs. Please report any bugs you might encounter.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.0.8 (May 2, 2009)

  • Added Stored and Downloads today sequence numbers.
  • The stored sequence number is remembered each time the program is run. Downloads today tracks how many downloads are made on a given day. The time a day "starts" is set via a new preference value, day start. This is useful if you often photograph something late at night (e.g. concerts) and want a new day to "start" at 3am, for instance.
  • The estimate of time remaining to download images is now much more accurate.
  • Download speed in MB/s is now displayed in the status bar.
  • Sequence number/letter selection in preferences is improved.
  • Only allow one instance of the program to be run, and raise the existing window if it is run again. This is very useful when Rapid Photo Downloader is set to run automatically upon insertion of a memory card.
  • The "exit at end of successful download" automation feature is added.
  • When an image's download is skipped, the thumbnail is now lightened.
  • A missing image icon is displayed if the thumbnail cannot be displayed for some reason. (See bug #369640 for why thumbnail images from certain RAW files are not displayed).
  • Resize main window when an image device is inserted--it now expands to show each device that is inserted.
  • A download cannot proceed if there is an error in the image rename or download subfolder preferences. Instead, a download error is indicated.
  • Version 0.1.1 of pyexiv2 can now be used (an older version of the library code that is used to get information on the images, found in distributions like Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron).

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.0.8 Beta 7 (Apr 6, 2009)

  • Added serial number, shutter count and owner name metadata options, useful for image renaming and download folder creation.

New in Rapid Photo Downloader 0.0.8 Beta 6 (Mar 31, 2009)

  • Add YYYY-MM-DD and YY-MM-DD options in date time renaming, suggested by Andreas F.X. Siegert and Paul Gear.
  • Fix bug #352242 where image has no metadata.
  • Handle images with corrupt metadata more gracefully.