This Minitube release fixes bugs and brings new and updated translations. Here’s a list of the bugs that have been fixed:
- Fixed searching YouTube videos ids containing the “-” sign
- Fixed search auto-completion popup appearing when not needed
- Fixed temporary files not being deleted on Windows
- Fixed quitting from the Dock on the Mac
- Fixed bug preventing system shutdown on the Mac
- Fixed search box selecting text while typing and losing focus on ESC key on the Mac
- On the Mac, “Quit” and other application menu items are now correctly localized
Enjoy your 100% bug-free Minitube!
Happy new year everybody! Just in time for the Befana, I’m releasing Minitube 1.7. Put it on USB sticks together with candy inside colored socks for the little ones!
This release features clickable usernames in the playlist, so you can start watching the video author’s channel with a click.
Another much requested feature is a “Manually start playing” option. It allows you to pick the right video before starting playback and to try other searches without interrupting the current video.
Especially for the Mac, I worked on enhancing the visual style to be more pleasant and feel more native. Now the app doesn’t quit on window close and minimizes on Command+M. The seek bar and volume slider sport a new style and the search box is the rounded, native one.
The “Stop after this video” option can be useful in many situations, I use it with my kid so I can pretend that the cartoons are over.
Other minor enhancements include a window “Float on Top” option and the ability to skip to the previous video (with keyboard shortcut).
Enjoy and spread the word!
A few hours ago I’ve come back from free camping on a beautiful mountain. When I logged in I found out dozens of users were complaining about Minitube not working. Here I am with a new release that fixes the problem and adds a few features. Thanks to Mike Holenderski for emailing me details about the YouTube changes that broke Minitube.
Besides watching videos again, you can now drag’n'drop YouTube links from your browser to the Minitube window. Also, Minitube is now more tolerant about which URLs are actually YouTube URLs. New translations are included thanks to the great people contributing on Transifex.
UPDATE: Minitube 1.5 has been published on the Mac App Store (11 days after its submission). Anyone who bought it there can update via the App Store
This bug fix release finally fixes some videos not starting, especially in languages different than English. Here’s the rest of the changelog:
- Hide toolbar and playlist in fullscreen on mouseleave (multiscreen) (Patch by Rob Halff)
- Fixed volume level in the statusbar showing as a decimal (Patch by mru00)
- Fixed disabled search box when in fullscreen on Linux
- New and updated translations from Transifex
Enjoy Minitube!
Just a quick note to announce the availability of Minitube 1.4.2. This version addresses a bug with some videos not playing, especially longer ones. Also full length videos now start playing much faster. 1.4.2 also fixes some invalid download filenames on Windows. A brand new Albanian translation is included. Enjoy!
This is the first Minitube release working on all three major platforms. The Windows version, like the Mac one, won’t be free. I hope this will help make the project sustainable. So spread the word to your Windows friends!
Version 1.4.1 brings many new and updated translations. Many thanks to the people who worked on Transifex. Georg Grabler fixed a bug occurring in multiscreen setups. I fixed a bug with videos not auto-advancing when using the Xine Phonon backend on Linux. Enjoy!
A Minitube Windows version is almost ready. Here you can find a beta release that should work on Windows 2000 and above. I hope someone can test it and report in the comments below whether it works or not.
The Windows version, like the Mac one, is not going to be free. Please bear with me as I try to make this project sustainable.
This release introduces YouTube channels support in Minitube. At first I thought it would be just a minor feature. You just search for a username instead of keyword. No big deal. Boy, I was wrong. While trivial from a technical perspective, being able to watch YouTube channel in Minitube brings a whole new depth to the application. Discovering channels is easy thanks to the autocomplete popup, which suggests the most relevant channels for a given keyword.
Version 1.4 also fixes many playback problems. Some of them are actually caused by slow YouTube streams. Minitube now tries very hard to get a fast stream and discards slower ones.
Linux CLI users will enjoy a small new feature. Minitube now can be launched from the command line specifyng a keyword or YouTube URL.
I’m experimenting with Transifex, a collaborative translation system. If you’re interested in helping translating Minitube, head over to Minitube’s project page.
As always, donations are welcome!
Minitube 1.4 is ready to be translated! If you’re interested, please head over to Gitorious, download a .ts file (using the Raw blob data link on the right) and edit it with Qt Linguist. When you’re ready you can send it back to me via email or, if you can work with git, file a merge request.
There is still no simple collaborative translation system for Minitube. So please have patience with duplicate translations, etc