Release Candidate. Nightly e5dd1ab

This release merges all changes in develop so far.
Fixes the slow loading when opening files.
Incorporates cuda and non cuda for covers similarities
Heavily optimizes cover manager
Adds cover downloader
Fixes MU source
Full Changelog: nightly_39118f7...nightly_e5dd1ab

nightly_eac4a08

Fixed MU source missing some logging

Fixed MU

nightly_39118f7

Bump version hash

Develop update

Develop update

What's new?

• [CoverManager] Button to select(toggle) all front covers or back covers
• 🆕 [CoverManager] Added a button in CoverManager to process all the files without having to abandon the window.
• 🆕 Added option to toggle dark mode
• 🆕 Cover Downloader is back!

What's changed?

• [CoverManager] After processing, CoverManager will refresh all modified covers. (You can now keep deleting the covers until you run out of images 😛 )
• Clicking "Select files" or open folder will now not delete current selection if no new files were selected

• Fix some settings not saving and loading properly by @ThePromidius in #187
• Abort loading popup by @ThePromidius in #188
• Implemented Drag and drop for loading files by @ThePromidius in #189
• Cover downloader First implementation by @ThePromidius in #201

Full Changelog: v1.0.3...nightly_dccbbdd

Manga Manager v1.0.4

What's Changed

• v1.0.3 by @ThePromidius in #182
• Fix some settings not saving and loading properly by @ThePromidius in #187
• Abort loading popup by @ThePromidius in #188
• Implemented Drag and drop for loading files by @ThePromidius in #189
• Update 1.0.4 by @ThePromidius in #190

Full Changelog: v1.0.3...v1.0.4

Manga Manager v1.0.3

Hi All,

Manga Manager v1.0.3 is here with a few small user-facing updates. Most of this work has been refactoring the code to make it more manageable and enable future updates. Work has slowed down due to Promidius being busy and me (the dev of Kavita) quite inundated with Kavita and work.

What's different?

• We have a new icon!
• Many icons were updated throughout the app to be more streamlined overall
• Age Ratings are now ordered in terms of progression to explicit rather than alphabetical
• When filling LocalizedSeries, ensure we don't write the same tag as Series
• Implemented GTIN support
• When converting to webp, check if the converted output is larger than source
• The logging in the UI should be much better
• Opening some RAR files could produce a GUI breaking issue, they should now open correctly
• If there is an anilist web url, when searching, Manga Manager will take that instead of searching by series name

Full Changelog: v1.0.2...v1.0.3

Manga Manager V1.0.2

Hi All,

It's me, the developer of Kavita. While Promidius is taking some personal time, I've been working on a few small bugfixes and features for the software.

A summary of what's new or changed:

• Changed resampling algorithm for faster loading
• Better error handling throughout the codebase with message boxes and error panel output
• Basic support for Opening Rar files and coverting to cbz automatically on save (this will not edit rar files nor do we plan to support that)
• Fixed MA 15+ rating being incorrect
• Added ability to disable the backup xml file from being created.
• AniList Original Creator will now map to the same fields as Original Story
• Fixed where some titles would have an empty English title and break finishing filling out the UI when scraping. Now it will safely fall back to empty string.
• Fixed a case where Old_ComicInfo.xml.bak would be written even when there was no original ComicInfo in the file
• Added a basic system to fill in information on the selected files from filename parsing. This copies a limited set of regex from Kavita to allow Series, Volume, and Chapter parsing. The parsed information will only fill in if the fields are empty.
• Fixed alignment issues on a few areas in the app
• Buttons on menu bar now enable/disable based on if items are selected or loaded in the menu

I will be continuing to work on the software and slowly help bring the vision Promidius and I have for it.

Thank you all for the support and if you feel this is worth it, please throw a few bucks Promidius' way to say thanks or give us a star.

