zspotify/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog:

v2.4 (27 Oct 20212):

• Added realtime downloading support to avoid account suspensions.
• Fix for downloading by artist.
• Replace audio conversion method for better quality.
• Fix bug when automatically setting audio bitrate.

v2.3 (25 Oct 2021):

• Moved changelog to seperate file.
• Added argument parsing in search function (query results limit and query result types).
• Fixed spelling errors.
• Added mac specific install guide stuff.
• Fixed infinite loop.
• Fixed issue where zspotify could'nt run on python 3.8/3.9.
• Changed it so you can just run zspotify from the root folder again.
• Added function to auto generate config file if it doesnt exist.
• Fixed issue where if you enabled splitting discs into seperate folders downloading would fail.
• Added playlist file(m3u) creation for playlist download.

v2.2 (24 Oct 2021):

• Added basic support for downloading an entire podcast series.
• Split code into multiple files for easier maintenance.
• Changed initial launch script to app.py
• Simplified audio formats.
• Added prebuild exe for Windows users.
• Added Docker file.
• Added CONTRIBUTING.md.
• Fixed artist names getting cutoff in metadata.
• Removed data sanitization of metadata tags.

v2.1 (23 Oct 2021):

• Moved configuration from hard-coded values to separate zs_config.json file.
• Add subfolders for each disc.
• Can now search and download all songs by artist.
• Show single progress bar for entire album.
• Added song number at start of track name in albums.

v2.0 (22 Oct 2021):

• Added progress bar for downloads.
• Added multi-select support for all results when searching.
• Added GPLv3 Licence.
• Changed welcome banner and removed unnecessary debug print statements.

v1.9 (22 Oct 2021):

• Added Gitea mirror for when the Spotify Glowies come to DMCA the shit out of this.
• Changed the discord server invite to a matrix server so that won't get swatted either.
• Added option to select multiple of our saved playlists to download at once.
• Added support for downloading an entire show at once.

v1.8 (21 Oct 2021):

• Improved podcast downloading a bit.
• Simplified the code that catches crashes while downloading.
• Cleaned up code using linter again.
• Added option to just paste a url in the search bar to download it.
• Added a small delay between downloading each track when downloading in bulk to help with downloading issues and potential bans.

v1.7 (21 Oct 2021):

• Rewrote README.md to look a lot more professional.
• Added patch to fix edge case crash when downloading liked songs.
• Made premium account check a lot more reliable.
• Added experimental podcast support for specific episodes!

v1.6 (20 Oct 2021):

• Added Pillow to requirements.txt.
• Removed websocket-client from requirements.txt because librespot-python added it to their dependency list.
• Made it hide your password when you type it in.
• Added manual override to force premium quality if zspotify cannot auto detect it.
• Added option to just download the raw audio with no re-encoding at all.
• Added Shebang line so it runs smoother on Linux.
• Made it download the entire track at once now so it is more efficient and fixed a bug users encountered.

v1.5 (19 Oct 2021):

• Made downloading a lot more efficient and probably faster.
• Made the sanitizer more efficient.
• Formatted and linted all the code.

v1.4 (19 Oct 2021):

• Added option to encode the downloaded tracks in the "ogg" format rather than "mp3".
• Added small improvement to sanitation function so it catches another edge case.

v1.3 (19 Oct 2021):

• Added auto detection about if the current account is premium or not. If it is a premium account it automatically sets the quality to VERY_HIGH and otherwise HIGH if we are using a free account.
• Fixed conversion function so it now exports to the correct bitrate.
• Added sanitation to playlist names to help catch an edge case crash.
• Added option to download all your liked songs into a sub-folder.

v1.2 (18 Oct 2021):

• Added .gitignore.
• Replaced dependency list in README.md with a proper requirements.txt file.
• Improved the readability of README.md.

v1.1 (16 Oct 2021):

• Added try/except to help catch crashes where a very few specific tracks would crash either the downloading or conversion part.

v1.0 (14 Oct 2021):

• Adjusted some functions so it runs again with the newer version of librespot-python.
• Improved my sanitization function so it catches more edge cases.
• Fixed an issue where sometimes spotify wouldn't provide a song id for a track we are trying to download. It will now detect and skip these invalid tracks.
• Added additional check for tracks that cannot be "played" due to licence(and similar) issues. These tracks will be skipped.

v0.9 (13 Oct 2021):

• Initial upload, needs adjustments to get working again after backend rewrite.