V2023.6.1

A More Customizable Tube Converter 🛠️

V2023.6.1 is here! This release is packed with new features and fixes that make Tube Converter faster, more customizable, and easier to use.

There are too many features to describe out here so I encourage you to read the full changelog below!

Continued thanks to @fsobolev and @DaPigGuy who continuously work with me to implement and test all of these features. @soumyaDghosh for managing snap and all other contributors, feature requesters, bug testers, and translators who continue to make Tube Converter the best that it can be :) ❤️

Full Changelog 📃

• 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 advanced download option to specify a specific timeframe of a media to download (#105)
• Added the ability to embed chapters in a download (#338)
• Added the ability to turn on automatically cropping audio thumbnails (#342)
• Added the ability to specify a comma-separated list of language codes for subtitle downloading (#162)
• Improved the speed of playlist validation (#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, Synopsis and Purl fields will no longer be embedded in metadata (#326)
• If a download fails and was not stopped, Tube Converter will automatically retry it one more time (#343)
• 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!)

Install 🧑‍💻

GNOME

Flathub

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub org.nickvision.tubeconverter
flatpak run org.nickvision.tubeconverter

Snap

sudo snap install tube-converter

AUR

The tube-converter package

Manually

• Download the org.nickvision.tubeconverter-x64.flatpak file from the assets below
• Run flatpak install org.nickvision.tubeconverter-x64.flatpak from the directory containing the .flatpak file
• Run flatpak run org.nickvision.tubeconverter//master to start the app! (You should also see it in your app grid)

V2023.6.1-rc1

A More Customizable Tube Converter 🛠️

Release Candidate 1 of V2023.6.1 is here! This release is packed with features, so lets get right into it!

Compared to beta 2, we added the ability to specify a specific timeframe of a media to download in Advanced Options. This will use ffmpeg as the downloader instead, but all other download customization (besides speed limit) will still apply. We also added the ability to turn on automatic cropping of audio thumbnails in Preferences, instead of having to manually turn it on each time in Advanced Options (although that option is still available).

Continuing with customization, we added the ability to specify a comma-separated list of language codes in Preferences that will be used to select the languages of subtitles to download and embed in a file. Previously only English and your system language were downloaded.

Finally, if a download fails (and was not stopped), Tube Converter will automatically retry the failed download one more time. If it fails again after that, it will be up to the user to retry the download.

Continued thanks to @fsobolev and @DaPigGuy who continuously work with me to implement and test all of these features. @soumyaDghosh for managing snap and all other contributors, feature requesters, bug testers, and translators who continue to make Tube Converter the best that it can be :) ❤️

A Message To Translators 🌎️

As this is an RC release, we are now in a feature-freeze. Only bugs will be fixed, no new features nor string changes.

A stable release is planned for Friday June 16 2023, so please have all translations updated by Thursday June 15, 11:59 PM EST to be included in the release.

Full Changelog 📃

• 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 advanced download option to specify a specific timeframe of a media to download (#105)
• Added the ability to embed chapters in a download (#338)
• Added the ability to turn on automatically cropping audio thumbnails (#342)
• Added the ability to specify a comma-separated list of language codes for subtitle downloading (#162)
• Improved the speed of playlist validation (#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, Synopsis and Purl fields will no longer be embedded in metadata (#326)
• If a download fails and was not stopped, Tube Converter will automatically retry it one more time (#343)
• 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!)

Install 🧑‍💻

GNOME

flathub-beta:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub-beta org.nickvision.tubeconverter
flatpak run org.nickvision.tubeconverter//beta

snap-store:

sudo snap install tube-converter --candidate

Manually

• Download the org.nickvision.tubeconverter-x64.flatpak file from the assets below
• Run flatpak install org.nickvision.tubeconverter-x64.flatpak from the directory containing the .flatpak file
• Run flatpak run org.nickvision.tubeconverter//master to start the app! (You should also see it in your app grid)

This is a beta version, bugs are expected. Please file a bug report for any issue found

V2023.6.1-beta2

A More Customizable Tube Converter 🛠️

Beta 2 of V2023.6.1 is here! This release is packed with features, so lets get right into it!

First, we added the ability to specify a username and password to authenticate a download when needed. To complement this feature, we also added a Keyring to Tube Converter that will allow users to store their credentials for fast access when authenticating downloads. The Keyring is backed by our new library, Nickvision.Keyring.

We also added the ability to embed chapters in a download. Tube Converter will also remember the state of the Number Titles switch and selected Video Resolution and will automatically restore them in new downloads if available. As far as metadata, Tube Converter will no longer set Comment, Description, and Synopsis fields.

Finally, we fixed some issues where some URLs were not being validated and we greatly improved the speed of validation for playlists!

