Jekyll2026-05-23T13:36:43+02:00https://www.tinymediamanager.org/feed.xmltinyMediaManagerA multi OS Media ManagerManuel Laggnerhttps://www.laggner.infoVersion v5.2.122026-05-12T00:00:00+02:002026-05-12T00:00:00+02:00https://www.tinymediamanager.org/blog/version-5-2-12+ [Launcher] rewrote the launcher to Rust for better support of old OS versions #3271
+ [UI] added a new filter option to filter via AND/OR logic for genres and tags
+ [UI] added a new filter for TV show episode editions #3263
+ [UI] split the tag filter in the TV show module into dedicated TV show and episode filters
+ [UI] added an option to show/hide the result of the post-processing commands
+ [UI] added an action to remove all ratings to the TV show bulk editor
+ [IMDB] added experimental support for calling IMDB via browser engine
   HINT: you need to enable this in the scraper settings of the IMDB scraper
+ [IMDB] added support for using cookies from the browser
+ [TMDB] added support for fetching external IDs (IMDb, TVRage, …) for cast and crew members #3255
+ [Template] added a new export template for movies and TV shows (PBDarkTemplate). thx @ppoilbarbe

x [Settings] startup-check if settings are read-/writeable #3271
x [Movies, TV shows] remove values from curly brackets on update data sources
x [Movies, TV shows] enhanced detection of extras on update data sources
x [UI] fixed sorting by rating in the TV show module
x [UI] fixed deleting old messages in the message dialog
x [Mediainfo] execute libmediainfo in a dedicated thread to avoid blocking the app
x [IMDB] do not overwrite Top250 on error
x [IMDB] added an option to use cookies from the browser
x [OMDB] fixed parsing of episode lists
x [Trakt.tv] added new pagination limits due to API changes
x [TvShows] further improve episode detection
x [Subtitles] improve detection for hearing impaired
x [Docker] updated Docker base image

]]>Manuel Laggnerhttps://www.laggner.infoVersion v5.2.112026-04-15T00:00:00+02:002026-04-15T00:00:00+02:00https://www.tinymediamanager.org/blog/version-5-2-11+ [TV shows] added support for renaming multi episode numbers in ranges (e.g. S01E01-02) #3057
+ [UI] split the note filter into dedicated TV show/season/episode note filters #3237
+ [Fanart.tv] added an option to fetch old/low quality clearlogo images too
+ [Scraper] added ImdbAPI.dev scraper

x [Movies, TV shows] update the original filename when exchanging a video file
x [Movies, TV shows] reduced memory usage of the loaded library
x [TV shows] consume less memory on update data sources
x [TV shows] fixed detection of sidecar files for some episode filename patterns #3252
x [UI] display translated subtitle flags (default, forced, SDH) in the filter #3150
x [UI] fixed loading/saving of complex TV show filters #3236
x [UI] added the empty/none edition value to the edition filter #3250
x [UI] fixed a crash in the movie set and TV show tree while scraping #3251
x [UI] improved layout/scaling in the movie set chooser dialog
x [UI] fixed loading actor images when cache is not active
x [UI] fixed image selection in the image chooser when filtering is active
x [UI] fixed a problem, where the scrape metadata dialog removed artwork settings in some cases
x [UI] fixed loading duplicate items into the movie set/TV show tree
x [Performance] implemented caching of mediainfo data to reduce CPU usage for large libraries
x [Java] upgraded Java to 21.0.10
x [Launcher] refactored the launcher and recompiled with Go 1.24.13 (security update)
x [CLI, HTTP] do not process locked movies/TV shows #3254
x [IMDB] try to fall back to parsing reference page - this still works for some users
x [TvMaze] fix scraping guest crew #3239
x [Trakt.tv] fixed syncing ratings with trakt.tv #2683
x [Linux] removed automatically creating the .desktop file #3247
x [Library] upgraded many libraries (security update)

]]>Manuel Laggnerhttps://www.laggner.infoVersion v5.2.102026-03-21T00:00:00+01:002026-03-21T00:00:00+01:00https://www.tinymediamanager.org/blog/version-5-2-10+ [Artwork] added support for the fanart file naming scheme “background”

x [UI] some performance optimizations for large TV show libraries
x [IMDB] improved filtering for TV show search results
x [IMDB] show an error when requests have been blocked by IMDB
x [Trakt.tv] guarded the trakt.tv API implementation against faulty responses
x [TvMaze] scrape guest crew #3233

