Summary
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MODIFIED: [SLM/MTM] Performance and functionality improvements for getting new episodes and generating Stream Links
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MODIFIED: [SLM] Program-Level Actions when modifying programs
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MODIFIED: [MTM] Reports and Reports area
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MODIFIED: [GEN] General Backend and Frontend Updates
MODIFIED: [SLM/MTM] Performance and functionality improvements for getting new episodes and generating Stream Links
The activities around getting TV Show episode lists (including metadata and Stream Link offers) as well as generating Stream Links has been greatly altered with the following results:
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Speed increases of ~85%, especially for TV Shows, and most notably for ones with a lot of episodes (think Jeopardy). As an example, an 'End-to-End' process that was taking around 8.5 hours is now running in under a single hour.
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Consistency of season/episode numbering across entire TV Shows. In other words, the seasons and episodes will always be the same number of digits for the entire program.
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Automatic renumbering of season/episodes if that detail changes on JustWatch (if TV Show does not have a 'Bookmark Action' of 'Disable Get New Episodes').
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Automatic deletion of episodes that are no longer on JustWatch (if TV Show does not have a 'Bookmark Action' of 'Disable Get New Episodes').
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Clearer logging and notifications about actions.
Depending upon the volume and type of programs, you may see a large amount of notifications the first time a process like 'End-to-End' or 'New & Recent Releases' runs.
Also due to efficiencies seen here, added 2 and 4 hours options for 'Stream Links/Files: End-to-End Process' Automation.
MODIFIED: [SLM] Program-Level Actions when modifying programs
A couple of small. but helpful changes have been made to the Program-level when modifying one:
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A new 'Select Action' at the program level allows users to convert a program to manual. This is especially useful if a program is no longer on JustWatch or does not have any episodes/details, and there are already 'Stream Link Overrides' input.
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'Import Program Metadata' is no longer an option for manual programs.
MODIFIED: [MTM] Reports and Reports area
Some cleanup and new functionality has been added to Reports:
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In the Channels DVR reports that have files count, duration, and other statistics, uniqueness has been enforced for season/episodes of TV Shows. For instance, if you have three versions of the same episode, only one will be counted, but the file size will be for all three and the duration will the average of them. This gives a much more accurate picture of items, especially when you might have Stream Links and recordings/local file version(s) at the same time.
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A new report for recent releases with availability in the last 7 days has been created. This is a compliment to 30/90 days versions for quicker results.
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'Reports' page has clarified what is needed for specific reports in relation to 'Original Release Date'.
MODIFIED: [GEN] General Backend and Frontend Updates
The following items are also in this release:
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Updated 'Files' page to include 'Feed' files.
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Added prefixes to selections on 'Files' page to make it clear the purposes of each one.
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Small formatting updates to some notifications.
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Minor code tweaks.