What's new in FastStream Video Player for Chrome 1.3.6
Apr 29, 2024
- Bug Fixes:
- Fixed certain keyboard commands, such as copy and paste, not working on Youtube
- Reduced volume snap sensitivity #133
- Fixed issue where FastStream is playing while another video is also playing. #124
New in FastStream Video Player for Chrome 1.3.5 (Apr 18, 2024)
- Bug fix:
- Fixed windowed fullscreen not working on certain websites. #128
New in FastStream Video Player for Chrome 1.3.4 (Apr 11, 2024)
- New Features:
- Windowed fullscreen mode is now available. Toggle it by clicking the rectangle icon. (Or ALT + click on fullscreen icon).
- Drag and drop now also supports mkv and webm file extensions
- Version number is now visible in settings #126
- Bug fixes:
- Fixed subtitles not enabling themselves when files are dragged into the player
- Fixed XML subtitle files not rendering styling tags correctly (EG italics on Youtube)
New in FastStream Video Player for Chrome 1.3.3 (Mar 29, 2024)
- New features:
- Custom Youtube URLS are now possible to make FastStream work with Invidious instances #120
- Bug fixes:
- Fixed download issue on some HLS videos #121
New in FastStream Video Player for Chrome 1.3.2 (Mar 20, 2024)
- New features:
- Added option to toggle preview (visible when hovering over seeker). Turn off if you have CPU or network limitations.
- Bug fixes:
- Fixed DASH failing to abort requests when seeking. Seeking should now be much faster on Youtube.
- Fixed preview player errors. It should now reload the preload player if it fails.
- Other:
- Upgraded Youtube.js
- Minified library modules (reduce package size)
New in FastStream Video Player for Chrome 1.3.1 (Mar 16, 2024)
- New features:
- Keybinds added for flipping and rotating the video #109
- Bug fixes:
- Fixed failed fragments freezing dash player
- Fixed silence skipper clipping audio
- Fixed russian translation #115
- Fixed dash player failing to switch qualities across different tracks (dash.js goof).
- Fixed subtitle settings input boxes overflowing in Firefox
- Fixed subtitle setting input boxes being unclickable
- Split icons across multiple files to attempt fixing #117
New in FastStream Video Player for Chrome 1.3.0 (Mar 14, 2024)
- New Features:
- Loop tool now has GIF button. Click to make a short GIF.
- Volume and playback rate are now persistent. FastStream will now remember volume and playbackrates. A small banner has been added to display the current values. Removed default playback rate setting as a consequence.
- Drag up while seeking to enter precise seek mode temporarily. You can also click and drag the control bar upwards to enable it until you close it by dragging down.
- FastStream will now analyze the audio of the video as well as the video with the bottom timeline open. It looks very pretty!
- Hold SHIFT and click the playback rate button to toggle silence skipper. It will automatically speed up the video when the audio is below a threshold.
- New keybinds! You can now Mute, Toggle Captions, and Skip Chapter using keybinds. #100 #102 #97
- Seek Small keybinds have been replaced with Seek Frame with 1/60 steps. #99
- Maximum video file size has been lowered to 5GB by default (See #91) This can be changed in the settings page. Please be mindful of your computer's storage space when changing this setting. Browsers will offload data in the RAM to the SSD if the video is too large. Frequently pre-buffering large videos can reduce the lifespan of your SSD.
- Added support for Bilibili videos.
- Bugfixes:
- Clamped scrolling sensitivity for volume controls. #107
- Dragging playback rate button into hidden bar now works. #105
- Dash player should now set quality level correctly.
- Technical Details:
- Many things have been refactored. Expect to see exotic bugs!
- DashJS has been upgraded to V5.0.0 early to take advantage of new features. It should theoretically be better.
- hls.js has been upgraded as well.
New in FastStream Video Player for Chrome 1.2.25 (Mar 5, 2024)
- New features:
- Controls will now hide instantly when mouse leaves player #93
- Click and holding down on the video will now play the video at 2x #95
- Clicking on the FastStream icon on a new-tab player will now allow you to disable source collection #94
- Maximum file size limit for enabling predownloader is now configurable #91
- Translations:
- Added Russian translations, courtesy of @elfriob
New in FastStream Video Player for Chrome 1.2.24 (Feb 29, 2024)
- New Features:
- Tool buttons can now be customized. Click and hold to start reorder mode.
- Added loop tool. Can use to make the player loop a specific segment of the video. #90
- Timestamps links will now seek the player on Youtube. #83
New in FastStream Video Player for Chrome 1.2.23 (Feb 22, 2024)
- Fixes Youtube player failing due to API change #86
New in FastStream Video Player for Chrome 1.2.22 (Feb 20, 2024)
- Bug fixes:
- Refactored the audio node network. It should now work with >2 channel audio formats correctly.
- Fixed issue where mono audio only played through the left speakers #78
New in FastStream Video Player for Chrome 1.2.21 (Feb 19, 2024)
- Added audio crosstalk cancellation module, as requested by a reviewer several months ago.
New in FastStream Video Player for Chrome 1.2.20 (Feb 14, 2024)
- Default target speed is now unlimited. Default units are now mbps.
- Video replacer algorithm is improved. It should find the top-level player element more effectively.
New in FastStream Video Player for Chrome 1.2.19.1 (Jan 30, 2024)
- Fixed volume slider not working
New in FastStream Video Player for Chrome 1.2.19 (Jan 27, 2024)
- Bug fixes:
- Refactored the interface code. Opening a menu will now close other open menus.
- Fixed miniplayer not appearing on certain sites
- New Features:
- Video qualities can now be collected from multiple tracks on DASH streams. This allows for FastStream to discover higher quality streams on websites such as Youtube.
New in FastStream Video Player for Chrome 1.2.8 (Dec 7, 2023)
- Fixed Youtube age restricted videos failing to play
- Fixed #36 , up and down arrows will not be captured on Youtube.