[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]