V2023.3.0-beta2

A More Intelligent Tube Converter💡

This week's beta features some bug fixes and new features for users to try out as we work our way to a stable C# release!

First, we added a brand new queue system to Tube Converter which will separate downloads into three respective categories: Downloading, Completed, and Queue. The max number of active downloads can be changed in preferences (the default value is 5). If too many active downloads are in progress, a new download will be placed into the queue. Once an active download finishes, the queued download will be moved up into the Downloading section and start downloading.

Furthermore, we added the ability to view a download's logs as the download is occurring, giving power users an insight into the behind the scenes of a download.

All that's left for us to complete is playlist support, #2 before the stable release. There is also currently a known yt-dlp issue in which downloads may be slower than they were a few weeks ago. This is being looked into and a fix is being actively worked on yt-dlp's side of things.

A Message To Translators 🌍

Please update all translations on Weblate before Friday, March 10 2023, to be included in the stable release.

Full Changelog 📃

• Tube Converter has been rewritten in C#. With the C# rewrite, Tube Converter is now available on Windows!
• Added a queue system with a max number of active downloads option in Preference
• Added download progress/speed indicators
• Added the ability to view a download's log as the download is in progress
• Added the ability to open the save folder after the download is complete
• Redesigned download rows to better fit small screens/mobile devices
• Fixed UI freeze while downloads in progress
• Fixed being unable to close the Preferences window with the Esc key
• Fixed missing GNOME HIG keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+W, F10)

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.flatpak file from the assets below
• Run flatpak install org.nickvision.tubeconverter.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)

Windows

Via Microsoft Store

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

V2023.3.0-beta1

A More Performant Tube Converter 🏃‍♂️

Tube Converter has been rewritten in C#! It continues to use yt-dlp and ffmpeg in its backend, however, the application now has a much more stable and cleaner architecture, allowing for faster downloads and fewer crashes. The C# rewrite also makes Tube Converter available for Windows! This work couldn't have been possible without @fsobolev and @DaPigGuy ❤️

A Message To Translators 🌍

Please update all translations on Weblate before Friday, March 3 2023, to be included in the stable release.

Full Changelog 📃

• Tube Converter has been rewritten in C#. With the C# rewrite, Tube Converter is now available on Windows!
• Added download progress/speed indicators
• Replaced the View Log button with an Open Save Folder button on successful download and a Retry Download button on error
• Redesigned download rows to better fit small screens/mobile devices
• Fixed UI freeze while downloads in progress
• Fixed being unable to close the Preferences window with the Esc key
• Fixed missing GNOME HIG keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+W, F10)

Install 🧑‍💻

Windows packages will be uploaded later tonight

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.flatpak file from the assets below
• Run flatpak install org.nickvision.tubeconverter.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)

Windows

Manually

• Make sure Developer Mode is on
• Download the msix and cer files for your system architecture
• Open the cer file:
  • Click Install Certificate
  • Choose Local Machine for Store Location
  • Select Place all certificates in the following store and browse for and select Trusted Root Certification Authorities
  • Finish the dialog
• Open the msix file and install it
  • If a previous version (including betas) of Tube Converter is installed, you will need to uninstall it from the start menu first and then install it via the msix file.
• Nickvision Tube Converter should now be available in your start menu

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

V2023.2.0

Thanks @DaPigGuy for the work on this release :)

• Added Ctrl+Q shortcut to quit the app
• Added Turkish translation (Thanks @libreajans!
• Updated translations
• Updated dependencies

I plan on rewriting this app in C# (similar to how I did with Denaro) when I have some free time from school!

V2022.11.1

In this release we just updated yt-dlp and some translations.

Full Changelog:

• Updated translations
• Updated dependencies

V2022.11.0

Introducing Translation Support!
In this release we introduced support for translations and fixed some other issues.

Full Changelog:

• Fixed an issue where videos could not be downloaded on ARM64 (#16)
• Fixed an issue where 'Best' and 'Good' would download the same video quality (#21)
• Improved design of the Logs dialog (#22)
• Added translation support
• Added Arabic translation (Thanks @fawaz006!)
• Added Dutch translation (Thanks @Vistaus!)
• Added French translation (Thanks @zothma!)
• Added Russian translation (Thanks @fsobolev!)

V2022.11.0-beta2

In this beta release, we fixed an issue with running Tube Converter on ARM64.
Please submit a PR with your translations by Nov 10, 2022 to be included in the V2022.11.0 stable release for this week.

Changelog from V2022.10.3:

• Fixed an issue where videos could not be downloaded on ARM64 (#16)
• Added translation support (#5)
• Added French translation (Thanks @zothma!)
• Added Russian translation (Thanks @fsobolev!)

How to run the beta version:

• Download the org.nickvision.tubeconverter.flatpak file from the assets below
• Run flatpak install org.nickvision.tubeconverter.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

V2022.11.0-beta1

In this beta release, we added the infrastructure to support translations.
Please submit a PR with your translations by Nov 10, 2022 to be included in the V2022.11.0 stable release for this week.

Changelog from V2022.10.3:

• Added translation support (#5)

How to run the beta version:

• Download the org.nickvision.tubeconverter.flatpak file from the assets below
• Run flatpak install org.nickvision.tubeconverter.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

V2022.10.3

In this release, we added support for embedding video metadata (including thumbnail) in a downloaded audio/video file and added support for embedding subtitles in a downloaded video file.

Full Changelog

• Added a preference to embed metadata in a download (#10)
• Added the ability to download subtitles for a video (#11)

Continued thanks to @fawaz006 for all the testing and feedback provided!

V2022.10.3-beta3

In this beta release, we made it so Tube Converter will download auto generated/translated subtitles if no real subtitles are found in a video. We also made it where the 'Subtitles' field in the 'Add Download' dialog will be disabled if the selected file type is an audio file type.

Full Changelog from V2022.10.2:

• Added a preference to embed metadata in a download (#10)
• Added the ability to download subtitles for a video (#11)

Known Issues

• 'Logs' dialog becomes way too long to display when subtitles are downloaded

How to run the beta version:

• Download the org.nickvision.tubeconverter.flatpak file from the assets below
• Run flatpak install org.nickvision.tubeconverter.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

V2022.10.3-beta2

In this beta release, we added support for downloading subtitles for a video.

Full Changelog from V2022.10.2:

• Added a preference to embed metadata in a download (#10)
• Added the ability to download subtitles for a video (#11)

Known Issues

• 'Logs' dialog becomes way too long to display when subtitles are downloaded
• Waiting for libadwaita:580 to implement a way to disable subtitles field when the file type is an audio file

How to run the beta version:

• Download the org.nickvision.tubeconverter.flatpak file from the assets below
• Run flatpak install org.nickvision.tubeconverter.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