Media Insight changelog.

Comprehensive review and refinement of all Image and Video Analysis controls

Added a new dedicated Authenticity Assessment section

Various bug fixes, interface improvements, and graphical corrections

Added the new Privacy Mode, allowing thumbnails to be blurred

Introduced a new Compact Mode, providing a more efficient layout

Improved browsing, filtering, and search responsiveness, especially when

Added general stability improvements and minor interface refinements

Improved the Analysis Archive with more accurate image and video counts

Added new colored indicators to quickly identify the drives and folders

Introduced the new Categorization Overview page, providing detailed

Added dedicated filters and direct access to the corresponding results

Applied a broad visual refresh across the entire application,

Redesigned and improved the Image Analysis workspace, with clearer

Improved the Video Analysis area with a more consistent layout,

Refined the overall user interface, including cards, panels, buttons,

Improved usability during image and video review workflows, making analysis

Significantly accelerated and optimized the indexing and analysis process,

Removed unnecessary and redundant internal operations, reducing processing

Optimized the stop and resume analysis logic, making interrupted

Improved resource handling during long-running indexing operations, resulting

Optimized the opening of new folders, making folder loading faster and more

Introduced a major reporting system update, with more complete,

Improved the Calendar section with more effective and intuitive

Fixed several bugs reported in previous versions, improving overall stability,

Unified all graphical components across the application to provide a more

Improved the overall user experience with a cleaner, more consistent,

Fixed several bugs affecting stability, workflow consistency, and general

Improved the indexing workflow, making long media analysis operations

Enhanced the resume indexing logic, improving the ability to continue

Improved indexing reliability for large datasets, reducing the risk of

Refined the reporting system to generate clearer, more consistent,

Added the ability to pause and resume indexing, giving users

Media Insight can now continue indexing from the last processed point

Improved indexing reliability for large datasets, making long-running analysis

Added new useful tools for content analysis and media management,

Applied visual interface refinements to make the application clearer,

Improved and accelerated video analysis, making video processing faster,

Optimized the overall indexing process, reducing unnecessary overhead

Fixed several bugs affecting stability, workflow consistency, and general

Optimized multiple internal functions to improve responsiveness, reliability,

Applied visual and usability refinements to make the interface cleaner,

Localized several buttons and UI actions

Added application language selection directly from Settings

Added new interface localizations:

These improvements make Media Insight easier to use in multilingual

Added new Query Builder filters for file metadata, including:

Users can now build more precise searches based on storage size,

Improved initial indexing operations for better reliability,

Refined several visual aspects of the interface for a cleaner

Added folder-based filtering directly from media cards:

Added the ability to select a specific source folder

Added a new File Size filter in the Query Builder,

These improvements make it easier to isolate files by folder location

Upgraded Media Insight to .NET 10, improving compatibility with the latest Microsoft runtime

Fixed a large number of bugs across indexing, browsing, filtering, selection,

Optimized many internal features to improve responsiveness, stability,

Improved general reliability across the application, especially when working

Added support for storing project data in a network-hosted MySQL database,

This new collaborative workflow makes it easier for investigative or review teams

Applied a broad performance and UI optimization pass, reducing unnecessary

Added automatic visual duplicate detection and selection,

Added a new setting to move the cache and the database

Added new basic filters in Query Builder, including:

These filters make it easier to build more precise and structured search conditions

For selected images containing GPS metadata, it is now possible to export a KML file compatible with Google Earth

Added support in Query Builder for filtering by GPS and Camera Model

These new filters can also be combined with existing conditions to build more precise search queries

Improved overall UI behavior and applied general interface refinements for a smoother experience

Added optional LM Studio Vision AI integration for local image analysis during indexing

Prompt-driven auto-grouping: images identified by the model (YES/NO response) are automatically added to the collection you choose

Non-invasive classification: does not change default logic or core categories; it only assigns a collection

Configurable settings: base URL, timeout, prompt rule, and collection name can be customized

Immediate UI feedback: collection membership can appear during indexing and is persisted after batch save

Local-first: analysis runs against your local LM Studio server (OpenAI-compatible API)

Performed a major database restructuring to support indexing and browsing

Items inside Collection/Label → Selected are now treated as a dedicated

General bug fixes and improved overall stability across all modules

Added Back and Forward buttons to quickly return to any previously applied

Fixed several generic bugs and stability issues to improve overall reliability

Added Query Builder: build complex queries through a simple and structured UI,

Introduced External Image Comparison: load images outside the indexed gallery and

Designed for investigative workflows and cross-source verification, enabling quick

Added Conditional Similarity Filters: refine similarity search by excluding or prioritizing

Introduced "Filter by already reviewed images/videos" — quickly isolate items that have

Implemented persistent navigation indexes in the database:

Optimized incremental index updates during category, label, and similarity operations

Added Semantic Search: find photos by typing natural-language descriptions,

Fixed a selection bug affecting multi-item and cross-page selections, now

Significantly improved loading speed for videos, the Map widget, and the

Added integrated video preview inside the Image / Video Analysis workspace

Introduced a full video header viewer with structured technical metadata

Dedicated video metadata extraction pipeline using ffprobe, displayed using

Improved automatic detection of extracted frames, now correctly mapped

Added per-file MD5 hashing support with new utility functions for checksum

Updated database schema to persist MD5 values for every media item

Fixed issues when loading an external or relocated database — Media Insight now detects and connects to it reliably

