diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md index 4aa10cb20..d7f800e10 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/CHANGELOG.md @@ -1,5 +1,71 @@ # Changelog +## v6.3.0-rc.1 + +### IMPORTANT NOTES + + * **Important** You need to manually execute a migration script after your upgrade while PeerTube is running. + The purpose of this migration is to update video files metadata in the database. + This migration can take a long time if you have many federated/local videos, but is designed to be safe to run multiple times: + * Classic installation: `cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest && sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production node dist/scripts/migrations/peertube-6.3.js` + * Docker installation: `cd /var/www/peertube-docker && docker-compose exec -u peertube peertube node dist/scripts/migrations/peertube-6.3.js` + +### Maintenance + + * Reduce error and warning logs generated by clients and the federation + * Introduce `peertube_playback_buffer_stalled_count_total` OpenTelemetry playback metric + * Removed `access_log: off` for static video requests in the nginx configuration template, now the player doesn't use WebTorrent anymore (which was doing a large amount of small HTTP requests) + * PeerTube introduces a new download API endpoint that remuxes the videos on the fly to merge video and audio streams. A custom rate limit can be configured in the YAML configuration + +### Plugins/Themes/Embed API + + * Reduce `@peertube/peertube-types` package size + +### Features + + * :tada: Separate HLS audio and video streams :tada: + * Can be enabled for VODs in the admin configuration for new videos + * Automatically enabled for lives + * If enabled, an "Audio only" resolution is available in the HLS player + * The live can ingest and output an "Audio only" stream + * Reduce video disk space used since we only store one version of the audio stream + * The download modal has a new panel so users can easily select the resolution they want to download + * :tada: Introduce a transcription widget :tada: + * Users can open the transcription widget that appears next to the player + * The transcription is in sync with the video + * Users can search the transcript and click on a specific segment to automatically jump the video to the appropriate timecode + * UI/UX: + * More visible chapter markers in player control bar + * Add a button to copy server logs in admin + * Smoother live autoplay: only the player is reloaded + * Improve channel and account page tab title + * Support max FPS configuration: the admin can allow videos with more than 60FPS, which is the current default limit + * Max resolution file preserves input FPS even if < 720p, allowing users to upload and broadcast a 480p resolution at 60FPS + * Add ability for admins to set multiple proxies for youtube-dl that PeerTube will randomly select + * Support youtube-dl executable (for example *Linux standalone x64 binary* that includes additional features like [impersonation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/?tab=readme-ov-file#impersonation)) + * Add a cover to the file if the user only downloads the audio version of the video + * Better resolution label for custom video aspect. For example with a `1920x816` video, we now display `1080p` instead of `816p` + * Forward watch page `start` query param to the OEmbed service so that the embed starts at the correct time + * Notify local users on when an *Internal* video is published + * Add ability for admins to disable federation (disabling ActivityPub endpoints) + +### Bug fixes + + * Fix broken object storage playlist on file removal + * Set live tags to replays + * Fix hidden delete button for original file in videos admin overview + * Don't crash the embed on player error + * Prevent embed poster flickering + * Fix left menu block title ellipsis + * Fix channel name overflow in *My Videos" page + * Fix player infinite buffering issues on fast live re-stream + * Don't display orange resume bar on live miniatures + * Fix video file object storage detection in admin videos overview + * Support ActivityPub remote actors with array `url` field + * Fix resetting duration filter in search page + + + ## v6.2.1 ### Maintenance