A More Customizable Tube Converter 🛠️

Release Candidate 1 of V2023.6.1 is here! This release is packed with features, so lets get right into it!

Compared to beta 2, we added the ability to specify a specific timeframe of a media to download in Advanced Options. This will use ffmpeg as the downloader instead, but all other download customization (besides speed limit) will still apply. We also added the ability to turn on automatic cropping of audio thumbnails in Preferences, instead of having to manually turn it on each time in Advanced Options (although that option is still available).

Continuing with customization, we added the ability to specify a comma-separated list of language codes in Preferences that will be used to select the languages of subtitles to download and embed in a file. Previously only English and your system language were downloaded.

Finally, if a download fails (and was not stopped), Tube Converter will automatically retry the failed download one more time. If it fails again after that, it will be up to the user to retry the download.

Continued thanks to @fsobolev and @DaPigGuy who continuously work with me to implement and test all of these features. @soumyaDghosh for managing snap and all other contributors, feature requesters, bug testers, and translators who continue to make Tube Converter the best that it can be :) ❤️

A Message To Translators 🌎️

As this is an RC release, we are now in a feature-freeze. Only bugs will be fixed, no new features nor string changes.

A stable release is planned for Friday June 16 2023, so please have all translations updated by Thursday June 15, 11:59 PM EST to be included in the release.

Full Changelog 📃

• Added authentication options when adding a download if needed (#322)
• Added a Keyring to store credentials that can be used when authenticating (#327)
• Added the advanced download option to specify a specific timeframe of a media to download (#105)
• Added the ability to embed chapters in a download (#338)
• Added the ability to turn on automatically cropping audio thumbnails (#342)
• Added the ability to specify a comma-separated list of language codes for subtitle downloading (#162)
• Improved the speed of playlist validation (#310)
• The "Number Titles" switch's state will now be remembered and used again for future downloads (#324)
• The previous "Video Resolution" will be remembered and pre-selected if available for future downloads (#332)
• Comment, Description, Synopsis and Purl fields will no longer be embedded in metadata (#326)
• If a download fails and was not stopped, Tube Converter will automatically retry it one more time (#343)
• Fixed an issue where some websites were not validated (#340)
• Fixed an issue where the incorrect file extension was sometimes shown for generic downloads
• 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

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)

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