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"current": {
"version": "4.8",
"title": "prettier than ever",
"banner": "catmakeup.webp",
"content": "this version brings many visual improvements and a completely revamped \"about\" tab.\n\nwhat's new in \"about\" tab:\n*; all information is now split into collapsible sections, making it easier to navigate.\n*; added privacy policy to further prove that none of your data is collected.\n*; added emoji to the page title to make it look consistent with other pages.\n*; added mastodon account handle and link.\n*; there are now short notes at the end of each section.\n*; other changes that are too small to describe. just go check it out!\n\nthis tab is not yet finalized and i will post a poll with possible future additions on twitter and mastodon. make sure to vote and discuss!\n\nvisual improvements:\n*; less wasted space: paddings and margins have been reduced and optimized for usability, consistency, and overall beauty.\n*; all <a class=\"text-backdrop italic\" href=\"https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ\" target=\"_blank\">links</a> are now in italic. it's much easier to tell them apart from <span class=\"text-backdrop\">regular highlights</span>.\n*; error popup no longer looks broken and out of place.\n*; download popup now has a proper close button, not something from 2.x era.\n*; emoji are no longer selectable or draggable.\n*; better scalability: desktop layout for home screen is shown if device viewport is wide enough to fit in three action buttons.\n*; page shouldn't look broken on phones in landscape mode (i still highly recommend using cobalt in portrait mode).\n*; removed bulletpoint padding. it was unnecessary.\n*; updated some service names.\n\nas always, you can suggest features or report bugs on any platform listed in the \"support\" section of about tab.\n\nthank you for using cobalt. i hope you have a good day :)"
},
"history": [{
"version": "4.7",
"title": "we're better together! thank you for bug reports.",
"banner": "bettertogether.webp",
"content": "this update includes a bunch of improvements, many of which were made thanks to the community :D\n\nservice-related improvements:\n*; private soundcloud links are now supported (#68);\n*; tiktok usernames with dots in them no longer confuse cobalt (#71);\n*; .ogg files no longer wrongfully include a video channel (#67);\n*; fixed an issue that caused cobalt to freak out when user attempted to download an audio from audio-only service with \"mute video\" option enabled.\n\nui improvements:\n*; popup padding has been evened out. popups are now able to fit in more information on scroll, especially on mobile;\n*; all buttons are now of even size and are displayed without any padding issues across all modern browsers and devices;\n*; checkbox is no longer crippled on ios;\n*; many explanation texts have been simplified to get rid of unnecessary bloat (no bullshit, remember?);\n*; moved tiktok section in video settings higher due to higher priority;\n*; fixed unexpectedly displayed scrollbars on switch rows in firefox.\n\nstability improvements:\n*; ffmpeg process now should end upon finishing the render;\n*; ffmpeg should also quit when download is abruptly cut off;\n*; fixed a memory leak that was caused by misconfigured stream information caching (#63).\n\ninternal improvements:\n*; requested streams are now stored in cache for 2 minutes instead of 1000 hours (yes, 1000 hours, i fucked up);\n*; cached data is now reused if user requests same content within 2 minutes;\n*; page render module is now even cleaner than before;\n*; proper support for bullet-points in loc strings.\n\nyou can suggest features or report bugs on <a class=\"text-backdrop\" href=\"{repo}\" target=\"_blank\">github</a> or <a class=\"text-backdrop\" href=\"https://twitter.com/justusecobalt\" target=\"_blank\">twitter</a>. both work just fine, use whichever you're more comfortable with.\n\nthank you for using cobalt, and thank you for reading this changelog.\n\nyou're amazing, keep it up :)"
},
"history": [{
