What's new in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.12.0 Beta 2
Dec 29, 2023
- Fixed an issue where split chapters were not renamed correctly (#710)
- Fixed an issue where videos would not download greater than 1080p resolution (#696)
- Fixed an issue where preferring AV1 codec would not properly select av1 videos (#711)
- Parabolic will now remember the chosen file type for generic downloads (#705)
- Redesigned the interface for the Windows app (#688)
- Parabolic no longer depends on psutil (#687)
- Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.12.0 Beta 1 (Dec 25, 2023)
- Fixed an issue where split chapters were not renamed correctly (#710)
- Fixed an issue where videos would not download greater than 1080p resolution (#696)
- Parabolic will now remember the chosen file type for generic downloads (#705)
- Redesigned the interface for the Windows app (#688)
- Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.11.1 (Nov 25, 2023)
- Fixed an issue where SponsorBlock was not working (#552)
- Fixed an issue where some downloads' metadata was no longer downloaded correctly (#680)
- Fixed an issue where audio only downloads did not respect the selected format (#680)
- Fixed an issue where adding a URL via CLI caused the application to crash (#684)
- Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.11.0 RC 1 (Nov 16, 2023)
- Parabolic is now available for Windows using Windows App SDK and WinUI 3 (#625)
- Added support for auto-generated subtitles from English (#642)
- Added the ability to turn off downloading auto-generated subtitles (#629)
- Added the advanced option to prefer the adv1 codec for video downloads (#630)
- Added the "Best" resolution when downloading videos to allow Parabolic to pick the highest resolution for each video download (#613)
- A URL can now be passed to Parabolic via the command-line or the freedesktop application open protocol to trigger its validation of startup (#628)
- Improved the design of the Preferences dialog to allow for better searching of options
- Fixed an issue where aria's max connections per server preference was allowed to be greater than 16 (#627)
- Fixed an issue where enabling the "Download Specific Timeframe" advanced option would cause a crash for certain media downloads (#631)
- Fixed an issue where stopping all downloads would cause the app to crash (#655)
- Fixed an issue where some videos were not validated correctly (#651)
- Updated to GNOME 45 runtime with latest libadwaita design (#647)
- Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.11.0 Beta 2 (Nov 11, 2023)
- Parabolic is now available for Windows using Windows App SDK and WinUI 3 (#625)
- Added support for auto-generated subtitles from English (#642)
- Added the ability to turn off downloading auto-generated subtitles (#629)
- A URL can now be passed to Parabolic via the command-line or the freedesktop application open protocol to trigger its validation of startup (#628)
- Improved the design of the Preferences dialog to allow for better searching of options
- Fixed an issue where aria's max connections per server preference was allowed to be greater than 16 (#627)
- Fixed an issue where enabling the "Download Specific Timeframe" advanced option would cause a crash for certain media downloads (#631)
- Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.9.1 (Nov 10, 2023)
- Added an option to disable embedding subtitles in a file and instead download them in a separate file (#597)
- Added the ability to specify ""all"" in the subtitle languages list to download all available languages (#596)
- Fixed an issue where empty subtitles were sometimes embedded (#599)
- Fixed an issue where arte.tv links were not validating thanks to a yt-dlp update (#598 , #603)
- If embedding subtitles fails, Parabolic will automatically save them to separate files instead (#597)
- Improved Parabolic's display of progress in taskbar (dock) (#610)
- Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.11.0 Beta 1 (Nov 4, 2023)
- Parabolic is now available for Windows using Windows App SDK and WinUI 3 (#625)
- Fixed an issue where aria's max connections per server preference was allowed to be greater than 16 (#627)
- Fixed an issue where enabling the "Download Specific Timeframe" advanced option would cause a crash for certain media downloads (#631)
- Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.8.3 RC 1 (Aug 24, 2023)
- Added a new advanced download option to split chapters
- Added a new preference to enable SponsorBlock for YouTube downloads
- Updated translations
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.8.2 (Aug 18, 2023)
- Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.8.1 Beta 2 (Aug 7, 2023)
- Added the option to prevent suspend while using Parabolic (#519)
- Improved bitrate used for audio-only downloads with the best quality (#507)
- Parabolic will now prefer videos with the h264 codec when downloading in the mp4 format. If space is a concern, users are recommended to download in the webm format which uses the vp* codec (#520)
- Fixed an issue where downloads with specific timeframes would download incorrectly (#509)
- Fixed an issue where Parabolic would be unusable on systems without NetworkManager installed (#513)
- Fixed an issue where Parabolic would say no active internet connection even though there was a connection established (#518)
- Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.8.1 Beta 1 (Aug 4, 2023)
- Improved bitrate used for audio-only downloads with the best quality (#507)
- Fixed an issue where downloads with specific timeframes would download incorrectly (#509)
- Fixed an issue where Parabolic would be unusable on systems without NetworkManager installed (#513)
- Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.8.0 (Aug 4, 2023)
- Added buttons to select or deselect all items in a playlist (#478)
- Added a proxy setting in Preferences (#485)
- Parabolic will now check for an active network connection (#476)
- Fixed an issue where docs were not available when running Parabolic via snap (#492)
- Fixed an issue where History wasn't saved correctly in json (#494)
- Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.8.0 RC 3 (Jul 31, 2023)
- Added buttons to select or deselect all items in a playlist (#478)
- Added a proxy setting in Preferences (#485)
- Parabolic will now check for an active network connection (#476)
- Fixed an issue where docs were not available when running Parabolic via snap (#492)
- Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.8.0 RC 2 (Jul 31, 2023)
- This release fixes an issue in which the new proxy setting wasn't working.