]]>Manuel Laggnerhttps://www.laggner.infoVersion v5.2.92026-03-17T00:00:00+01:002026-03-17T00:00:00+01:00https://www.tinymediamanager.org/blog/version-5-2-9+ [UI] show the result of the post-processing commands in a dedicated dialog
+ [UI] added an action to the bulk editors to remove the original filename
+ [UI] added an action to lock/unlock movies from within the movie set module #3224
+ [NFO] added writing of the locked state from tmm into the NFO files #3224

x [UI] pre-set the scraper in the episode editor with the one used for the TV show
x [UI] improved cleanup of chooser dialogs #3227
x [UI] offloaded some scraping tasks to background threads to improve UI responsiveness in the movie set chooser #3227
x [UI] improved subtitle searching and downloading #3210
x [Movies, TV shows] fixed artwork detection for file names containing non ASCII characters
x [NFO] fixed writing/parsing of crew member types
x [IMDB] fixed/improved search and actor parsing due to site changes #3223 #3225
x [IMDB] only accept Top 250 values from 0…250, to avoid parsing errors due to site changes
x [Library] upgraded FlatLaf to 3.7.1
x [Docker] upgraded Docker images to Debian Trixie #3220
x [Trakt.tv] updated trakt.tv API implementation and hard capped page limits

]]>Manuel Laggnerhttps://www.laggner.infoVersion v5.2.82026-03-07T00:00:00+01:002026-03-07T00:00:00+01:00https://www.tinymediamanager.org/blog/version-5-2-8x [TV shows] corrected the tooltip for missing season artwork
x [TV shows] fixed losing crew members when editing a TV show
x [UI] fixed displaying of NL:14 and NL:18 logos #3216
x [UI] fixed loading of column width in the TV show and movie set table #3221
x [UI] fixed checking for missing artwork in the TV show table
x [UI] some fixes for the movie renamer preview
x [UI] corrected the tooltip for missing season artwork
x [NFO] enhanced writing/parsing of crew members #3218
   You may need to re-write your NFO files to get the new values stored correctly!
x [Subtitles] allow the special language code “und” (undefined) for subtitles, which is used by some subtitle providers
x [Scraper] reworked certifications to be able to fetch even more from TMDB/TVDB and others
x [IMDb] fixed parsing of actors #3222
x [Trakt.tv] implemented API changes for trakt.tv

]]>Manuel Laggnerhttps://www.laggner.infoVersion v5.2.72026-02-14T00:00:00+01:002026-02-14T00:00:00+01:00https://www.tinymediamanager.org/blog/version-5-2-7+ [Performance] heavily improved UI performance for really large libraries
+ [TV shows] added support for writing directors and writers to the NFO files #3107
+ [Trailer] integrated deno for yt-dlp #3200

x [Movies] fixed excluding of nested folders when using .tmmignore, tmmignore or .nomedia files
x [Movies] fixed some renamer issues with empty path/filename patterns #3184
x [Movies] fixed hanging UI on updating large libraries
x [Movies] do not overwrite editions from NFO on update data sources #3157
x [Movie sets] fixed writing NFO files into Emby-style movie set folders #3137
x [Movie sets] fixed sorting by (missing) movie count #3204
x [TV shows] fixed cleanup of mediainfo XML files for episodes #3198
x [TV shows] also do a cleanup of empty TV show folders #3201
x [TV shows] added support of English title for episodes in the universal scraper
x [Artwork] ignore 0 byte files when checking for existing artwork
x [Trailer] unified trailer settings between movies and TV shows
x [UI] fixed sorting of the rating column in the TV show module
x [NFO] write default ratings first in NFO files to improve compatibility with some media centers
x [HTTP] only fetch ratings chosen in the settings
x [WOL] send WOL magic packets twice to improve wake-up reliability #3178
x [KODI] completely rework of file matching algo for RPC calls #3182
x [Library] upgraded libmediainfo to 26.01

]]>Manuel Laggnerhttps://www.laggner.infoVersion v5.2.62026-01-22T00:00:00+01:002026-01-22T00:00:00+01:00https://www.tinymediamanager.org/blog/version-5-2-6+ [TV shows] added support for more Jellyfin compatible season poster filenames #3187

x [UI] show normalized rating values (0…10) in the rating column
x [UI] fixed sorting of the file size columns
x [UI] re-set the maximum value of the width/height slider in the image chooser while scraping images
x [TV shows] year filtering now matches the modern movie filter style
x [Movies] fixed skipping of folder with .tmmignore, tmmignore or .nomedia in it
x [Movies, TV shows] fixed loading of unscraped and newly added items #3190
x [Linux] fixed startup if libmediainfo is missing #3191
x [Updater] fixed downloading on incomplete/corrupted updates

