PeerTube 8.2 is out!
Although this version may be considered 'minor', it is every bit as significant as a major update in terms of its new features and the improvements made to the user experience.
Transferring a channel
Version 8 introduced the ability for multiple people to manage a channel. This new version adds the ability to transfer ownership to another account on the same platform.
Imagine that your passion for computing begins to fade, giving way to a growing interest in botany. Rather than letting your channel, which contains hundreds of still-relevant videos, fall into oblivion, why not transfer it to someone who will keep it alive and benefit from your existing audience?
If there were several editors managing this channel, they will remain in place after the transfer.
Watching a live stream on catch-up
Imagine you’re watching a live stream of your favourite comic artist, who’s about to make a big reveal about their next comic book, but unfortunately they’re dragging it out and your cat is meowing its head off to be let in (it’s an emergency, just like any other). Up until now, you would have had to switch to the mobile version to keep watching the live stream whilst going to let the cat in, who, on top of that, wants a bit of a scratch.
Now, you can simply pause to spend more time focusing on looking after the cat, and come back to pick up the live stream where you left off (especially as, of course, you paused just before the eagerly awaited reveal – typical).
And if, in the end, the artist carries on talking about something else for 10 minutes, you can catch up on what you’ve missed.
This option must be enabled by the platform administrator and then activated by the streamer. A big thank you to the contributor who initiated the development of this feature!
Director's cut
PeerTube includes a mini video editor (‘Studio’) that lets you trim a video, add a watermark or add an intro/outro without using third-party software. Now you can also remove sections from the video!
Simply enter the start and end timestamps of the segment you wish to remove.
UX improvements
You can have the most powerful software in the world, but if you don’t pay attention to the user experience, nobody will use it. So what’s the point?
For PeerTube, we have been paying particular attention to making the interface and navigation clear for years, thanks, among other things, to the work of La Coopérative des Internets. This version brings several great improvements:
- Improvements to the video ownership transfer process:
- a dedicated tab to view requests and changes made, with the option to process requests in batches
- actions to transfer a video can now be found on its management page
- quick actions for requests directly in notifications:
- Improvements of the player:
- resolution and playback speed are saved in the browser’s memory
- option to flip a video horizontally
- new design for the video loading animation
- Major quality-of-life improvements for admins and moderators:
- New, easier-to-use table filter
- Batch acceptance/rejection of submissions
- Filter by video status and videos from muted accounts
- Addition of a badge if the video owner is muted by the platform
- Improved display of blocked videos and batch processing (unblocking, deletion, etc.)
- Improved display of reports (batch processing of internal rating updates, rejection or acceptance, deletion, etc.)
- Improved display of comments for admins and users (click on an account to filter comments, addition of a badge if the account that commented on a video is muted at platform level, filter for comments from muted accounts, etc.)
And more
We are also delighted to welcome two new languages for the web interface: Korean and Romanian! A big thank you to the contributors who helped translate the software.
This is just a brief overview of the new features included in this release. You can find the full list of changes in the changelog, including the ability to view the number of downloads for your videos, podcast support for playlists, performance improvements, and of course bug fixes…
Thank you once again for your contributions, whether through code on the repository, or via your suggestions on the dedicated site, on our forum, or even your donations!
⚠️ If you are a platform administrator, please update to at least version 8.1.8 as soon as possible to protect yourself from a critical security vulnerability that was fixed in 8.1.6: version 8.1.8 addresses the exploitation of this vulnerability!
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