[B][COLOR red]December 27, 2019[/COLOR][/B]



[COLOR yellow]--[/COLOR][I] Thought I'd report things on my to-do list



    that are currently part done and being worked on.



    I hope some might comment so I can put things



    into priority. So it goes like this[/I]



[COLOR yellow]--[/COLOR][I] - 1.) Uncached torrent removal.[/I]



[COLOR yellow]--[/COLOR][I] - 2.) Global context menu options.[/I]



[COLOR yellow]--[/COLOR][I] - 2.) Add season pack ability.[/I]



[COLOR yellow]--[/COLOR][I] - 2.) add service, and option to enable, to



    notify user of new updates for those that turn



    off auto updates.[/I]











[B][COLOR red]October 9, 2019[/COLOR][/B]



[COLOR yellow]--[/COLOR][I] Wow, I did not realize it's been months



    since I added comments here.  I wanted to inform



    people at this current time there are issues with



    TMDb user lists.  It seems that some users have



    reported to TMDb that titles are being dropped



    from their lists.  I noticed in the Movies-Collections



    many lists seem to now have missing titles so I'm



    hit with this new issue myself.  I reported this to



    TMDb and it's been confirmed and they are



    looking into it.[/I]







[B][COLOR red]July 25, 2019[/COLOR][/B]



[COLOR yellow]--[/COLOR][I] Working on a new Trakt list where it will



    follow our "Page Item Limit" setting and this should



    give a huge boost to large Trakt list for users



    complaining they are slow.[/I]







[COLOR yellow]--[/COLOR][I] Eventually the plan is to get all Trakt lists



    to and indepndent py file to avoid the chaos exo



    forks make mashing the code all together and



    using a final function called super_info() to



    resolve all missing data for far to many variants.



    I'm sorry to say to any devs working on an exo



    fork that this just fails terribly. They never



    developened a "next" page ability for things like



    large Trakt list over a 100 items and we are trying



    to gather that data and load it.  Not a real prob for



    8yr old code lacking modern bells and whistles.



    A pretty decent slow down can be seen in these large



    Trakt list trying trying to add any kind of modren



    features sets so	what is needs is "Page Item Limits"



    for these large lists.  A bit of work but that's my next plan[/I]







[B][COLOR red]July 18, 2019[/COLOR][/B]



[COLOR yellow]--[/COLOR][I] More additions to try and speed up menu load



    times so please experiment with the new options for



    "Season Count" and "Unwatched Count".  Personally



    I like seeing this added info but it does add an api call



    and impacts load times.  Also if you flip these on or off



    please remember you need to clear cache, meta and



    cache option at a min.[/I]







[COLOR yellow]--[/COLOR][I] Had a little issue with someone messing with



    "view types' and did not know how to cure the setting



    they chose.  What I decided to do was enhance the



    "Reset View Types" option to now include flushing



    of the Kodi cache for "viewMode6.db".  Keep in mind



    this will now reset every single view type to skin default



    and wipe the data from Kodi as well.  It's actually the



    preferable method for a proper reset.[/I]







[COLOR yellow]--[/COLOR][I] I actually fixed the HEVC filtering last update



     and forgot to include that in the changelog.  What I



     discovered today was the filtering was done after the



     source links were counted so you saw all kind of gaps



     in the link count list.  I now moved the code to where it



     should be to not effect the count and labels.[/I]







[COLOR yellow]--[/COLOR][I] I've turned back on caching of Trakt Progress



    list for speed.  First users complained the list did not



    update for episodes they just finished watching so I



    removed the caching duration so it would update



    instantly but this came at a cost...slow down and it



    comes with the territory folks and you can not have it



    both ways.  I've come to realize the complaints of speed



    out weigh the folks wanting it updated instantly so some



    of you lose.  No more discussions on it either!![/I]







[B][COLOR red]July 06, 2019[/COLOR][/B]



[COLOR yellow]--[/COLOR][I] Trying to speed up menu load times so please



    experiment with the new options for "Page Item Limit" and



    "Disable Extended artwork(fanart.tv).  I'm currently using



    a Page Limit of 10, yes you heard that right.[/I]







[COLOR yellow]--[/COLOR][I] Disabling Extended artwork seems to have the



    biggest impact on TMDb lists at this time.  I watched a 20



    listitem page go from 8 seconds to 4 seconds by turning



    this new feature off.  Ironically IMDb lists had .75 seconds



    load time improvement.  IMDb parses web page due to



    IMDb not having an api.  TMDb's api is in use so I'm not



    sure if two consecutive api requests cause this large delay



    or not but it sure looks to be the case.  I plan to investigate



    this further info.[/I]







[COLOR yellow]--[/COLOR][I] The most notable loss to using "Disable Extended



    artwork" will be no clearart or discart retrieved.  This is



    seen during playback seek or pause.  The clearart generally



    appears on the right side of the player.  Discart is used by



    some skins to show a DVD pop out of the poster artwork.



    If this artwork is of no importance to you I suggest turning



    this new option off.[/I]







[B][COLOR red]June 19, 2019[/COLOR][/B]



[COLOR yellow]--[/COLOR][I] UpNext integration info.



[COLOR yellow]--[/COLOR][I] Please note this release requires the latest release



    of UpNext, version 1.0.1, that can be found in the Kodi



    repo and was released on un 18, 2019.  Version 1.0.0



    has a few communication issues that were esolved in



    1.0.1.  You will notice occasional missing UpNext



    notifications with v1.0.0 so please be sure to check



    this.  Thank you Ian for resolving this issue!![/I]







[COLOR yellow]--[/COLOR][I] For now the best way to use UpNext is with the Kodi



    context menu option "Play from Here" or from within



    the "Playlist Manager" - "View Playlist"[/I]



[COLOR yellow]--[/COLOR][I] Previously all exo forks refused to close the episode



    list items if you used "Play from Here" so this play



    method for me became annoying.  I've fixed this



    and episode list items, and playlist, now close. [/I]







[COLOR yellow]--[/COLOR][I] Due to the above I was forced to hard code Auto Play



    for Episodes.  This was needed for the "Play from



    Here" context menu option to work in continual



    episode play of an entire season.  If you select



    a single episode only that episode will play, but



    with Auto Play still in effect.  If you disable UpNext



    this removes the hard code. If you wish to bypass



    Auto Play for a single episode I suggest using the



    context menu option "Select Source" for the item



    you wish to single play without Auto Play enabled[/I]







[COLOR yellow]--[/COLOR][I] The Auto playlist creation is on by default and this is



    done behind closed doors with no effect on



    performance at all.  You can try with and without



    this feature on and you will not notice even the



    slightest difference so I suggest leaving it on.



    At this time the only thing this does is when you



    enter a Season the playlist will create a full episode



    list for the given Season you entered only.  Entering



    the "Playlist Manager" you could view, edit,  and



    play this list. Future plans for this playlist as well.[/I]







[COLOR yellow]--[/COLOR][I] The goal for next update is to get the playlist to play



    from a single episode selection, so you won't



    have to use "Play from Here" but at this time I'm



    dealing with a bit of a bug calling this playlist for



    direct play.  I also want to add a pre-scrape ability



    so next episode play is instant without a visible



    scrape process, but timing it the scrape takes



    about 3-5secs for the next episode to play as



    it is now so I didn't holdback this release[/I]



