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@PrestonN PrestonN released this 27 Oct 01:46
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Summary

Our Video Player has undergone a massive overhaul. We have switched from video.js to shaka-player. This allows us to add allot of new features and fix many issues. Notably, it's now possible to watch higher quality video streams. A massive thank you to @absidue for their help and support on this!

This is a very large change to how we handle things. If you happen to see anything that seems broken compared to the last release, please consider commenting about it in the thread below so that we can look at it.

For users hoping to import their subscriptions from YouTube, the process should be much quicker and a lot smoother since we no longer fetch thumbnail information when importing from YouTube. The channel thumbnails in the sidebar will be populated as you navigate around the app.

We would also like to thank all the translators that make FreeTube more accessible to all of our users!

Note

The setting Export Playlists For Older FreeTube Versions will be deprecated in v0.24.0. This setting was introduced in v0.20.0 when we launched our full-fledged User Playlists. This allowed users to export their playlists into one big playlist and import the file into FreeTube versions older than v0.20.0. This setting is being deprecated because we don't recommend sticking with older versions of FreeTube. It is highly recommended that you upgrade to the latest version of FreeTube ff you are still using an outdated version of FreeTube.

Note

This will be the last release to support macOS 10.15, as Electron v33.0.0 does not support this OS version. MacOS 11 (Big Sur) or later will be required to run future versions of FreeTube.

Features

  • Migrate video player from video.js to shaka-player by @absidue in #4978
  • Local API: Use IOS HLS manifest for livestreams by @absidue in #5705
  • Add a videos tab to artist topic channels by using YouTube's auto-generated playlists on the local API by @absidue in #5661
  • Implement persistent subscription cache by @PikachuEXE in #5185
  • Add ability to see comment replies of community posts through Invidious by @ChunkyProgrammer in #5589
  • Display video tags in search results with the Invidious API by @ChunkyProgrammer in #5590
  • Add support for Invidious instances that require the Basic authentication scheme to access them by @absidue in #5569
  • Implement case sensitive search in history by @PikachuEXE in #5446
  • Proxy live streams when "Proxy Videos Through Invidious" is enabled by @absidue in #5649
  • Add support for copying hashtag and post links from the context menu by @absidue in #5538 and #5760
  • Add a GPU Internals entry to the View menu by @absidue in #5550
  • Add support for Belarusian locale by @aliaksandr-trush in #5841
  • Add Playlist Sort By Video Duration by @Hoverth in #5627

Fixes

  • Don't make requests when importing subscriptions by @ChunkyProgrammer in #5617
  • Update playlist import to only add duplicate playlist items if the playlist already contained duplicates by @PikachuEXE in #5783
  • Fix the shorts tab being empty on the Local API by @absidue in #5679
  • Fix persistent cache incorrectly having higher priority then auto fetch feed option by @PikachuEXE in #5743
  • Fix video start time handling by @absidue in #5719
  • Fix long comments overflowing and breaking the layout by @absidue in #5774
  • Local API: Fix error when a community post has no likes by @absidue in #5759
  • Fix loading from search cache failing when no features are selected by @absidue in #5775
  • Fix subscriptions CSV import shortening channel names by @absidue in #5793
  • Fix hashtag page not using Invidious API when it should by @ChunkyProgrammer in #5794
  • fix cmd+m shortcut to minimize the window on macos and not mute the video by @jacopo-degattis in #5829
  • Fix saving Invidious thumbnail URLs for subscriptions by @absidue in #5662
  • Fix about page not reacting to locale changes by @absidue in #5393
  • Do not overwrite cache entries when hitting RSS ratelimits by @absidue in #5756
  • Fix playback of VOD/non-live videos with Invidious by @absidue in #5654
  • Fix audio track selection by @absidue in #5697
  • Properly handle Arabic hashtags by @absidue in #5545
  • Fix a few memory leaks while tearing down the player by @absidue in #5698
  • Lowercase hls manifest type to match the parser name shaka player registers by @MarmadileManteater in #5648
  • Fix wrong live stream playlist used for subscriptions by @ChunkyProgrammer in #5876
  • Fix no comment detection by @PikachuEXE in #5879
  • Fix subscriptions double loading on launch by @absidue in #5930
  • Fix seek bar thumbnail overflowing when exiting full screen by @absidue in #5929
  • Fix subscription tab hiding not working on launch by @absidue in #5925
  • Set download links on Watch even if there are no caption links by @MarmadileManteater in #5916

Changes

Known Issues

When using the Local API or the Invidious API it is possible that you will run into issues due to YouTube IP blocks. Please try to use a different Invidious Instance, VPN or proxy when you encounter those issues.

New Contributors

Full Changelog: v0.21.3-beta...v0.22.0-beta

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