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New Release: Rsync for Tasker 0.12

• Return errors from actions instead of throwing exceptions for ‘expected’ problems.
• Removed timeout option from dbclient action and automatically set timeout 1 second before the action timeout in Tasker.
• Added automatic timeout functionality to the rsync action too.
• Added a message to the returned error when the dbclient or rsync actions reach their timeout.
• Updated targetSdk to 34 (Android 14).
• Updated dependencies.

For full details and to download this release, see the Rsync for Tasker page.

New Release: Rsync for Tasker 0.11

• Add a timeout option to the dbclient action (to allow easier debugging for some types of issue).
• Correct the update screen title shown once the app is updated.
• Updated dependencies.

For full details and to download this release, see the Rsync for Tasker page.

New Release: Rsync for Tasker 0.10

• Improved the update screen to display correct content once the app has updated.
• Made background check for updates optional.
• Updated targetSdk to 33 (Android 13).
• Added notification permission request on Android 13 devices (when leaving config screens) if update check is enabled.
• Corrected the notification icon (and colour) used when plugin actions are running.
• Updated bundled Dropbear binaries to 2022.83.
• Updated bundled rsync binary to 3.2.7.
• Updated dependencies.

For full details and to download this release, see the Rsync for Tasker page.

New Release: Rsync for Tasker 0.9

• Switched dbclient & rsync config inputs to use fixed width fonts.
• Updated bundled rsync binary to 3.2.6.
• Updated dependencies.

For full details and to download this release, see the Rsync for Tasker page.

New Release: Rsync for Tasker 0.8

• Enabled specifying known SSH host keys for remote connections.
• Updated bundled rsync binary to 3.2.5.
• Updated targetSdk to 32 (Android 12L).
• Updated dependencies.

For full details and to download this release, see the Rsync for Tasker page.

New Release: Rsync for Tasker 0.7

• Added an automatic update check which shows a notification to download and install the update.
• Updated dependencies.

For full details and to download this release, see the Rsync for Tasker page.

New Project: Rsync for Tasker

I’ve written a plugin app for Tasker which allows running rsync over SSH from your Android device.

This currently has some rough edges (no support for host-key verification, unclear error messages) but I’m using it on a daily basis to backup files from and sync photos & music to my phone and am pleased to report that it works well.

Sadly Google rejected my submission of this app to the Play Store (and my subsequent appeal), due to the use of the MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission which is needed for the app to be at all useful. This unfortunately means that the app has to be manually downloaded and installed but I will be adding an update notification in the near future to make it easier to keep updated.

New Release: Radio Downloader 0.36

The main change in this release is a switch from the .NET framework 2.0 to 4.5.2. This shouldn’t affect most existing users as this version of the .NET framework is installed by default in currently supported versions of Windows (and handled by mono under Linux), but it should hopefully make installing Radio Downloader easier for new users.

There are also a number of small bug fixes to keep things running more smoothly.

For full details and to download this release, see the Radio Downloader page.

New Release: Radio Downloader 0.34

This release contains the following enhancements:

• A ‘smart’ name column in the downloads list which shows both the programme and episode name.
• Reduced disk space usage with more efficient image storage and automatic pruning of never-downloaded programme data.
• Display of full details about podcast download errors.
• Support for Debian and Arch Linux based distributions. Radio Downloader is however less well tested under Linux so your bug reports are welcome.

Also included are fixes for a selection of different bugs discovered since the last release.

Please note that any advanced users who had previously configured DatabasePath in Radio Downloader.exe.config will need to configure the replacement AppDataDir setting instead.

For full details and to download this release, see the Radio Downloader page.

New Release: Radio Downloader 0.32

This release adds the following new features:

• An option to view the feed URL for favourites and subscriptions.
• Support for consuming and producing Podlove Simple Chapters data.
• The option to change the program database location (for advanced users).

This release also fixes a fair few bugs (most notably download errors connecting to servers only supporting TLS 1.1 and 1.2) and includes a number of enhancements, including an overhaul of the code which handles date stripping from episode titles.

There are also a number of changes ‘behind the scenes’ laying the groundwork so that Radio Downloader can run on Linux as well as Windows in the future.

Please note that the Windows installers are no-longer signed by my code signing certificate as the price of these has risen since the last release to the point that sadly I can no-longer justify the expense.

For full details and to download this release, see the Radio Downloader page.