This file contains a list of changes that have been made to Scoop Capture and any of it's related programs.

This list may not be the full history due to size limits.In the event of a query or for a complete history, please send an e-mail to support@psquared.net

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v2.1.0

This version of Scoop uses the new P Squared Licensing Engine so you will need a new License Code to use it. Once issued however, this update includes the ability to renew the new License Code online. For more details please see www.psquared.net/licensing

Scoop Capture now includes a new P Squared Support File Feature. This is available on the Help menu and packages up all the files nescessary for P Squared Technical Support to diagnose the majority of any problems you may encounter.

v2.0.12

Improvements to the way Website Index files are scanned to improve speed and reliability when downloading corrupted webpages.

v2.0.11

Internal changes to the Serial/TCP capture port.

Adding more debugging information to serial/TCP Capture.

Added Support for INN (Eire News)

v2.0.9

Added special support for web news services supplying stories that have no text - i.e. a text length of 0. Previously these erroneously generated stories would cause Scoop Capture to exit.

v2.0.8

Added several debug messages when running with /DEBUG on the command line.

Added checks for low disk space when capturing text

Added checks for zero length files downloaded from the internet - i.e. website timeout.

Fixed a problem with capturing to some UNC locations.

Changed the priority that the Web Surfer runs at from NORMAL to IDLE to improve computer CPU usage when recieving stories from extremely slow web servers.

v2.0.1

Added more debugging info to Sources

Fixed a problem where Capture would crash if you assigned the same sound card to more than one Source

v2.0.0

This is the first release of Scoop v2. It includes many improvements over previous versions of the software including (but not limited to!):

Scoop v2 or higher needs a different license code from the old v1 system.

Scoop Server has been renamed Scoop Capture 

Completely new front end, standardising on the P Squared Server side front end.

Support for Web based news services

Improved method of managing "Sources" - formerly wire feeds - particularly when using multiple sources feeding into a single database (directory).

Sources that capture text from serial ports can now distribute that data stream using TCP-IP. Simply connect your application to port 6970+the Source number (i.e. Source 1 is on 6971, Source 2 on 6972 etc.) and you will recieve the data as it comes in. 

You can now "Capture" from an IP address and port number as well as from a serial port. Simply enter the IP address or computer name and port number in the incoming Port box on the Source Setup. e.g. 192.168.1.1:75. Used in conjunction with the feature above you could easily daisy chain several Scoop Capture systems around a lan or Wan

Added support for Daylight Savings Adjustments. These are applied to the text and to the audio files captured.

Consolidated the Index Processor and Delete Processor into a single program.

Scoop Capture now has the Story Processor built in.