"content": "this update includes a bunch of improvements, many of which were made thanks to the community :D\n\nservice-related improvements:\n*; private soundcloud links are now supported (#68);\n*; tiktok usernames with dots in them no longer confuse cobalt (#71);\n*; .ogg files no longer wrongfully include a video channel (#67);\n*; fixed an issue that caused cobalt to freak out when user attempted to download an audio from audio-only service with \"mute video\" option enabled.\n\nui improvements:\n*; popup padding has been evened out. popups are now able to fit in more information on scroll, especially on mobile;\n*; all buttons are now of even size and are displayed without any padding issues across all modern browsers and devices;\n*; checkbox is no longer crippled on ios;\n*; many explanation texts have been simplified to get rid of unnecessary bloat (no bullshit, remember?);\n*; moved tiktok section in video settings higher due to higher priority;\n*; fixed unexpectedly displayed scrollbars on switch rows in firefox.\n\nstability improvements:\n*; ffmpeg process now should end upon finishing the render;\n*; ffmpeg should also quit when download is abruptly cut off;\n*; fixed a memory leak that was caused by misconfigured stream information caching (#63).\n\ninternal improvements:\n*; requested streams are now stored in cache for 2 minutes instead of 1000 hours (yes, 1000 hours, i fucked up);\n*; cached data is now reused if user requests same content within 2 minutes;\n*; page render module is now even cleaner than before;\n*; proper support for bullet-points in loc strings.\n\nyou can suggest features or report bugs on <a class=\"text-backdrop italic\" href=\"{repo}\" target=\"_blank\">github</a> or <a class=\"text-backdrop italic\" href=\"https://twitter.com/justusecobalt\" target=\"_blank\">twitter</a>. both work just fine, use whichever you're more comfortable with.\n\nthank you for using cobalt, and thank you for reading this changelog.\n\nyou're amazing, keep it up :)"
}, {
"version": "4.6",
"title": "mute videos and proper soundcloud support",
"banner": "shutup.png",
"content": "i've been longing to implement both of these things, and here they finally are.\n\nservice-related improvements:\n{bS}*; you now can download videos with no audio! simply enable the \"mute audio\" option in settings &gt; audio.\n*; soundcloud module has been updated, and downloads should no longer break after some time.{bE}\nvisual improvements:\n{bS}*; moved some things around in settings popup, and added separators where separation is needed.\n*; updated some texts in english and russian.\n*; version and commit hash have been joined together, now they're a single unit.{bE}\ninternal improvements:\n{bS}*; updated api documentation to include isAudioMuted.\n*; simplified the startup message.\n*; created render elements for separator and explanation due to high duplication of them in the page.\n*; fully deprecated GET method for API requests.\n*; fixed some code quirks.{bE}\nhere's how soundcloud downloads got fixed:\n\npreviously, client_id was (stupidly) hardcoded. that means cobalt wasn't able to fetch song data if soundcloud web app got updated.\nnow, cobalt tries to find the up-to-date client_id, caches it in memory, and checks if web app version has changed to update the id accordingly. you can see this change for yourself on github."
"content": "i've been longing to implement both of these things, and here they finally are.\n\nservice-related improvements:\n*; you now can download videos with no audio! simply enable the \"mute audio\" option in settings &gt; audio.\n*; soundcloud module has been updated, and downloads should no longer break after some time.\nvisual improvements:\n*; moved some things around in settings popup, and added separators where separation is needed.\n*; updated some texts in english and russian.\n*; version and commit hash have been joined together, now they're a single unit.\ninternal improvements:\n*; updated api documentation to include isAudioMuted.\n*; simplified the startup message.\n*; created render elements for separator and explanation due to high duplication of them in the page.\n*; fully deprecated GET method for API requests.\n*; fixed some code quirks.\nhere's how soundcloud downloads got fixed:\n\npreviously, client_id was (stupidly) hardcoded. that means cobalt wasn't able to fetch song data if soundcloud web app got updated.\nnow, cobalt tries to find the up-to-date client_id, caches it in memory, and checks if web app version has changed to update the id accordingly. you can see this change for yourself on github."
