PrestonFT @FreeTube@mastodon.technology

Hello #fediverse!

I am person behind FreeTube, the private YouTube client for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

I enjoy talking about technology and privacy so my toots will mostly be about those, but there will be a good amount of toots about FreeTube as well.

I'm also looking for more people to follow! Let me know if you have any suggestions.

Check out FreeTube here:
https://freetubeapp.io/

FreeTube v0.11.2 is now released! This version includes mostly fixes for a few of the issues that came up from the v0.11.0 release. This includes some fixes for playlists and a fix for the comments issue for Flatpak builds.

You can find the full patch notes over on GitHub

https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/releases/tag/v0.11.2-beta

You can download the new release over on the website.

https://freetubeapp.io/#download

#freetube #privacy #opensource

Just a quick PSA that a leak was discovered with the Proxy functionality in FreeTube. This occurs when using certain modules for the local API where they bypass the proxy settings. Watching a video is one of the modules where this occurs. Watching the video itself will be proxied properly however the fetching of the video URL will not. I've already made this fix in the dev branch and will include it in the next release. Be aware of this issue when using the proxy settings in #FreeTube

Okay. We should be good now. I've released v0.11.1 which is a hotfix that fixes the issue with search not working. Sorry to make everyone update again! We had a problem with one of our modules that I didn't catch in time.

#freetube

I think I broke search from a last minute change. Sorry about that! I'll get this fixed here in a little bit.

New update is live :)

Release v0.11.0 brings back a lot of missing features from before we released the rewrite. This includes proxy support along with the ability to save videos to a dedicated list.

Check out the full patch notes here

https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/releases/tag/v0.11.0-beta

Download the new update here

https://freetubeapp.io/#download

#freetube #privacy #opensource

Been keeping this development train rolling today and got another good feature ready. I was able to finish up basic video saving functionality. This is using some playlist logic underneath but will only allow you to save one list of videos. I'll be releasing it with this behavior but when user playlists are finished, all the videos in this list will be migrated to a "Favorites" playlist automatically. Really excited to get this out to everyone.

Tor / Proxy support was just added to the development branch. This will tunnel all FreeTube traffic through a proxy of your choice with support for Tor / SOCKS5. Expect to see it included when the next release drops (hopefully soon).

Got the video loop functionality finished for the next release. I was really surprised that Video.js doesn't have a basic plugin like this any where for use already. There was technically one available but the UI was fairly ugly and had too much functionality for what I was wanting in the plugin.

I ended up writing my own plugin and baked it into FreeTube. May branch it out into it's own repo at some point. I imagine others would like something similar.

Another thing I'd like to do for the new year is to try to use this account more for things other than announcements. My initial plans for this account was to do personal / none FreeTube related updates as well. Should I try to do this more? Or should I just stick to FreeTube related updates?

I just pushed out a new blog post detailing the plans and roadmap for #FreeTube in 2021. Feel free to give it a read and let me know what you think.

https://write.as/freetube/freetube-updates-and-plans-for-2021

I just pushed out a new release of #FreeTube. Version 0.10.0 comes with fixes for the search and playlist functionality as well as a new full window feature for the video player.

You can check out the full patch notes over on GitHub.

https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/releases/tag/v0.10.0-beta

You can download the new release over on the main website.

https://freetubeapp.io/#download

Thanks everyone for the support!

#privacy #opensource

I've pushed out v0.9.3 of FreeTube. This new release mostly fixes the recent issues with the local API while also adding some QOL features.

Check out the patch notes over on GitHub

https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/releases/tag/v0.9.3-beta

You can download the new release over on our website.

https://freetubeapp.io/#download

#freetube #privacy #opensource

I just released v0.9.2 of #FreeTube which should fix the recent issues with videos not playing along with a handful of other features. Check out the patch notes over on GitHub.

https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/releases/tag/v0.9.2-beta

Download the new release over on the website.

https://freetubeapp.io/#download

There will be another update here in a couple of days to fix the search problems. Stay on the lookout for that.

#privacy #opensource

I just released version v0.9.1 of #freetube

This release includes a WIP patch for the recent issues with search that's been going on within the app. There's still more that needs to be done before it'll be fixed completely however you can keep up to date with that over here on GitHub

https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/issues/662

The new version of FreeTube can be found here.

https://freetubeapp.io/#download

#privacy #opensource

I've just updated #FreeTube to v0.9.0. This update fixes some of the issues that come up along with adding back distraction free mode. Check out the full changelog here.

https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/releases/tag/v0.9.0-beta

You can download the new release over at our website.

https://freetubeapp.io/#download

There's been a couple of cases of #FreeTube users experiencing 429 errors in the past day or so. I've written a new blog to go into more details on what this error is and why you may be experiencing it. I also go over some ways to prevent it and our plans for preventing it moving forward. Check it out here.

https://write.as/freetube/experiencing-429-errors-please-read-for-info

It's here! The new #FreeTube has just released! This release is a year long rewrite of the application which includes a huge revamp of everything. There's even some new things that wasn't in the last release. Take a look at the blog post to learn more.

https://write.as/freetube/release-0-8-0-beta-the-rewrite-is-here

Thank you so much for your patience on this, I really hope it was worth the wait!

#privacy #opensource