Continued thanks to @fsobolev and @DaPigGuy who continuously work with me to implement and test all of these features. @soumyaDghosh for managing snap and all other contributors, feature requesters, bug testers, and translators who continue to make Tube Converter the best that it can be :) ❤️

Full Changelog 📃

• 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!)

Install 🧑‍💻

GNOME

flathub-beta:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub-beta org.nickvision.tubeconverter
flatpak run org.nickvision.tubeconverter//beta

snap-store:

sudo snap install tube-converter --beta

Manually

• Download the org.nickvision.tubeconverter-x64.flatpak file from the assets below
• Run flatpak install org.nickvision.tubeconverter-x64.flatpak from the directory containing the .flatpak file
• Run flatpak run org.nickvision.tubeconverter//master to start the app! (You should also see it in your app grid)

This is a beta version, bugs are expected. Please file a bug report for any issue found

V2023.6.1-beta1

A More Customizable Tube Converter 🛠️

Beta 1 of V2023.6.1 is here! In this release, we added some more options for getting the most out of Tube Converter.

Mainly, we added username and password fields to the AddDownloadDialog for authenticating sites that don't work with a cookies file.

Full Changelog 📃

• Added username and password fields to authenticate when adding a download (#322)
• The "Number Titles" switch's state will now be remembered and used again for future downloads (#324)
• Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)

Install 🧑‍💻

GNOME

flathub-beta:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub-beta org.nickvision.tubeconverter
flatpak run org.nickvision.tubeconverter//beta

snap-store:

sudo snap install tube-converter --beta

Manually

• Download the org.nickvision.tubeconverter-x64.flatpak file from the assets below
• Run flatpak install org.nickvision.tubeconverter-x64.flatpak from the directory containing the .flatpak file
• Run flatpak run org.nickvision.tubeconverter//master to start the app! (You should also see it in your app grid)

This is a beta version, bugs are expected. Please file a bug report for any issue found

V2023.6.0

A More Functional and Beautiful Tube Converter 🛠️⭐

We are more than pleased to introduce version 2023.6.0 of Tube Converter!

We have been hard at work implementing many new features, configuration options, user interface improvements, and plenty of bug fixes for this update. It's too much to summarize here so I urge you to read the full changelog for all the changes.

I'd like to especially thank @fsobolev (my right-hand man), @soumyaDghosh (our wonderful snap maintainer), @DaPigGuy (our continuous tester and feature implementer), and all of the other testers, contributors and especially translators who put in countless time to make Tube Converter be the best that it can be! We wouldn't be here if it wasn't for all of your support ❤️

Full Changelog 📃

• 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)
• Added the ability to disallow conversions and simply download the appropriate video/audio format for the selected quality without converting to other formats (#263)
• Overwrite Existing Files is now a global option in Preferences instead of an individual setting in the AddDownloadDialog (#306)
• Tube Converter will check the clipboard for a valid media url 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 UI/UX
• Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)

Snap Changelog

• Improved the startup speed, in old PCs, you can feel them. (175bd85)
• Fixed the permission popup, constantly nagging the user and not making the correct use of portals. (212889d)
• Improved the snapcraft.yaml to adopt metadatas like: desktop, icon etc directly from the appstream metadata file.
• Fixed the python error often coming up, with new installs or updates.
• Added the progress bar in the dock. (YUP this took time but made it in the last moment) (f097499)

Thank you @fsobolev for all the support you gave to make the snap at par with flatpak.
From @soumyaDghosh

Install 🧑‍💻

GNOME

Flathub

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub org.nickvision.tubeconverter
flatpak run org.nickvision.tubeconverter

Snap

The tube-converter package

sudo snap install tube-converter

AUR

The tube-converter package

Manually

• Download the org.nickvision.tubeconverter-x64.flatpak file from the assets below
• Run flatpak install org.nickvision.tubeconverter-x64.flatpak from the directory containing the .flatpak file
• Run flatpak run org.nickvision.tubeconverter//master to start the app! (You should also see it in your app grid)

V2023.6.0-rc1

A More Functional Tube Converter 🛠️

Release Candidate 1 of V2023.6.0 is here!

With this release, we added the ability to disallow conversions and simply download the appropriate video/audio format for the selected quality without converting to other formats. We also introduced many UI and UX improvements in GNOME as we gear closer to joining GNOME circle :)

All features for V2023.6.0 are now implemented and we don't plan on adding anymore for this update, so RC1 should be pretty close to what you will see in stable.

A Message To Translators 🌎️

A stable release is planned for Friday June 02 2023, so please have all translations updated by Thursday June 01, 11:59 PM EST to be included in the release.

