Release History

Release 1.2.0.2 - February 2008

• Support for MySky in Italy (Thanks to Giorgio).

Release 1.2.0.1 - September 2007

• Major new feature to convert endian order of files transferred between different makes and models of box! See compatibility chart. (Thanks to Peter B and John H for alpha testing).
• Double buffer and multi-thread video stream copies - Significantly reduces copy time where drives are on different controllers.
• Fix issue when disk size spin control is increased above 1,000.
• Add "Type" column to identify Sky UK Anytime and DirecTV Showcase recordings in planner view.
• Utilise deleted flag from planner data to improve handling of deleted recordings and pause buffers (Spurious RBFx and RBSx recordings).
• Installer sets registry to ensure Vista always prompts for Administrator rights when running Copy+.
• Fix "Out of Memory" error when a drive or drives do not have a "Friendly Name" available.
• Remove default selection of 250GB partition size for Sky+ boxes. Now use full drive size by default.
• Add icons and "Why is my drive not visible?" help to drop downs (if no drives detected of correct type).

Release 1.1.0.9 - March 2007

• Corrected fatal flaw in 1.1.0.8 which meant all recordings on destination were unplayable.
• Updated help file.

Release 1.1.0.8 - March 2007

• Support for DirecTV DVR in the US and SkyLA in Latin America (Thanks to Daniel and Fernando).
• Display disk name for easier drive identification.
• Improved bad sector error detection and correction.
• Fixed FlexGrid column alignment.
• Use ClearType compatible font.
• Implemented auto drive list refresh on device attach or removal.

Release 1.1.0.7 - January 2007

• Uses generic planner field layout table
• Support for Sky HD EPG 5.02.eHD (Thanks to Chris for HD box testing)

Release 1.1.0.6 - November 2006

• Multithreaded drive copy - Thanks Neil.
• Ability to select/deselect recordings to be copied.
• Save/Restore image of Sky drive to local disk.
• Minimise/Maximise window and dynamic window resizing.
• Added graphics to Start button, and change button to act as Cancel during copy.
• Correct for missing default dialog buttons - Oops.
• Handle zero byte files with no FAT start cluster.
• Do not copy recordings missing from the planner (resulted in null pointer exception).
• Do not list RBF0 recordings in planner or copy RBF0 directory, even if it exists (temporary record buffers).
• Ignore apparently stray video files in root directory (known Sky+ issue).
• Account for adjusted Total Sector Count in BPB structure.

Release 1.1.0.5 - June 2006

• Support for drives over 500GB and FAT over 64MB (buffer limit on Windows ReadFile and WriteFile).
• Added single instance check.
• Added time of recording to planner grid and implemented column sort feature.
• Estimate time remaining to complete copy and display.
• Added Sky HD compatibility details to help.

Release 1.1.0.4 - March 2006

• Use correct directory cluster (0) for second level directories parent pointer.
• Updated FAT and VFAT size calculations to allow correct detection of 120GB drive.
• Updated help file compatibility table.

Release 1.1.0.3 - March 2006

• Removed Beta warnings.
• Handle "dump to planner from pause buffer" recordings.

Release 1.1.0.2 - March 2006

• Fix for endian auto detect bug on little endian boxes (e.g. PVR2).
• Fixed total sector count bug on retry following disk errors.

Release 1.1.0.1 - March 2006

• Added nullsoft installer - Visit the open source project at SourceForge.
• More information on the file system format has now allowed for moving of files (the previous versions insisted all recordings stayed at the same LBA, and hence some recordings could/would have been lost on a drive resize).
• Because of the above extra information, removed restriction on which files can be copied during a resize. Everything is now copied regardless.
• Additionally, because moving video is now allowed, every copy now performs a full defragmentation of all the video data.
• Copying is now on a recording by recording basis - Added progress bar and description of current recording being copied. This is in addition a total progress display.
• Change background colour of recording as it is copied in the grid.
• Added more logging to the Copy+.log file for diagnostic purposes.
• On successful copy, the Copy+.log file is renamed with the current date and time appended. This is so it does not get overwritten.
• Added check to ensure destination partition is large enough to contain source contents.
• Added Retry/Ignore/Ignore All/Cancel dialog on video cluster read/write errors to allow for CRC errors on drive. Ignoring video errors will result in a few skips in the resulting recordings.
• Added Retry/Ignore/Cancel on file system read/write errors - Ignoring errors in the file system is not recommended however!
• Handle Window Close request while copying cleanly with confirm dialog.

Release 1.0.0.2 - Feburary 2006

• Removed error checking on copying video files - A Beta tester had CRC errors on his drive and as a result the copy process was aborting.

Release 1.0.0.1 - February 2006