]]>Manuel Laggnerhttps://www.laggner.infoVersion v5.2.52026-01-16T00:00:00+01:002026-01-16T00:00:00+01:00https://www.tinymediamanager.org/blog/version-5-2-5+ [TV shows] added taglines for TV shows #3173
+ [Movie sets] added option to append TMDB ID to movie set folder names (Emby style) #3137
+ [UI] added native file dialogs from FlatLaf for better OS integration (Windows and macOS)
+ [UI] added “remove all genres” and “remove all tags” to the TV show bulk editor
+ [UI] added edition and media source to the movie set tree view #3152
+ [UI] reworked table column configuration - visibility and width are now stored
+ [UI] added enhanced filter options for date fields #3159
+ [UI] added TV show episode editions to the bulk editor #3176
+ [Trailer] re-added the preferred trailer source, because IMDb is also delivering good trailers nowadays

x [UI] remove unused items from several combo boxes (genres, tags, decades, year)
x [UI] changed the trailer column in the TV show module to only show downloaded trailers (same behavior as in the movie module)
x [UI] format file sizes in the correct/language dependent style #3151
x [UI] fixed showing/hiding of missing episodes
x [UI] enhanced filtering in the image chooser dialog
x [UI] also open FFmpeg generated via the image preview dialog
x [Movies] added <movie filename>-backdrop.ext and <movie filename>.backdrop.ext to allowed backdrop filenames for multi movie folders
x [Movies] enhanced title cleanup in the update data sources task
x [Performance] improved update data sources for really large movie libraries
x [TV shows] fixed scraping of season fanart & reverted mix-in of season thumbs #3161 #3101
x [TMDB] enhanced scraping titles in fallback language for episodes #3171
x [IMDB] readd parsing top250 on normal scrape
x [Renamer] changed default file-size unit from G to GB #3151
x [MdbList] fixed mapping of Rotten Tomatoes ratings
x [Library] upgraded FlatLaf to 3.7
x [MediaInfo] do not prepare ISO files if mediainfo is not available #3163
x [FFmpeg] fixed an occasional crash when cleaning up old stills #3169

]]>Manuel Laggnerhttps://www.laggner.infoVersion v5.2.42025-11-29T00:00:00+01:002025-11-29T00:00:00+01:00https://www.tinymediamanager.org/blog/version-5-2-4+ [UI] added a date format for Croatian style (DD.MM.YYYY.) (thx @milotype)
+ [UI] added sort title to the movie set and TV show tree #3126 #3127
+ [UI] added popup messages in the settings to show additional information #3108
+ [UI] added a subtitle type filter (default, forced, hearing impaired) #3133
+ [UI] show sums of the selected TV shows too #3136
+ [TV shows] added season plot to the TV show NFO files (Kodi v22 compliant)

x [UI] fixed horizontal scrolling in the settings #3116
x [UI] reduced CPU/Memory usage when having many items in the TV show tree
x [UI] fix FFmpeg open dialog error #3118
x [UI] re-aligned path and filename columns in the movie table/TV show tree views #3124
x [UI] fixed updating the trees after applying filters
x [UI] fixed layout issues in the settings dialog #3138
x [UI] added English title to the bulk editors
x [TV shows] further improve episode detection, when having conflicting values #3130
x [NFO] to not re-write NFO files in the artwork download task if not needed #3128
x [Metadata] update “original filename” when exchanging a video file
x [MdbList] fixed mapping of Rotten Tomatoes ratings
x [HTTP API] fixed loading the HTTP API on startup
x [Library] upgraded Java to 21.0.9
x [Subtitle] recognize filename flags case-insensitive #3132
x [Subtitle] Remove empty values from codecs #3135

]]>Manuel Laggnerhttps://www.laggner.infoVersion v5.2.32025-10-26T00:00:00+02:002025-10-26T00:00:00+02:00https://www.tinymediamanager.org/blog/version-5-2-3+ [TV shows] added detection of ranges (e.g. S01E01-02) in multi-episode filenames
+ [UI] date and time format settings are now configurable in the settings #3087
+ [UI] refactored the image chooser dialog to support better filtering and sorting #2899
+ [UI] remember filters in the image chooser if enabled in the module settings (Persist UI filters)
+ [Performance] improved startup speed
+ [uPnP] re-implemented the whole uPnP integration to support more devices and higher stability

x [Movies, TV shows] cleanup of orphaned objects on startup #3102
x [UI] refactored post-process settings pages for movies and TV shows #3084
x [UI] do not calculate file size of multi episode files twice #3095
x [UI] set the correct file filters in the file open/save dialogs
x [UI] do not re-add deleted TV shows in the tree #3102
x [Post-Processing] moved post-processing tasks to a background thread
x [TMDB] to not try to load SVG files (not supported by tinyMediaManager or Kodi) #3085
x [IMDB] fix parsing cast/crew due to site changes #3092
x [Emby] re-order crew members after actors in the NFO #2780
x [Renamer] also remove episode NFO files upon rename, if unwanted in settings
x [Renamer] Improve ‘IF’ conditions when having variables on both sides
x [Threads] fixed a null-check upon starting #3105

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