PeerTube v7.2 is out!
New design for video management and publication pages, rework of the display and filter system for sensitive content… this new version is ready for the summer!
Video management redesign
Thanks to the work done by our design provider team La Coopérative des Internets, PeerTube has become clearer. This time, they designed a new video management interface that we've integrated!
You can now:
- Navigate between your videos using the clearer pagination system which is more efficient than previous version's infinite scroll
- Choose columns to display like, as example: "channels", "duration", "name", "views", "publication date" or if there are comments or not
- Choose to display videos from a particular channel (or several) using specific buttons
- Filter videos depending on their visibility, whether they are lives or not, if they are password protected, if they are VOD… also, a work on the search have been done!
Redesign of the video update page
Another page has been given a makeover: the one of the publication and update of a live or a video! This module has been divided and reorganized in navigable sections via a new side sub-menu.
The Studio and the statistics pages have also been included in this new sub-menu, which brings together everything to do with managing videos. The non-available features are clearly displayed and a help button explains why they can be unavailable (disabled by the admin, unavailable because the video is being encoded, etc.)
A horizontal banner makes it easy to undo or save changes, or to go to the video's public page. It can also display additional information, such as whether if the video is waiting encoding.
Finally, the page to replace a video has been redesigned, and you can now use the "Drag'n'Drop" feature to upload a new version of your video.
Hiding is nice, explain why is better
Having studied existing systems on major platforms (social media, video, music, etc.) as well as Fediverse software, La Coopérative des Internets helped us to get a better understanding of improvements to develop in PeerTube's system for hiding sensitive content.
The very notion of "sensitive content" varies a lot from one person to another, from one culture to another, and an overly binary system could put people off viewing a video because of this vagueness. What is obvious to you may not be obvious to everyone. That's why it's now possible for video makers to give a reason about why they judged their video deserved a warning message (a similar system than the "content warning" of Mastodon, for example). People who want to watch this video will be in a better position to know if they really want to see it or pass by.
We also took the opportunity to review the viewer settings for managing sensitive videos:
- Display: list without being warned about sensitive videos
- Warn: list but display a warning below the thumbnail and in the video player
- Blur: list but display a warning below the thumbnail and in the video player and blur the thumbnail
- Hide: do not list at all
If enabled by the platform admin, it's also possible to apply rules according to predefined tags chosen by the video maker. For example, hide sensitive videos in general, but choose to display videos marked as violent by the video maker with a warning.
But also…
Every new version comes with its share of less visual but equally useful improvements and bug fixes! You'll find the full list for this version in its changelog.
To help us to continue to improve PeerTube, you can share this news release, suggest ideas for improvement and, if you can afford it, make a donation to Framasoft, the non-profit association that develops PeerTube.
And, last but not least, we're currently in the midst of a crowdfunding campaign! The aim is to help finance the development of major improvements for the PeerTube mobile app.
Find out how we intend to get PeerTube in everyone's pockets on the campaign website!
Thank you in advance for your support!
Framasoft