this encode-decode construct is ugly, but necessary to retain
backwards compatibility for weirdos that encode the URL when
passing it in via json ( like the frontend, for example. :/ )
- added metadata for rutube and vimeo.
- added a picker for preferred filename pattern.
- fixed content disposition header.
- mute and audio dub tags don't appear together in a file name anymore.
- youtube: dub file name tag doesn't appear anymore if audio track is default.
- added list of sponsors, if you host an instance, it can be enabled with showSponsors.
- fixed download button thickness on ios.
- about button now opens about tab when no new changelog is available.
- removed ip verification and updated privacy policy to reflect this change.
- streamable links now last for 20 seconds instead of 2 minutes.
- cleaned up stream verification algorithm. now the same function isn't run 4 times in a row.
- removed deprecated way of hosting a cobalt instance.
- completely reworked vimeo module.
- added support for audio downloads from vimeo.
- added support for chop type of dash for vimeo.
- added ability to choose between progressive and dash vimeo downloads. both to api and settings on frontend.
- added support for single m3u8 playlists. will be useful for future additions and is currently used for vimeo.
- proper error is now shown if there are no matching vimeo videos found
- temporarily disabled douyin support because bytedance killed off old endpoint.
- fixed the issue related to periods in tiktok usernames. (closes#96)
- fixed error text value patching in match module.
- fixed video stream removal for audio only option, wouldn't work in some edge cases.
- minor clean up.
- page render caching
- onDemand block caching
- page html minify
- better rate limiting
- minor cobalt.js clean up
- page render platform indication in settings popup
all these changes are aimed to improve performance and responsiveness
!! not final version of 5.2 !!
- finished writing tests for all services
- fixed douyin support
- fixed tiktok picker that was broken by previous commit
- temporarily removed douyin photos from list of supported services
- fixed support for "user view" vk clip links
- slightly improved the testing script
- rewrote and/or optimized all service modules
- rewrote matching and processing modules to optimize readability and performance
- added support for reddit gifs
- fixed various issues with twitter error explanations
- code optimizations and enhancements (such as finally getting rid of ==, prettier and more readable formatting, etc)
- added branch information
- all functions in currentCommit submodule run only once and cache received data
- added a test script. only twitter and soundcloud are 100% covered and tested atm, will add tests (and probably fixes) for the rest of services in next commits
- changed some localization strings for russian
- added more clarity to rate limit message
- moved services folder into processing folder
- added duration check to vimeo module
- fixed quality picking in vimeo module for progressive video type
- dropping requests from ie users instead of redirecting
- probably something else but i forgot to be honest
- it's now possible to download full audios from tiktok videos, you just have to turn that on in settings.
- tiktok audios are better in quality when it's possible to get exact audio used in video and not the full version of it.
- cleaned up the way user preference stuff is passed over between modules, should be way more flexible now.
- added audio ignore list to services config json instead of hardcoding it.
- added support for tiktok (images won't work, they're only accessible through the app)
- hopefully main input bar is now not rounded on ios, i fucking hate apple
- if service is not supported, a correlating error will appear, not generic one
- removed duplicates from config that are present in package json already
- tiny bit of clean up
