Windows + Other Features + Fixes 🪟

Release candidate 2 of V2023.11.0 is here!

Compared to release candidate 1, this release includes the update to yt-dlp 2023.11.16. On GNOME, the addition of an Open File button to the desktop notification that is sent when the window is inactive and a download completes. On WinUI, the desktop notification itself can be clicked to open the file.

A Message To Translators 🌏️

A stable release is planned for Friday, November 17, 2023. Please have all translations updated before then to be included in the release!

Full Changelog 📃

• Parabolic is now available for Windows using Windows App SDK and WinUI 3 (#625)
• Added support for auto-generated subtitles from English (#642)
• Added the ability to turn off downloading auto-generated subtitles (#629)
• Added the advanced option to prefer the adv1 codec for video downloads (#630)
• Added the "Best" resolution when downloading videos to allow Parabolic to pick the highest resolution for each video download (#613)
• A URL can now be passed to Parabolic via the command-line or the freedesktop application open protocol to trigger its validation of startup (#628)
• Improved the design of the Preferences dialog to allow for better searching of options
• The shell notification when a download completes now contains an ""Open File"" button to open the download directly (#666)
• Fixed an issue where aria's max connections per server preference was allowed to be greater than 16 (#627)
• Fixed an issue where enabling the "Download Specific Timeframe" advanced option would cause a crash for certain media downloads (#631)
• Fixed an issue where stopping all downloads would cause the app to crash (#655)
• Fixed an issue where some videos were not validated correctly (#651)
• Updated to GNOME 45 runtime with latest libadwaita design (#647)
• Updated translations (Thanks everyone on Weblate!)

Install 🧑‍💻

GNOME

flathub-beta:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub-beta org.nickvision.tubeconverter
flatpak run org.nickvision.tubeconverter//beta

snap-store:

sudo snap install tube-converter --candidate

AUR

The parabolic-git package

Manually

• Download the org.nickvision.tubeconverter-x64.flatpak file from the assets below
• Run flatpak install org.nickvision.tubeconverter-x64.flatpak from the directory containing the .flatpak file
• Run flatpak run org.nickvision.tubeconverter//master to start the app! (You should also see it in your app grid)

WinUI

Manually

• Download and run the NickvisionTubeConverterSetup.exe file from the assets below

This is a beta version, bugs are expected. Please file a bug report for any issue found