v2.4.0

Changelog:

Features

• Use yt-dlp instead of youtube-dl (#151)
• Sponsorblock support (#183)
• Add option to use empty user-agent string for downloading certain VR videos. (#213)
• No longer ship with binaries, download them on first launch

Bugfixes

• Ignore youtube-dl config file (#190)
• Only set the default format if there are any (#212, #197)
• Fix chmod command on linux systems

v2.3.1

Changelog:

Features

• Add ffmpeg check, when the executable can't be found, extract if from the package again. (#153)

Bugfixes

• Disable log viewer button for unified playlist downloads.
• Fix the audio codec selector showing while codec selection is disabled.
• Fix variable always being null in openVideo function. (#155)
• Fix files not being copied over correctly on first start. (#153)
• Fix sentry not being able to initialize on linux builds.
• Use the old filename extractor when the new one fails. (#160, #163, #166)
• Fix linux version of youtube-dl being downloaded on a windows portable build. (#156)
• Change the product name in fix-appimage.js to open-video-downloader.
• Fix playlist metadata being accidentally cleared, resulting in playlist related output formats not working. (#148)

v2.3.0 - Open Video Downloader

Changelog:

Breaking changes

• Change visible names to Open Video Downloader (#130)

Features

• Add auto option to preferred audio qualities. (#137)
• Add rate limit option to rate limit the network speed per video. (#140)
• Add specific qualities to the global quality selector. (#52)
• Add bitrates to audio only quality selection. (#142)
• Add the option to select video/audio codecs to download. (#47)
• Add setting to always download a video or playlist. (#88)
• Add setting to disable global shortcuts. (#144)
• Save the global download type selection. (#141)
• Add log viewer (#132)
• Make cards draggable so they can be re-ordered. (#115)

Bugfixes

• Fix error handler triggering on warnings. (#125)
• Improve stability of the Open file button. (#126)
• Store user data in folder next to portable executable. (#136)

v2.2.2

Changelog:

Features:

• Shortcuts can now be used to add and download videos from the clipboard. Add: CTRL+SHIFT+V. Download: CTRL+SHIFT+D. (#101)
• The download path will now save between sessions. (#109, #119)
• All playlist related placeholders can now be used. Example: %(playlist_index) (#97, #98)
• Specify an audio format in the settings for audio only downloads. (#107)
• More error definitions with friendly errors.

Bug fixes:

• The task list saves playlist URL's instead of the individual video URL's.
• Remove the global shortcut to open dev-tools. (#106)
• Include the AtomicParsley binary to fix some rare issues.
• Show an error if there is no video metadata, upon opening the info modal.
• Don't check for updates when the portable app is used. (this previously threw an error)

v2.2.1

Changelog:

• Copied URL's now automatically show up in the URL box. (#94)
• Fixed 2 vulnerabilities in dependencies.
• Added Sentry error reporting for better troubleshooting of unhandled errors.

v2.2.0

Changelog:

Features:

• Add proxy setting to download using a proxy (#83)
• Add retry option when a download has failed/completed (#66)
• Add friendly error message when youtube-dl gets blocked by firewall (#84)
• Add language selector for subtitles and overhaul the general subtitle system (#77)
• Add when done actions, like shutting down or locking your pc when downloading finishes (#75)
• Add setting saving and youtube-dl version persistence to the portable version (#71)

Bug fixes:

• Fix download bar not showing indefinite state while loading metadata
• Fix the video delete prompt showing up on the wrong video card states (#80)
• Fix youtube-dl binaries not being redownloaded when it doesn't exist or is corrupted (#55)
• Implement additional possible fixes to counter errors with launching youtube-dl (#55)

v2.1.3

Changelog:

• Micropatch, change the data that is reported on reporting. To allow better debugging of #55.

v2.1.2

Changelog:

• Fix signature decryption failing for random mobile user agent strings, possible cause of #55
• Fix subtitles not working for unified playlists. (#65)

v2.1.1

Changelog:

• Fix bug where no audio would get downloaded when the user downloads a playlists while being authenticated with cookies (#64)
• Fix 'youtube-dl returned an empty object' error reporting. (#55)

v2.1.0

Changelog:

• Save and restore the task list when the app gets restarted (closes #46)
• Add an option to download video only (closes #43)
• Prompt the user before deleting a downloading video (closes #54)
• Select or create a custom filename format to output your downloads in (closes #48)
• Add a setting to download auto-generated subtitles (closes #53)