cbz/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

3.4.5 - 2025-10-19

Changed

• More flexible suffix checking to support complex archive paths.
• Improved validation in PageInfo.load() to handle empty or invalid data correctly.

3.4.4 - 2025-09-21

Added

• Added [pillow] extension to support .jxl and .avif images.

Fixed

• Files in the input archives are now sorted alphabetically.

3.4.3 - 2025-08-31

Changed

• Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 5.

Fixed

• Fix ComicInfo XML parsing for single page comic.

3.4.2 - 2025-07-26

Added

• Adding CI tests.

3.4.1 - 2025-07-11

Fixed

• Fix installation instructions.

3.4.0 - 2025-07-09

Added

• Support for PDF files.
• Support for CBR (Comic Book RAR) files.

Changed

• Replaced PyMuPDF with pypdf for PDF handling.
• Updated third-party license documentation for bundled libraries.

New Contributors

• tssujt

3.3.7 - 2025-01-04

Fixed

• Import error on Unix systems for the comic player.

3.3.6 - 2024-12-22

Added

• Option to not rename the name of image files loaded into pages.

Fixed

• Removing deprecated datetime api for utcnow.

3.3.5 - 2024-07-22

Fixed

• Fix Path import using pathlib.

3.3.4 - 2024-07-18

Fixed

• Remove invalid dict key.
• Fix invalid utc format.

3.3.3 - 2024-07-18

Added

• Reference links for XML schema.
• New information fields in the XML.
• Support PDF files via cbzplayer command.

Changed

• Removed MD5 display in the player (irrelevant).
• The displayed size in the player now reflects the total size of all images.
• Simplified the closing XML Page tag.
• Sorted Page keys in order.
• Updated ComicInfo.xsd defining the CBZ standard.

Fixed

• Fixed the .jpg constant preventing the use of certain images.
• Fixed memory error related to the pack() method cache.
• Fixed saving pages in XML to comply with the standard.
• Added missing mandatory keys in the XML.

3.3.2 - 2024-07-18

Added

• Added zoom options for displaying images in the player.
• Added scroll functionality for image display in the player, especially useful when images are zoomed.

Changed

• Set a default standard size.

Fixed

• Fix lag when stretching player.
• Fix XML parsing for CBZ files with a single page.
• Fix image positioning within the player.

New Contributors

• gokender

3.3.1 - 2024-07-15

Added

• Added from_pdf method to convert .pdf files to .cbz.

Changed

• Set a default standard size.
• Changed a keyboard shortcut that prevented copying information.

Fixed

• Fixed the icon display for Linux in the player.
• Fixed the taskbar icon for Windows in the player.
• Fixed the player margins.
• Automatically detect the player size based on the smallest image.

New Contributors

• flolep2607

3.3.0 - 2024-07-14

Added

• Type value verification.
• Load ComicInfo from a cbz file.
• Built-in reader for dynamic viewing.
• Image compatibility checking.
• Added save method to directly save a page or comic.
• Display additional file information via the player.

Changed

• Complete code refactoring.
• pages variable now public for native page manipulation in Python.
• Optimized pack function with caching.
• Library now supports loading zip files containing only images.

Fixed

• Default value definitions.
• Corrected values written to XML.

New Contributors

• piskunqa
• OleskiiPyskun
• domenicoblanco
• RivMt

3.2.0 - 2024-03-17

Changed

• New code structure.
• Deleting temporary files usage.
• Automatic correction of variable types.
• Simplifying constants.
• Binary input support for pages.
• Project pycbzhelper renamed to cbz.

3.1.2 - 2023-08-13

Fixed

• Fixed missing Tags key, thanks to @RivMt

3.1.1 - 2023-06-04

Changed

• Update README.md.

3.1.0 - 2023-06-04

Added

• Installation with pip.
• Support for non-existent location.
• Support for web loading errors of pages.

Fixed

• Fixed page support.

Changed

• New name of some variables.
• Automatic cleanup of temporary files.
• New location for temporary files.
• File path now uses pathlib.

3.0.1 - 2023-02-06

Added

• Initial release.