}, {
"version": "4.5",
"title": "better, faster, stronger, stable",
"banner": "meowthstrong.webp",
"content": "your favorite social media downloader just got even better! this update includes a ton of imporvements and fixes.\n\nin fact, there are so many changes, i had to split them in sections.\n\nservice-related improvements:\n{bS}*; vimeo module has been revamped, all sorts of videos should now be supported.\n*; vimeo audio downloads! you now can download audios from more recent videos.\n*; {appName} now supports all sorts of tumblr links. (even those scary ones from the mobile app)\n*; vk clips support has been fixed. they rolled back the separation of videos and clips, so i had to do the same.\n*; youtube videos with community warnings should now be possible to download.{bE}\nuser interface improvements:\n{bS}*; list of supported services is now MUCH easier to read.\n*; banners in changelog history should no longer overlap each other.\n*; bullet points! they have a bit of extra padding, so it makes them stand out of the rest of text.{bE}\ninternal improvements:\n{bS}*; cobalt will now match the link to regex when using ?u= query for autopasting it into input area.\n*; better rate limiting: limiting now is done per minute, not per 20 minutes. this ensures less waiting and less attack area for request spammers.\n*; moved to my own fork of ytdl-core, cause main project seems to have been abandoned. go check it out on <a class=\"text-backdrop\" href=\"https://github.com/wukko/better-ytdl-core\" target=\"_blank\">github</a> or <a class=\"text-backdrop\" href=\"https://www.npmjs.com/package/better-ytdl-core\" target=\"_blank\">npm</a>!\n*; ALL user inputs are now properly sanitized on the server. that includes variables for POST api method, too.\n*; \"got\" package has been (mostly) replaced by native fetch api. this should greately reduce ram usage.\n*; all unnecessary duplications of module imports have been gotten rid of. no more error passing strings from inside of service modules. you don't make mistakes only if you don't do anything, right?\n*; other code optimizations. there's less clutter overall.{bE}\nhuge update, right? seems like everything's fixed now?\n\nnope, one issue still persists: sometimes youtube server drops packets for an audio file while cobalt's rendering the video for you. this results in abrupt cuts of audio. if you want to help solving this issue, <a class=\"text-backdrop\" href=\"https://github.com/wukko/cobalt/issues/62\" target=\"_blank\">please feel free to do it on github!</a>\n\nthank you for reading this, and thank you for sticking with cobalt and me."
"content": "your favorite social media downloader just got even better! this update includes a ton of imporvements and fixes.\n\nin fact, there are so many changes, i had to split them in sections.\n\nservice-related improvements:\n*; vimeo module has been revamped, all sorts of videos should now be supported.\n*; vimeo audio downloads! you now can download audios from more recent videos.\n*; {appName} now supports all sorts of tumblr links. (even those scary ones from the mobile app)\n*; vk clips support has been fixed. they rolled back the separation of videos and clips, so i had to do the same.\n*; youtube videos with community warnings should now be possible to download.\nuser interface improvements:\n*; list of supported services is now MUCH easier to read.\n*; banners in changelog history should no longer overlap each other.\n*; bullet points! they have a bit of extra padding, so it makes them stand out of the rest of text.\ninternal improvements:\n*; cobalt will now match the link to regex when using ?u= query for autopasting it into input area.\n*; better rate limiting: limiting now is done per minute, not per 20 minutes. this ensures less waiting and less attack area for request spammers.\n*; moved to my own fork of ytdl-core, cause main project seems to have been abandoned. go check it out on <a class=\"text-backdrop italic\" href=\"https://github.com/wukko/better-ytdl-core\" target=\"_blank\">github</a> or <a class=\"text-backdrop italic\" href=\"https://www.npmjs.com/package/better-ytdl-core\" target=\"_blank\">npm</a>!\n*; ALL user inputs are now properly sanitized on the server. that includes variables for POST api method, too.\n*; \"got\" package has been (mostly) replaced by native fetch api. this should greately reduce ram usage.\n*; all unnecessary duplications of module imports have been gotten rid of. no more error passing strings from inside of service modules. you don't make mistakes only if you don't do anything, right?\n*; other code optimizations. there's less clutter overall.\nhuge update, right? seems like everything's fixed now?\n\nnope, one issue still persists: sometimes youtube server drops packets for an audio file while cobalt's rendering the video for you. this results in abrupt cuts of audio. if you want to help solving this issue, <a class=\"text-backdrop italic\" href=\"https://github.com/wukko/cobalt/issues/62\" target=\"_blank\">please feel free to do it on github!</a>\n\nthank you for reading this, and thank you for sticking with cobalt and me."
