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HellyExplorer 4.2 @ 17-05-2025
I am back working on this and version 4.2 is here!
The most important change this time is a new layout for the main screen. Which for now is optional and not active at the first start. You can turn it on in the options menu under Other options. This will probably become the standard and maybe even the only layout in time as personally i cannot work with the old one anymore, it is just that much better to use. Mostly because you can now go to a movie or a tv-show straight from the main menu. It will jump to the next episode immediately without you having to find it and go through the season first. I also added some extra things which you can find out for yourself.
The second important change comes with the new layout, which is a new screen for movies. The small popup screen was to small for the information i wanted to show so i made a full screen for movies. It now shows all the movie information you can ask for. Like director, summary, play length, video and audio quality and it can also show if the file contains HDR10, HDR10+ or Dolby Vision. It is of course up to you to make your pc able to play and use it. Optionally you can turn on showing a background for the movie and which actors are in the movie, with a name and photo.
The gamepad code has finally been improved and really tested as i am using it myself now. I ran into the issue of needing to start the program with a gamepad which i solved by creating a tray application which can start the Explorer for you. Use the PS/Xbox button for this. In the future i might even use this application to update the explorer for you automatically.
For now i will keep using and fixing this version until i can continue improving it. I am occasionally still finding little issues here and there to fix, so there might still be some things left. When i feel there's nothing left i will start to work on a new layout for tv-shows, and some other things i want to try.
The most important change this time is a new layout for the main screen. Which for now is optional and not active at the first start. You can turn it on in the options menu under Other options. This will probably become the standard and maybe even the only layout in time as personally i cannot work with the old one anymore, it is just that much better to use. Mostly because you can now go to a movie or a tv-show straight from the main menu. It will jump to the next episode immediately without you having to find it and go through the season first. I also added some extra things which you can find out for yourself.
The second important change comes with the new layout, which is a new screen for movies. The small popup screen was to small for the information i wanted to show so i made a full screen for movies. It now shows all the movie information you can ask for. Like director, summary, play length, video and audio quality and it can also show if the file contains HDR10, HDR10+ or Dolby Vision. It is of course up to you to make your pc able to play and use it. Optionally you can turn on showing a background for the movie and which actors are in the movie, with a name and photo.
The gamepad code has finally been improved and really tested as i am using it myself now. I ran into the issue of needing to start the program with a gamepad which i solved by creating a tray application which can start the Explorer for you. Use the PS/Xbox button for this. In the future i might even use this application to update the explorer for you automatically.
For now i will keep using and fixing this version until i can continue improving it. I am occasionally still finding little issues here and there to fix, so there might still be some things left. When i feel there's nothing left i will start to work on a new layout for tv-shows, and some other things i want to try.
HellyExplorer 4.1.2 @ 23-03-2024
Small update on the series searching, turned out not to be working correctly. I had some shows not showing up so i made a change so they do. If i find more issues ill fix them.
HellyExplorer development is currently on hold until i find out more about playing Dolby Vision content on PC's. Progress is being made on it as far as i know so i'm hopeful this will happen at some point. But until then i don't really see the point of putting in a lot of work for something i am no longer using all the time.
HellyExplorer development is currently on hold until i find out more about playing Dolby Vision content on PC's. Progress is being made on it as far as i know so i'm hopeful this will happen at some point. But until then i don't really see the point of putting in a lot of work for something i am no longer using all the time.