Release v0.13.2 Beta

Hotfix

• Fixes issue where videos were not loading properly with the Local API.
  • With this fix, some information may not be available at times. Please see this issue for updates and more information. We will stay up to date and publish a new release when a fix is available.

Comments

• Sorry for the wait, and thank you for your patience!

Release v0.13.1 Beta

Fixes

• Age-restricted videos should now be available again (although they might be slower to fetch)
• SponsorBlock: The player will no longer notify the user of a sponsor segment skip repeatedly when a segment lasts until the end of the video
• Search: All duration and 'Last Hour' upload date filters should now work correctly
• Comment likes are now visible again
• The trending page is functioning correctly again
• Fixed an issue where FreeTube's RPM package would sometimes conflict with other rpm packages when trying to install

Release v0.13.0 Beta

Features

• Sponsorblock support, disabled by default, can be enabled in the settings page (our reasoning for this is properly explained by this disclaimer and we recommend all of the users who will make use of this feature to read that section)
• The logic for changing quality in DASH formats has been revamped, it now displays 60fps / HDR options and it fixes the issue where your selected quality wasn't being persisted (please let us know if something doesn't work correctly with this implementation)
• Automatic video meta file removal option (reduces memory footprint)
• A dedicated button at the top bar to open a second window of FreeTube

Fixes

• Custom Emotes in live stream chats are now smaller in order to fit better with the rest of the text
• YouTube search suggestions are now transferred fully encrypted (HTTPS) due to a yt-suggest module update
• The publication timestamp for suggested videos is now properly displayed again
• The default profile should now always load on startup (if you notice it doesn't do so, please see #1114 (comment))
• The trending page and the video comments now work in Europe again
• The version flag that can be used from the command line no longer starts the app
• Captions should now be consistently displayed on videos instead of failing to load
• Videos marked as watched can now be imported during history import
• Channels with a large amount of related channels no longer cause errors when accessing them
• Subscriptions should now always properly load on startup
• Inputting a playlist link into the search textbox now makes the app properly change to the respective playlist page
  when the user is already viewing another playlist
• Inputting any kind of channel link into the search textbox now makes the app navigate to the correct channel
• Videos on the trending page which do not have views disabled no longer cause the trending page to fail

Changes

• The icons on the left panel are now all equal in size
• The naming convention of acronyms such as HTTP and DASH have now been consistently enforced in the English language file
• All YouTube links should now open in FreeTube instead of opening in the web browser
• Videos added with 'Mark as watched' now display the publishing date on the history page
• Parent windows can now be closed without closing all children windows
• The full window button is no longer displayed when playing a video in full screen mode
• The "toggle theatre mode" button in the video page now displays a TV icon (was previously an expanding arrows icon)
• The autoplay counter on a toast will now be updated on a new toast every second
• Added new languages: Norwegian Bokmal, Norwegian Nynorsk, Ukrainian, Icelandic
• Added new language for countries list: Icelandic

Comments

We'd like to thank all of the contributors for this release. Without you, this changelog would look a lot more barren :^)

Release v0.12.0 Beta

Features

• Updated to Electron v12
  • This enables Video Acceleration for Linux users. Your GPU will now assist in watching videos, lowering CPU usage (Windows / Mac users already have this)
• You can now hide the playlists tab with the Distraction Free Settings
• You can now customize the time interval when FreeTube will wait before playing the next video. Setting this to 0 seconds will play the next video immediately
• When adding channels to a profile, you can now select which profile you are referencing to grab from instead of always showing the "All Channels" profile
• Video URLs now check for the t parameter and will navigate to that time in the video

Fixes

• The Channel module in the local API has been updated to fix several issues
  • Featured Channels are shown again
  • Pagination is working again
  • Search is working again
• The Comments module in the local API has been updated to fix the issue where sorting by newest wasn't consistently working
• The module for live chat in the local API has a temporary patch to get it working again
• Persistent media notifications now show more information instead of just the title of the video
• Links in the description that are hashes will no longer crash the application
• The time a video was published is now shown in the video recommendations section (Local API only)
• The app will no longer play the next video automatically if you decide to replay the current video
• The CLI will no longer redirect to search if it found an invalid URL. This fixes certain issues where FreeTube would navigate to the search page on startup

Changes

• New Icon for Windows / Mac / Linux systems. This Windows / Linux icon was created and used by the Papirus Icon Theme and is created by varlesh. The Mac icon is created by creepertron95. Thank you very much for the icons!
• The build scripts now support building for ARMv7l. Expect to see these in the nightly builds and possibly the main website here soon
• Sorting channel playlists by oldest is now removed as YouTube has removed this functionality on their site. It is no longer possible to obtain this information

Comments

A lot of these new changes and features are from recent pull requests, so thank you very much to the contributors who helped towards this release!