}, {
"version": "4.4",
"title": "over 1 million monthly requests. thank you.",
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"version": "4.3",
"title": "developers, developers, developers, developers",
"banner": "developersdevelopersdevelopers.webp",
"content": "this update features a TON of improvements.\n\n<a class=\"text-backdrop\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaVTHG-Ev4k\" target=\"_blank\">developers</a>, you now can rely on {appName} for getting content from social media. the api has been revamped and <a class=\"text-backdrop\" href=\"https://github.com/wukko/cobalt/tree/current/docs/API.md\" target=\"_blank\">documentation</a> is now available. you can read more about API changes down below. go crazy, and have fun :D\n\nif you're not a developer, here's a list of changes that you probably care about:\n- rate limit is now approximately 8 times bigger. no more waiting, even if you want to download entirety of your tiktok \"for you\" page.\n- some updates will now have expressive banners, just like this one.\n- fixed what was causing an error when a youtube video had no description.\n- mp4 format button text should now be displayed properly, no matter if you touched the switcher or not.\n\nnext, the star of this update — improved api!\n- main endpoint now uses POST method instead of GET.\n- internal variables for preferences have been updated to be consistent and easier to understand.\n- ip address is now hashed right upon request, not somewhere deep inside the code.\n- global stream salt variable is no longer unnecessarily passed over a billion functions.\n- url and picker keys are now separate in the json response.\n- {appName} web app now correctly processes responses with \"success\" status.\n\nif you currently have a siri shortcut or some other script that uses the GET method, make sure to update it soon. this method is deprecated, limited, and will be removed entirely in coming updates.\n\nif you ever make something using {appName}'s api, make sure to mention <a class=\"text-backdrop\" href=\"https://twitter.com/justusecobalt\" target=\"_blank\">@justusecobalt</a> on twitter, i would absolutely love to see what you made."
"content": "this update features a TON of improvements.\n\n<a class=\"text-backdrop italic\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaVTHG-Ev4k\" target=\"_blank\">developers</a>, you now can rely on {appName} for getting content from social media. the api has been revamped and <a class=\"text-backdrop italic\" href=\"https://github.com/wukko/cobalt/tree/current/docs/API.md\" target=\"_blank\">documentation</a> is now available. you can read more about API changes down below. go crazy, and have fun :D\n\nif you're not a developer, here's a list of changes that you probably care about:\n- rate limit is now approximately 8 times bigger. no more waiting, even if you want to download entirety of your tiktok \"for you\" page.\n- some updates will now have expressive banners, just like this one.\n- fixed what was causing an error when a youtube video had no description.\n- mp4 format button text should now be displayed properly, no matter if you touched the switcher or not.\n\nnext, the star of this update — improved api!\n- main endpoint now uses POST method instead of GET.\n- internal variables for preferences have been updated to be consistent and easier to understand.\n- ip address is now hashed right upon request, not somewhere deep inside the code.\n- global stream salt variable is no longer unnecessarily passed over a billion functions.\n- url and picker keys are now separate in the json response.\n- {appName} web app now correctly processes responses with \"success\" status.\n\nif you currently have a siri shortcut or some other script that uses the GET method, make sure to update it soon. this method is deprecated, limited, and will be removed entirely in coming updates.\n\nif you ever make something using {appName}'s api, make sure to mention <a class=\"text-backdrop italic\" href=\"https://twitter.com/justusecobalt\" target=\"_blank\">@justusecobalt</a> on twitter, i would absolutely love to see what you made."
