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Releases: trizen/youtube-viewer

Version 3.2.6

04 Sep 19:04
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  • Workaround for 500 read timeout errors. (#140, dcc5d1c)
  • Improved the accuracy of youtube-viewer -SV. (743d8eb)
  • Minor fix in youtube-viewer when it takes input from another command. (45e1280)

Version 3.2.5

28 Jan 17:01
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* gtk-youtube-viewer

  • Added support for the st terminal. (Thanks to @ubone - #128) (6034ee7, 4c83ee0)
  • Added auto-detection for the termite terminal emulator. (0578579)
  • Updated the default provided channels. (9539dfc)
  • In audio-only mode, the --resolution=audio flag is now passed to youtube-viewer, which may result in better quality audio streams. (a092f3b)
  • The clear_search_list config-option is now true by default. (a1a0c9f)
  • Minor improvements in the threading system. (11bf4c3)

* youtube-viewer

  • Added the --auto-captions command-line option, which enables auto-generated captions. (9be3775)
  • Added the --fat32safe command-line option, which makes filenames FAT32-safe, by replacing certain characters with closer alternatives. (2a48d4e)
  • Minor documentation improvements.

* Internals

  • Opus audio format (251) is now preferred over Vorbis (171). (Thanks to @jaccc - #134) (7fd11d0)
  • Added the experimental auto_captions config-option (disabled by default). (9be3775)
  • Added the Accept-Encoding header to HTTPS requests. (1dea6ba)
  • Config option dash_mp4_audio is now enabled by default. (00b3d0e)

Version 3.2.4

04 Sep 15:12
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What's new

  • Added the youtube_viewer_args config option, which allows passing command-line arguments to the instance of CLI youtube-viewer which is executed by gtk-youtube-viewer. (2998e96)

Changes

  • List::Util>=1.33 is no longer required, as it is out-of-date in some distributions of Linux and rendered gtk-youtube-viewer unusable. (d2944ee)

Version 3.2.3

29 Jul 14:55
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What's new

  • Redesigned the right-click menu in gtk-youtube-viewer. (8edf2a7)
  • Added the Audio only option in gtk-youtube-viewer (#122, 1cc2ddd)

Improvements

  • Improved the support for saved channels in gtk-youtube-viewer. (c8e3be1)
  • Better algorithm in gtk-youtube-viewer for sorting the history entries in search-autocomplete. (11c06bc)

Changes

  • Changed the key-binding for the comments window, from CTRL+F to CTRL+C. (a40fc3b)

Version 3.2.2

02 Jun 00:17
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What's new

  • Support for live streams. (598be61)
  • Added the --highlight option to highlight watched videos. (e7aff75, #119)
  • Added the --extract-file=s option to extract information to a file. (f30b0da, #113)

Fixes and improvements

  • Better detection of an empty description. (21bb9d8)
  • Fixed the "Negative repeat count" warning in youtube-viewer. (080d2da, #120)
  • Fixed and improved the -W option (--fixed-width) to always fit the results correctly. (ca11e78)
  • Minor fix in gtk-youtube-viewer in displaying the YouTube URL in error messages. (99c1509)

Version 3.2.1

27 Feb 19:28
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What's new

  • Re-added the support for mplayer (077a952)
  • Added support for unbounded ranges (fccdd0e) (#114)
  • Enabled read/write support for comments (5ca0a15)
  • Added the --channel-playlists=id option (64d43a9)
  • Added --no-ytdl to mpv to load YouTube streams faster. (ec68999)

Bug-fixes

  • Fixed the --page=n option (1bdaee4)
  • Fixed the --dislike=id option (b578977)
  • Fixed the :next stdin option in playlists context.
  • Fixed the :play=n stdin option when --extract is in use (ca3e646)
  • Fixed some potential bugs in detecting the home, cache and config directory (d5c4ecd)

Version 3.2.0

18 Dec 02:51
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What's new:

  • Updated the video and audio itags (179542b)
  • Added support for YouTube comments (read-only) (8ae4e3d)
  • Added support for subscribing to a channel (-S=channel_id)
  • Added the --subs-order=s option to change the order of subscriptions.
  • Added support for SMPlayer in gtk-youtube-viewer (#108) (2b8c964)

Changes:

  • The support for mplayer is gone (however, see: #109) (3e06ff4)
  • Removed the --cache and --lower-cache options.

Bug-fixes:

  • Fixed the --hd! option and documented --vd=s (cbe62b0)
  • Fixed the -D option for playlists. (f6db32f)

Version 3.1.9

01 Jul 18:25
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What's new:

  • Added history input support for gtk-youtube-viewer (enabled by default) (d8d6862)
  • Fixed the --category=ID option which searches in videos from a specific category ID. (4d2fb32)
  • Changed the behavior of subscriptions -- now it displays subscribed channels instead. (a075819, aff24e5)

Changes:

  • sprintf() format is no longer supported in video player values. (73ae202)
  • Many combo box selections from gtk-youtube-viewer are no longer saved inside the config file. (32faa61, d50b309)

Bug-fixes:

  • All thumbnails are now displayed correctly.

Version 3.1.8

05 Jun 09:32
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What's new:

  • Added the --channel-id option which searches only in videos from a given channel ID. (aaf9bff)
  • When not authenticated, youtube-viewer now tries to get past age gates. (thanks to @Jookia) (#89)
  • Added support to play videos with encrypted signatures at 1080p or higher. (when available) (b453b6e)
  • Video players now use the title of the video as window title. (2d11a58)

Improvements:

  • Improved the detection of the cache directory. (a4542e8)
  • Improved the support for closed-captions (en now detects en-GB) (ee3341e)
  • Improved the support to deal with videos that have encrypted signatures. (thanks to @Jookia) (#88)

Bug-fixes:

  • Fixed the :dv=i stdin youtube-viewer option. (29e9452)
  • Fixed and improved the support for HTTP(S) proxies. (thanks to @Jookia) (#86)
  • Fixed -A and -B youtube-viewer options to stop on the last/first page. (d230b3c)
  • --hl=lang option is now respected correctly. (0130fd7)

Version 3.1.7

23 May 15:26
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Changes:

  • Fixed the search for YouTube channels in youtube-viewer (--channels) (40427dc).
  • Fixed the --page=i option; it works correctly now. (9f391f6)
  • Added native support for playing YouTube videos by URL in players that support this feature, such as vlc and mpv (662ece8)
  • Re-added the support to favorite videos (--favorite) and to add videos into a given playlist (--ps) (e164b31).