Full Changelog 📃

• 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)
• Added the ability to disallow conversions and simply download the appropriate video/audio format for the selected quality without converting to other formats (#263)
• Tube Converter will check the clipboard for a valid media url 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 UI/UX
• Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)

Install 🧑‍💻

GNOME

flathub-beta:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub-beta org.nickvision.tubeconverter
flatpak run org.nickvision.tubeconverter//beta

Manually

• Download the org.nickvision.tubeconverter-x64.flatpak file from the assets below
• Run flatpak install org.nickvision.tubeconverter-x64.flatpak from the directory containing the .flatpak file
• Run flatpak run org.nickvision.tubeconverter//master to start the app! (You should also see it in your app grid)

This is a beta version, bugs are expected. Please file a bug report for any issue found

V2023.6.0-beta2

A More Beautiful Tube Converter ⭐

Beta 2 of V2023.6.0 is here!

With this release, we fixed an issue effecting users unable to download media to NTFS drives.
We also introduced many new UI and UX improvements in GNOME as we gear closer to joining GNOME circle :)

Full Changelog 📃

• 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!)

Install 🧑‍💻

GNOME

flathub-beta:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub-beta org.nickvision.tubeconverter
flatpak run org.nickvision.tubeconverter//beta

Manually

• Download the org.nickvision.tubeconverter-x64.flatpak file from the assets below
• Run flatpak install org.nickvision.tubeconverter-x64.flatpak from the directory containing the .flatpak file
• Run flatpak run org.nickvision.tubeconverter//master to start the app! (You should also see it in your app grid)

This is a beta version, bugs are expected. Please file a bug report for any issue found

V2023.6.0-beta1

A More Configurable Tube Converter 🛠️

Beta 1 of V2023.6.0 is here! With this release, we've introduced many new configurable options to make Tube Converter even more customizable.
Users can now upload a cookie file in Preferences to allow downloading media from sites that require logins.
We also added configurable options for aria2c and options to configure when completed download notifications are shown.
Besides new settings, we added support for downloading media as M4A and the ability to clear the completed downloads list.
Tube Converter will now also scan your clipboard at startup and when you open the Add Download dialog for a valid URL and paste it for you automatically.

Full Changelog 📃

• 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)
• Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)

Install 🧑‍💻

GNOME

flathub-beta:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub-beta org.nickvision.tubeconverter
flatpak run org.nickvision.tubeconverter//beta

Manually

• Download the org.nickvision.tubeconverter-x64.flatpak file from the assets below
• Run flatpak install org.nickvision.tubeconverter-x64.flatpak from the directory containing the .flatpak file
• Run flatpak run org.nickvision.tubeconverter//master to start the app! (You should also see it in your app grid)

This is a beta version, bugs are expected. Please file a bug report for any issue found

V2023.5.0

An All New Backend 🛠️

This week's release features a brand new backend that makes Tube Converter much more stable!
Besides the new backend, we added the ability to stop all downloads and retry all failed downloads, as well as clear all queued downloads. This release also introduces the feature to crop the thumbnail of a download as square (useful for downloading music) and the ability to choose specific resolutions for video downloads instead of the qualities Best, Good, Worst.

Full Changelog 📃

• Added the per-download option to crop the thumbnail of a video as a square (#237)
• 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)
• When downloading a video, the quality options will be the specific resolutions of the video instead of Best, Good, Worst (#100)
• 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!)

Install 🧑‍💻

GNOME

Flathub

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub org.nickvision.tubeconverter
flatpak run org.nickvision.tubeconverter

AUR

The tube-converter package

Manually

• Download the org.nickvision.tubeconverter-x64.flatpak file from the assets below
• Run flatpak install org.nickvision.tubeconverter-x64.flatpak from the directory containing the .flatpak file
• Run flatpak run org.nickvision.tubeconverter//master to start the app! (You should also see it in your app grid)

V2023.5.0-rc2

Some Quick Fixes 🛠️

This releases fixes some issues users where experiencing with shell notifications and libunity progress reporting (See #243).

This bug came as a result of the rewrite first featured in V2023.5.0-beta1 and thus is not listed in the changelog from V2023.4.2 stable.

A Message To Translators 🌎️

A stable release is planned for Friday May 26 2023, so please have all translations updated by Thursday May 25, 11:59 PM EST to be included in the release.

Full Changelog 📃

• Added the per-download option to crop the thumbnail of a video as a square (#237)
• 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)
• When downloading a video, the quality options will be the specific resolutions of the video instead of Best, Good, Worst (#100)
• 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!)

Install 🧑‍💻

GNOME

flathub-beta:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub-beta org.nickvision.tubeconverter
flatpak run org.nickvision.tubeconverter//beta

Manually

• Download the org.nickvision.tubeconverter-x64.flatpak file from the assets below
• Run flatpak install org.nickvision.tubeconverter-x64.flatpak from the directory containing the .flatpak file
• Run flatpak run org.nickvision.tubeconverter//master to start the app! (You should also see it in your app grid)

This is a beta version, bugs are expected. Please file a bug report for any issue found