Separated image and video analysis pipelines: users can now enable or disable their indexing independently

This separation improves flexibility and allows faster analysis when focusing on a single media type

Optimized the global selection operation to handle extremely large volumes of files with greater stability and responsiveness

Added a quick single-page selection feature, allowing users to instantly select or deselect all items on the current gallery page with one click

Both improvements significantly enhance usability when managing thousands of media entries

Added the ability to drag and drop files onto the main window to quickly analyze only the selected items

Supports both images and videos, reusing the existing pipeline (thumbnails, indexing, DB, FAISS) without scanning entire folders

Improved Google authentication method, allowing login not only on the current device

This update overcomes security protection issues that could otherwise prevent the

Introduced an interactive Calendar Widget to visually filter images

Added a Map Widget for intuitive geographic filtering — select

Both widgets integrate seamlessly with existing filters and indexing logic

Designed to provide investigators and analysts with faster, more natural

Added a dedicated OCR control inside the Image Analysis workspace

Instantly extract and display text content from images

Supports copy-to-clipboard for fast reuse in reports or external tools

Designed for forensic and investigative workflows where text recognition

Press F6 to instantly launch a full-screen preview of all photos

Press F7 to project the same immersive preview directly onto

Designed for speed and clarity: no menus, no clicks, just one key for a

Optimized file enumeration on large disks for faster indexing

Improved tooltips for icons with clearer and more consistent wording

Index status counters aligned with the actual indexing progress

Added PRNU Fingerprint analysis for camera attribution

Ability to compute device fingerprints from image sets

Export to .fprnu files: portable device fingerprints that can be reused

Fingerprints can be imported anytime to perform image-to-camera comparisons

Designed to strengthen forensic workflows where camera source validation is required

Fixed handling of the "Known" category to ensure correct classification

Added global selection status for easier overview and management

Improved user interface consistency and visuals

Various minor bug fixes and optimizations

Made the top logo clickable to instantly clear all active filters

Improved database engine behavior under heavy batch operations, ensuring

Added support for Collections: create, organize, and filter groups of images

Added support for Labels: assign multiple tags per image for fast search and

Both features integrate with existing filters, making it easier to organize,

Added new tampering analysis tools:

Added new detection modules:

Various bug fixes and stability improvements

Added "Image Analysis" workspace with the following tools:

UI/UX: refreshed visuals, improved spacing and typography, clearer controls and tooltips, streamlined layouts

Usability: smoother navigation, consistent focus/selection behaviors, inline status messages and progress feedback

Added three new right-click menu filters:

Optimized application to also run in fully portable mode (no install required)

Fixed issues with category change not updating consistently

Fixed progressive numbering bugs during analysis and export

Dramatically reduced memory usage: analysis scales to practically unlimited files with a steady RAM footprint

Video frame extraction moved entirely to the cache — the analysis disk is never modified

Report generation optimized: faster builds and smaller output; identical content is deduplicated in exports while all occurrences (paths) remain visible in the HTML report

Refined card graphics and animations for a smoother, more polished appearance

Completely restyled tooltips with improved readability and structured EXIF display

Added one-click action to copy all EXIF data directly to clipboard from the tooltip

Minor layout adjustments for better consistency across icon and text elements

Added inline video preview on thumbnail hover for quick content inspection without opening the file

Stop Analysis now works immediately even during active video splitting, with progress bar reset and collapse

Minor stability improvements and UI responsiveness tweaks during long operations

Fixed thumbnail orientation: images now always appear correctly rotated/flipped based on EXIF data, even with disk cache enabled

Improved fallback loading to also preserve correct orientation when cache is missing or invalid

Minor optimizations in thumbnail generation and concurrency handling

Small UI cleanup for consistency

Increased max icons per row from 7 to 8 (configurable)

Icon size reduced from 20×20 to 18×18 for better fit

Improved icon wrapping: supports 2-line layout with proper vertical alignment

Card height set to 280px for consistent layout across portrait/landscape images

Filename area fixed to exactly 2 lines, clipped overflow to prevent spillover

Number overlay now always aligned top-right, even with 2 lines of icons

Removed thumbnail tooltip for cleaner UI

Added camera icon to filter all photos taken with the same device (Model preferred, fallback to Software)

Added calendar icon to filter all photos taken on the same shooting date (matches by day)

Actions lock until analysis/loading is complete, consistent with other GPS/similarity features

EXIF parsing refined for lowercase/underscore key matching in exif_full_text

Minor UI improvements to icon layout and tooltips

Added "Find nearby images" GPS icon to sort by distance from a selected image

Improved EXIF parser to correctly extract gps_info and other multi-word fields

GPS-near icon now active only after loading from database, with action locking during analysis/loading

New option to fully clear thumbnail cache when deleting index

Improved visuals and aesthetics across the app (+polished panels, spacing, typography)

Unified color palette and button styles for consistency

Subtle hover & focus states to improve accessibility

Refined About dialog and footer layout with Privacy link

Image gallery indexing and search

Filters, pagination, and drag-selection

Progressive saves and async operations

Local database (MySQL/SQLite bridge) for projects

FAISS-based similarity search integration

WPF rich UI with multi-threading support