A Faster Parabolic 💨💨

Release Candidate 1 of V2024.10.0 (continuation of V2024.9.0) is here!

Compared to V2024.9.0-beta3, this release adds a new Preferred Video Codec option in Preferences, an improved format selection backend, a new subtitles selection interface for individual downloads, and the ability to copy the command used to run a download when viewing its log.

These are the final changes that we intend to make for this release cycle and are aiming to release a stable version on Wednesday October 2.

We recommend uninstalling any and all previous versions of Parabolic before installing and trying this beta.

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

A Message to Translators 🌍️

V2024.10.0 stable is aimed for Wednesday October 2, 2024. Please have all translations updated before then to be included in the release. Thank you all for your continued work and support towards Parabolic :)

Full Changelog 📃

• Parabolic has been rewritten in C++ for faster performance
• The Keyring module was rewritten. As a result, all keyrings have been reset and will need to be reconfigured
• Audio languages with audio description are now correctly recognized and handled separately from audio languages without audio description
• Audio download qualities will now list audio bitrates for the user to choose from
• Playlist downloads will now be saved in a subdirectory with the playlist's title within the chosen save folder
• When viewing the log of a download, the command used to run the download can now also be copied to the clipboard
• The length of the kept download history can now be changed in Preferences
• On non-sandbox platforms, a browser can be selected for Parabolic to fetch cookies from instead of selecting a txt file in Preferences
• Added an option in Preferences to allow for immediate download after a URL is validated
• Added an option in Preferences to pick a preferred video codec for when downloading video media
• Fixed validation issues with various sites
• Fixed an issue where a specified video password was not being used
• Redesigned user interface
• Updated yt-dlp

Install 🧑‍💻

GNOME (Linux only)

flathub-beta:

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

snap-store:

sudo snap install tube-converter --beta

Manually (x64 only)

• Download the org.nickvision.tubeconverter.gnome.flatpak file from the assets below
• Run flatpak install org.nickvision.tubeconverter.gnome.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)

QT

Windows (x64 only)

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

Linux (x64 only)

• Download the org.nickvision.tubeconverter.qt.flatpak file from the assets below
• Run flatpak install org.nickvision.tubeconverter.qt.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)