Chocobozzz/PeerTube v8.1.0-rc.1

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IMPORTANT NOTES

• You need to manually execute a migration script after upgrading, while PeerTube is running and the database migration is complete (Migrations finished. New migration version schema: 1000 in PeerTube startup logs):
  • Classic installation: cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest && sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production node dist/scripts/migrations/peertube-8.1.js
  • Docker installation: cd /var/www/peertube-docker && docker compose exec -u peertube peertube node dist/scripts/migrations/peertube-8.1.js
• Running regenerate-thumbnails and prune-storage scripts after the upgrade and migration script is highly recommended

Maintenance

• Migrate to the sharp NodeJS dependency to process images. This is a native dependency that provides prebuilt binaries, but some systems (like FreeBSD) may require an additional step after PeerTube dependencies installation:
  • Install sharp dependencies: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/install/#building-from-source
  • Run npm explore sharp -- npm run build in peertube-latest directory
• Merge the previews directory into the thumbnails directory. The migration script will automatically move files
  The previews directory and configuration are kept for compatibility reasons
• The cache directory is no longer deleted at PeerTube startup, to keep files cached from the previous run

Configuration

This section is not exhaustive

• Important Generate more thumbnail sizes for videos in thumbnails.sizes. We recommend admins apply the same settings
• Update default object storage configuration to use different prefix values with the same bucket_name for each object type (web_videos, user_exports, etc.), so it is easier to add more object types in the future
• Use the lucide player theme by default
• import.videos.http.force_ipv4 is now true by default to reduce rate limiting on some platforms
• Add On Primary color configuration (theme.customization.on_primary_color) to choose the foreground color when the background color is Primary

Docker

• Add va-driver-all to the PeerTube Docker image #7346

Plugins/Themes/Embed/REST APIs

• REST API:
  • Deprecate previewfile when publishing a video. Use thumbnailfile instead
  • Deprecate thumbnailPath and previewPath Video fields. Use the thumbnails array instead
  • Deprecate the thumbnailPath VideoPlaylist field. Use the thumbnails array instead
  • Remove unused fileUrl from UserExport and VideoSource
  • Deprecate /lazy-static/previews/:filename. Use /lazy-static/thumbnails/:filename instead
• Server plugin hooks (https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api/plugins):
  • Add filter:feed.videos.list.result #7355
  • Replace torrentPath with torrentFilename and torrentStream for remote torrents in filter:api.download.torrent.allowed.result context

Features

• 🎉 Allow uploaders to restrict domains where their video can be embedded 🎉
• Add an admin config to ensure an optimized podcast audio file is transcoded
• Support 3.0x playback speed for non-premium users 😁
• Optimize transcoding job queue:
  • Do not wait for all transcoding tasks to publish the video
  • Do not wait for all transcoding tasks to move video files in object storage
  • Lower priority on low video resolutions to avoid blocking video publication during bursts of uploads
  • More transcoding job parallelization
• More reliable channel sync:
  • Reduce youtube-dl calls to reduce rate limiting
  • Handle cases where the video is not available/doesn't exist
  • Handle lives that are still being post-processed
  • Stop sync on get video info failure to retry at the same point next time
• UX:
  • Support raw hex colors in color picker input #7337
  • Group notifications by date
  • Display blocked video information on the video manage page
  • Add a loading icon when updating the video
  • Improve the error message when the user password is too long
  • Add g l hotkey to go to the login page
  • Add ability to display video language on the My Videos page (column is hidden by default)
• Improve video SEO
• Support png and webp video thumbnails
• Support svg logos for admins
• Better email notification when a subscribed channel published a video #7395
• Add compatibility with ActivityPub FEP-1b12 (used by Lemmy, PieFed, Mbin...)
• Introduce a new cache system for remote thumbnails, storyboards, captions, and actor avatars/banners
• Support Redis TLS connections #7404
• Support PostgreSQL TLS connections #7366
• Support path style requests for object storage
• Improve channel collaboration:
  • An editor can now move a video they can manage to a channel they can manage (owner/editor)
  • An editor can send a change ownership request for a video they can manage
  • Editors can add videos to playlists of collaborated channels
  • Add quick actions (Manage, Remove) to the video dropdown for editors too
• Performance:
  • Create video file torrents in a worker thread
  • Optimize videos list SQL query with complex sort (trending, hot, etc.)
  • When possible, send raw files directly instead of muxing when downloading a video
• Improve podcast feed images compatibility with Apple Podcast

Bug fixes

• Fix videos list inconsistencies when going back to that page
• Do not display an empty details block in embed on error
• Prevent incomplete segment reads for live streams #7333
• Fix video download filename on Safari
• Fix broken P2P when updating object storage base URL
• Fix Redis sentinel support #7365
• Correctly use header colors defined by the admin
• Fix broken transcoding on remote runner when split video/audio is enabled
• Fix server config not refreshing after admin settings save #7413
• Prevent exception when the account is not loaded yet in the user moderation dropdown
• Prevent black borders when embedding a video
• Fix default scope defined by the admin when browsing videos
• Force transcoding even if the video state is not compatible
• Fix broken video studio task when updating video privacy at the same time
• Reset selected rows when loading data in tables
• Take into account channel owner video quota when an editor publishes a video to a collaborated channel
• Fix watching a password protected video as an editor
• Fix video metadata in filter:api.video.upload.accept.result context
• Correctly take into account the user language filter when browsing videos
• Fix .ts video file upload #7458
• Fix .mkv video file upload on latest Chrome
• Fix deleting all instance logo when deleting a specific logo
• Fix getting unsupported Node.js from PATH with yt-dlp #7468