Quick fixed v1.0.2.1

• Unhandled exception if the summary is empty

What's Changed

• Settings Polish by @majora2007 in #139
• Feature/cover scanner by @ThePromidius in #143
• Foundational Changes and Bugfixes by @majora2007 in #150
• AniList Improvements by @majora2007 in #154
• Custom MessageBox widget by @ThePromidius in #155
• Revert Pushed binary to temp fix current state of docker build by @ThePromidius in #156
• Misc Cleanup by @ThePromidius in #157
• Rar support and LCInfo rework by @ThePromidius in #159
• Fixed MA 15+ Age Rating by @majora2007 in #163
• Ability to Disable Old_ComicInfo.xml.bak via Settings + Fixes when Scraping by @majora2007 in #164
• Basic Parsing from Filename by @majora2007 in #168
• Feature/simplification by @majora2007 in #169
• v1.0.2 Merge from develop by @ThePromidius in #171

Full Changelog: v1.0.0-beta.1...v1.0.2

Manga Manager V1.0.1

Hello everyone,

Here's the latest update, version 1.0.1. This release includes some new features that I know you'll find useful.

One of the main additions is the ability to convert Cbr files to .cbz format. This feature allows for easier editing and saving of changes to your files. The conversion happens at processing time by copying over the modified content of the cbr to a cbz. This is not CBR editing, but on-the-fly conversion.

In addition to the Cbr conversion, the update includes the addition of message boxes that provide specific information about certain events. These messages will be displayed every time the event occurs, but users will have the option to disable them if they wish. This should provide users with more clear messaging when errors occur.

I've decided to take a break from developing MangaManager. While I step back for a little while, any necessary bug fixes will still be addressed, and support for the app will continue. Thank you for your understanding and continued support.

Manga Manager Rework Beta 1

Dear valued users,

I'm excited to finally share with you the beta version of the reworked software. When I started this project, it was just a personal learning exercise and wasn't intended to be shared. However, with your support and encouragement, I was able to turn it into something much more.

Along the way, I've learned a lot and been able to improve the software with your helpful bug reports. I'm grateful for your patience and can't wait for you to experience the improved functionality and user experience.

Please keep in mind that this is a beta release, and while the software has been thoroughly tested, there may still be some issues or bugs present. Your feedback and bug reports will be greatly appreciated as we work to further refine and improve the software.

Additionally, if you find the software useful, I've set up a donation option as a way to show your appreciation and support future development. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

To summarize the changes, here's a list of key features:

• Select multiple files and preview the covers of each file
• Select a folder and open files recursively
• Bulk edit metadata for all files at once
• Changes are kept in one session, allowing for flexible editing
• Apply all changes (save to file) at once when done editing
• Edit cover or back cover from the metadata view itself
• Cover manager for batch editing of covers
• Online metadata scraping (Currently: AniList, MangaUpdates)
• Webp converter
• Error and warning log within the UI itself

Some upcoming/planned features. (Unordered list)

• Cover detector to remove similar covers/backcovers
• Bulk bump chapters
• Number/Volume parser from filename
• Merge chapter parts into a single chapter
• Native Web UI
• More sources
• Cover Downloader
• Manga Tagger Interface

Docker usage:

Use the docker compose in the wiki with the following image: thepromidius/manga-manager:rework

CLI usage:

<executable win/linux> --cli <glob-like-path-here-of-files-to-edit>

Thank you for being a part of this journey with me.

v0.4.6

Note that this is going to be the last update for the current MangaManager.
A rework of it is about to be released. There will be a beta release in february.

¿Why The rework?

Currently the code base is a mess so i decided to start over with all the new knowledge i've gotten while making this and other projects.

As mentioned in a previous notification here are some of the features that wil be available in the beta:

• Open multiple files and preview the covers of each file
• Choose the files you want to change metadata (without needing to open again) Just click and edit!
• Select all opened files to apply changes to all of them at once.
• Changes are kept in one sesion. You can edit a single file, edit a different one and edit again without needing to save/write the files.
• Apply all changes (save to file) all at once when you are done editing.
• Edit single cover from the metadata view itself
• Cover manager to batch edit covers (the old cover manager)
• Online Metadata scraping (via plugin)

To be done:

• Batch bump File chapters (add 1,2...x chapters to current chapter)
• Merge chapter parts into single file

Changelog

Added

• Added settings button in main menu
• Added .bmp support to webp converter (previously it skipped it)

Fixed

• A bug in docker that wouldn't select files
• Handled exception when no cover is selected and process is clicked
• Reencode to UTF-8 if file encoding is wrong reading ComicInfo.xml
• Keep original file if recompressed one is bigger. Closes #106
• Skip image if recompress fails. Closes #115

Full Changelog: v.0.4.5...v0.4.6