Release v0.11.3 Beta

Features

• The search bar / input bars now automatically fills with the suggestions that are selected (e.g. when moving with arrow keys)

Fixes

• The Channels / Subscriptions modules have been updated to fix the recent issues with pagination
• The Comments module has been updated to use the new method for obtaining comments

Changes

• Watch / Search / Playlist modules have been updated to their latest revisions

Known Issues

• Live Chat is currently not working. We're waiting for an upstream fix. Once a fix is available I'll upload a new release

Release v0.11.2 Beta

Features

• Added some touch controls for devices with a touch screen. Double tap full screen and hold tap to pause are now supported
• Comments have been given some reworked logic. Grabbing comments should now be faster. It also fixes the issue where Flatpak builds were being redirected to search when attempting to load comments

Fixes

• Fixed a network leak when using the proxy setting with certain modules
• The Trending page works correctly again with the local API
• Fixed an issue where OPML files were not importing properly
• The "Load More" button should now show up in the Playlists tab properly
• Tweaked the logic that determines when to force a 16:9 aspect ratio. It should now be enforced on more box like videos
• Search should no longer allow more searches if no more results are found (Local API only)
• The PiP player should apply it's logic properly when history is disabled

Changes

• Saved videos in the playlist page are now sorted by the latest video saved instead of the other way around
• Updated the endpoint for grabbing the active Invidious instances to the new URL (https://api.invidious.io)
• Added a link to the Invidious instance page in the settings page

Release v0.11.1 Beta

Hotfix

• Revert module update to fix search in local API.

Sorry to make everyone update again!

Release v0.11.0 Beta

Features

• Basic Video save / favorites functionality. This will be adjusted when full playlists is implemented and is currently located in the Playlists tab. Any videos saved to this list will automatically get moved to a "Favorites" playlist once playlists are fully implemented
• Proxy support is now an option. This tunnels all network traffic from FreeTube to a proxy of your choice. Tor proxies are also supported. Find the option in settings
• The About page has been updated to give more updated information and include some extra links to various places
• You can now set a video to automatically loop when it ends. Us the new loop button found in the video controls
• You can now hide the list of channels that show in the side bar. Find the toggle in the distraction free settings
• Watching videos now prevents your display from suspending
• You can now paste Playlist and Embed URLs into the search bar to directly open them in their appropriate pages. This is also the case when using browser extensions to open these URLs

Fixes

• Rewritten the check for updates logic to work better for certain numbers
• Fixed an issue where opening a link via CLI wasn't working
• Fixed a problem where Ctrl + C wasn't functioning properly on a video page
• Fixed an issue where navigating away from a video when full window mode was enabled would prevent the user from scrolling
• Fixed an issue where upcoming videos couldn't be opened
• Fixed an issue where 0 likes or dislikes would be displayed as NaN
• Fixed an issue where duplicates in the new YouTube subscriptions.json file would appear multiple times in the subscription list
• Fixed a network leak that was sending image requests to the selected Invidious server when viewing playlists on a channel page on the local API
• Fixed an issue where cached search results wouldn't grab the next page properly
• Fixed an issue where long descriptions of a video would cause a list of videos to look strange when using the list layout
• Flatpak installs should now show a persistent notification to pause videos through the OS like the other installs do

Changes

• The video player now resizes to video content better to prevent black bars in non 16:9 aspect ratios
• The video page layout has been tweaked to look better when recommendations / live chat / playlists are hidden
• The history page no longer darkens the videos shown
• A link on how to import subscriptions from other services and to the profile manager has been added to the settings page
• Added new language: Galician
• Added new region for trending page: Hong Kong

Release v0.10.0 Beta

Features

• You can now expand the video player to fit the entire application window. You can find the toggle within the video player. You can also use the s key to toggle it
• PiP mode can now be toggled with the d key

Fixes

• The watch page now provides all data again (local API)
• Search is fully functional again, including search filters and pagination (local API)
• Playlist functionality is fully functional again (local API)

Changes

• Videos that have been marked as watched have been given a new look to be more visible than before
• Some elements of the video player menu has been rearranged to match the layout between legacy and DASH videos
• Added new locales: Slovak
• Various translation updates

Comments

I want to give a big shout out to the community for this update. This update is comprised of mostly pull requests created by the community for FreeTube. Thank you so much for your help and support!

Release v0.9.3 Beta

Features

• The import / export subscriptions options now includes options for the new YouTube import format. Check out the new instructions here for how to import your subscriptions.
• You can now scrub through a video frame by frame using the , (comma) and . (period) keys on your keyboard.
• The title of a video is now displayed in the top corner if the video is full screen.

Fixes

• Updated video extractor module for the local API again, further fixing errors with retrieving videos
• Playlist and Search extractors have been updated and should be working again. Some functionality is still missing however.
• Hidden toast elements no longer block UI elements
• The Like / Dislike icons are now hidden when "Hide Likes / Dislikes" is enabled

Changes

• Errors from YouTube in the local API should now return messages in your preferred locale
• Taiwan has been added as an option for the Region for Trending
• Various Translation Updates
• Electron has been updated to v11

Other

• Nightly builds now have a build number associated with them to better indicate that you are running a nightly build versus release
• Builds are no longer zipped, except when required like for the portable versions

Known Issues

• The local API sometimes doesn't return Recommended videos when watching a video
• Playlist information does not return channel information or playlist description (Local API)
• Search only returns the first page of a query (Local API)
• Search cannot take advantage of search filters (Local API)