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.7.3 RC 1 (Jul 22, 2023)
- Added a History dialog to manage previously downloaded videos
- Improved Keyring Dialog design
- Updated translations
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.7.2 (Jul 21, 2023)
- Added the ability to select a download's audio language if more than one are available (#444)
- Added the option to allow for only Windows-supported characters in filenames (#441)
- Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.7.1 RC 1 (Jul 6, 2023)
- In this release we fixed the bug where excessive logging was causing high CPU usage, now it decreased significantly.
- Also, when downloading a playlist, a media position will be written to the tag's track property.
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.7.0 (Jul 2, 2023)
- Fixed an issue where the Help page couldn't be accessed after the name change (#424)
- Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.6.2 RC 1 (Jun 22, 2023)
- Added a "Help" item in the main menu to display yelp docs about Tube Converter (#385)
- Recently completed downloads will be shown first in the completed group instead of being appended last (#374)
- Tube Converter will now automatically select the xdg-download folder as the save folder if no previous folder is available (#389)
- Fixed a performance issue with displaying logs when the logs were large in size (#375)
- Fixed an issue where the app would crash if the authentication credentials were invalid (#373)
- Fixed an issue where some supported URLs could not be validated (#386)
- Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.6.2 Beta 1 (Jun 18, 2023)
- Recently completed downloads will be shown first in the completed group instead of being appended last
- Fixed a performance issue with displaying logs when the logs were large in size
- Fixed an issue where the app would crash if the authentication credentials were invalid
- Updated translations
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.6.1 Beta 2 (Jun 10, 2023)
- Added authentication options when adding a download if needed (#322)
- Added a Keyring to store credentials that can be used when authenticating (#327)
- Added the ability to embed chapters in a download
- Playlist validation is a lot faster now (#310)
- The "Number Titles" switch's state will now be remembered and used again for future downloads (#324)
- The previous "Video Resolution" will be remembered and pre-selected if available for future downloads (#332)
- Comment, Description, and Synopsis fields will no longer be embedded in metadata (#326)
- Fixed an issue where some websites were not validated (#340)
- Fixed an issue where the incorrect file extension was sometimes shown for generic downloads
- Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.6.0 Beta 2 (May 29, 2023)
- Added the ability to upload a cookie file to use for media downloads that require a login (#251)
- Added support for downloading media as M4A (#261)
- Added more configurable options for aria2 downloader (#198)
- Added options to configure when completed download notifications are shown (#272)
- Added the ability to clear completed downloads (#268)
- Tube Converter will check the clipboard for a valid media url on startup and when AddDownloadDialog is opened (#268)
- Fixed an issue that prevented downloading m3u8 streams (#198)
- Fixed an issue that prevented downloading media to NTFS drives (#284)
- Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.6.0 Beta 1 (May 28, 2023)
- Aded the ability to upload a cookie file to use for media downloads that require a login (#251)
- Added support for downloading media as M4A (#261)
- Added more configurable options for aria2 downloader (#198)
- Added options to configure when completed download notifications are shown (#272)
- Added the ability to clear completed downloads (#268)
- Tube Converter will check the clipboard for a valid media url on startup and when AddDownloadDialog is opened (#268)
- Fixed an issue that prevented downloading m3u8 streams (#198)
- Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.5.0 Beta 1 (May 8, 2023)
- Added the ability to stop all downloads (#208)
- Added the ability to retry all failed downloads (#208)
- Added the ability to clear queued downloads (#208)
- Redesigned user interface (WinUI #205)
- Fixed an issue where some downloads could not be stopped and retried (#222)
- Fixed an issue where some users would experience random crashing when downloading (GNOME #199)
- Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.4.1 (Apr 12, 2023)
- Added the ability to open a download file directly instead of just the save folder
- Fixed an issue where embedding metadata would cause some downloads to fail
- Fixed an issue where some file formats and qualities could not be downloaded
- Fixed an issue where the system tray icon caused the application to crash
- Fixed random GTK crashing issues users were experiencing
- Updated translations
New in Nickvision Tube Converter 2023.4.0 (Apr 10, 2023)
- Added the ability to run downloads in the background (#99):
- GNOME - Off by default
- WinUI - On by default
- Fixed an issue where extra escape characters were added in video titles (#133 #141)
- Fixed an issue where the save folder could not be changed on Windows 10 (#113)
- Improved the UX of adding a download (GNOME #139)
- Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)