}, {
"version": "4.2",
"title": "optimized quality picking and 8k video support",
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}, {
"version": "4.0",
"title": "better and faster than ever",
"content": "this update has a ton of improvements and new features.\n\nchanges you probably care about:\n- {appName} now has support for recorded twitter spaces! download the previous conversation no matter how long it was.\n- download speeds from youtube are at least 10 times better now. you're welcome.\n- both video and audio length limits have been extended to 2 hours.\n- audio downloads from youtube, youtube music, twitter spaces, and soundcloud now have metadata! most often it's just title and artist, but when {appName} is able to get more info, it adds that metadata too.\n- tiktok downloads have been fixed, yet again, and if they ever break in the future, {appName} will fall back to downloading a less annoyingly watermarked video.\n- soundcloud downloads have been fixed, too.\n\nless notable changes:\n- currently experimenting with using mp3 as default audio format. if you set something other than mp3 before, it'll be set to mp3. you can always change it back in settings. let me know what you think about this.\n- \"download audio\" button from image picker no longer stays on the screen after popup was closed.\n- clipboard button now shows up depending on your browser's support for it.\n- you can no longer manually hide the clipboard button, 'cause it's unnecessary.\n- small internal improvements such as separation of changelog version and title.\n- fair bit of internal clean up.\n\nif you want to help me implement covers for downloaded audios, <a class=\"text-backdrop\" href=\"https://github.com/wukko/cobalt\" target=\"_blank\">you can do it on github</a>."
"content": "this update has a ton of improvements and new features.\n\nchanges you probably care about:\n- {appName} now has support for recorded twitter spaces! download the previous conversation no matter how long it was.\n- download speeds from youtube are at least 10 times better now. you're welcome.\n- both video and audio length limits have been extended to 2 hours.\n- audio downloads from youtube, youtube music, twitter spaces, and soundcloud now have metadata! most often it's just title and artist, but when {appName} is able to get more info, it adds that metadata too.\n- tiktok downloads have been fixed, yet again, and if they ever break in the future, {appName} will fall back to downloading a less annoyingly watermarked video.\n- soundcloud downloads have been fixed, too.\n\nless notable changes:\n- currently experimenting with using mp3 as default audio format. if you set something other than mp3 before, it'll be set to mp3. you can always change it back in settings. let me know what you think about this.\n- \"download audio\" button from image picker no longer stays on the screen after popup was closed.\n- clipboard button now shows up depending on your browser's support for it.\n- you can no longer manually hide the clipboard button, 'cause it's unnecessary.\n- small internal improvements such as separation of changelog version and title.\n- fair bit of internal clean up.\n\nif you want to help me implement covers for downloaded audios, <a class=\"text-backdrop italic\" href=\"https://github.com/wukko/cobalt\" target=\"_blank\">you can do it on github</a>."
}, {
"version": "3.7",
"title": "support for multi media tweets is here!",
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}, {
"version": "3.5.4",
"title": "tiktok support is back :D",
"content": "you can download videos, sounds, and images from tiktok again!\nhuge thank you to <a class=\"text-backdrop\" href=\"https://github.com/minzique\" target=\"_blank\">@minzique</a> for finding another api endpoint that works."
"content": "you can download videos, sounds, and images from tiktok again!\nhuge thank you to <a class=\"text-backdrop italic\" href=\"https://github.com/minzique\" target=\"_blank\">@minzique</a> for finding another api endpoint that works."
}, {
"version": "3.5.2",
"title": "vk clips support, improved changelog system, and less bugs",