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ClipSave for browsers 1.2.0

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@github-actions github-actions released this 04 Nov 14:28
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Added

  • YouTube in every browser. Chrome, Edge and Brave now save from YouTube, like Firefox. ClipSave isn't
    published on the Chrome Web Store, so its rule against YouTube downloads no longer applies.
  • Playlist downloads. A playlist link lists its videos; a video that's part of a playlist offers Save the
    whole playlist
    . Pick a quality and which videos, and each one downloads on its own into a folder named after
    the playlist, with one notification when the playlist is done.
  • Name your files. A single video's file name starts as its title and can be changed before saving. A
    playlist's folder name can be changed too, and its files numbered 1 → N, N → 1 or not at all
    ("07 - Title", padded like the app), with the first file name previewed. Files go to
    <video or audio folder>/<playlist name>/. A file is never replaced: a second "Song" becomes "Song (2)".
  • One-click updates. Settings → Updates downloads the newest release, checks it against its published
    checksums and replaces the helper, its tools and, on Chrome, Edge and Brave, the extension, which restarts by
    itself. The install command now keeps the extension next to the helper for that: load it from there once.
    Update yt-dlp brings yt-dlp's newest release between ClipSave releases. Updates wait for running
    downloads.
  • Check for updates automatically, once a day, as an option in Settings (off until turned on). A new
    version shows in the popup and as one notification.
  • Releases are submitted to the Firefox Add-ons listing, so Firefox keeps ClipSave up to date.
  • Settings, in its own tab (the gear in the popup): check for updates to the extension and the helper, choose
    separate folders for videos and audio, pick the theme, see versions and where the helper's tools are, and
    find help, the privacy policy, bug reports and feature requests.
  • Cancel all in the Downloads tab.

Changed

  • A new popup design that matches the ClipSave app: a Video | Audio switch, quality rows with HD and
    4K tags and their sizes, a tick on the chosen row, and one Download button. Playlists list each video
    with its thumbnail and length, and show an approximate size (≈) for every quality and for the whole selection.
    Downloads show as cards with the video's thumbnail. Corners are softly rounded throughout, never pill-shaped.
  • A single video is saved under its title, "Title.mp4", instead of "Title [id].mp4". Right-click saves keep the
    old name.
  • The Firefox add-on's ID is now clipsave@sahedulislamrony.github.io, because clipsave@clipsave.link is
    taken on Firefox Add-ons. The helper accepts both, so earlier Firefox installs keep working; to get updates
    from Firefox Add-ons, install ClipSave from there.
  • The install command also installs the extension for Chrome, Edge and Brave next to the helper, and fetches
    yt-dlp's newest release instead of keeping the one the release was built with.

Fixed

  • Adding many downloads at once no longer drops waiting ones from the list: only finished downloads past the
    newest 30 are removed.

Install: add the extension, then click its button: it shows the one command that installs the helper.
Full guide: docs/install.md.

  • macOS, Linux: curl -fsSL https://github.com/sahedulislamrony/ClipSave-Extensions/releases/latest/download/install.sh | sh
  • Windows (PowerShell): irm https://github.com/sahedulislamrony/ClipSave-Extensions/releases/latest/download/install.ps1 | iex

Extension: Firefox Add-ons for Firefox (updates itself). Chrome, Edge and Brave: the install command also
puts the extension next to the helper; load that folder with Load unpacked and Settings updates it in
one click. ClipSave-1.2.0-chrome-unpacked.zip is the same build, for loading by hand.
Verify any file with SHA256SUMS.txt.