v2.4.0-rc.1

IMPORTANT NOTES

• The minimum ffmpeg version required is now 4.1
• Deprecate static routes that will be removed in 3.0 (you may not have to do anything if you used paths returned by the video REST API):
  • /static/avatars/: use /lazy-static/avatars/ instead
  • /static/previews/: use /lazy-static/previews/ instead
  • /static/video-captions/: use /lazy-static/video-captions/ instead
• Use playlistPosition URL parameter for playlists instead of videoId to set the current playlist position

Maintenance

• Better error message on PostgreSQL connection error
• Add ssl option support for PostgreSQL connection

Official PeerTube plugins

• Player video annotation (alpha)

Plugins/Themes/Embed API

• Add embed API (https://docs.joinpeertube.org/#/api-embed-player):
  • playNextVideo method
  • playPreviousVideo method
  • getCurrentPosition method
• Embed URL parameters
  • Add ability to disable PeerTube link in embed using an URL param (peertubeLink=0)
• Add plugins support in embed
• Add client plugin hooks (https://docs.joinpeertube.org/#/api-plugins):
  • action:embed.player.loaded (for embed)
• Add custom fields in video update/upload form using registerVideoField (https://docs.joinpeertube.org/#/contribute-plugins?id=add-custom-fields-to-video-form)

Features

• Moderation:
  • 🎉 Add ability to report comments and accounts
  • 🎉 Add messaging system between local reporter of an abuse and moderators so they can easily communicate
  • 🎉 Users can now see their abuse reports, and have notifications when an abuse state changed (accepted/rejected) or when moderators added a new message
  • Add embed to block list details @rigelk in #2926
• Video playlists:
  • 🎉 Add ability to embed playlists
  • 🎉 Add ability to put a video multiple times in a playlist (with different startAt/stopAt parameters or not)
• Video comments:
  • Add uni-code emojis native display in comments @Kimsible in #3046
  • Add delete and re-draft action on a comment that doesn't have replies @Kimsible in #3046
  • Hide deleted comments when there aren't replies @Kimsible in #3046
• Accessibility/UI:
  • Disable vertical scroll instead of hide on desktop browsers @Kimsible in #2962
  • Update my-account sub-menus icons @Kimsible in #2977
  • Improve navigation sub-menu and tabs effects @Kimsible in #2971
  • Hide generic channel display name and avatar on watch view @Kimsible in #2988
  • Display user quota progress bars above upload form @Kimsible in #2981
  • Improve mobile accessibility by moving table action cells on the left @Kimsible in #2980
  • Directly display download button in watch page on logged-out users @rigelk in #2919
  • Improve users list table display in admin (add badge, progress bar) @rigelk in #2991
  • Add dynamic column display for users list table in admin @rigelk in #2991
  • Add anchor links to about/instance @Kimsible in #3064
  • Improve select components @rigelk in #3035
  • Add content overlay for opened menu on touchscreens @Kimsible in #3088
• Add alert and hide upload view when no upload is possible @Kimsible in #2966
• Allow sorting notifications by unread/newest @rigelk
• Add open-graph and twitter-card metas for accounts, video-channels and playlists urls @Kimsible in #2996
• Add channel name to create-user admin form @Kimsible in #2984
• Support Kabile for video languages/captions
• Translate page titles
• Add .ac3, .aac, .qt, .mqv, .3gpp, .3gpp2, .m1v, .mpg, .mpe, .vob extensions support on upload if transcoding is enabled @rigelk
• Performance:
  • Improved front-end performance by reducing localized bundle sizes (~ 2MB instead of 3MB for the homepage)
  • Optimize comments RSS feed SQL query
  • Optimize default sort SQL query when listing videos

Bug fixes

• Handle webp images from youtube-dl
• Fix embed p2p warning localization
• iOS fixes:
  • Fix HLS only videos playback
  • Fix fullscreen
  • Fix iPad desktop mode playback
  • Try to fix autoplay with iOS/Safari
• Fix anonymous user theme
• Fix player hotkeys after mouse interaction
• Fix resolution transcoding for portrait videos
• Do not display videojs poster when video is starting to avoid blinking effect @Kimsible in #3056
• Correctly scroll to anchors in my-settings @Kimsible in #3032
• Forbid reset password links reuse
• Fix low default resolution on webtorrent videos
• Fix instance features table responsive in about page @test2a in #3090
• Fix playlist element deletion/edition in my account
• Fix video playlist playback resuming
• Correctly display error message for Internet Explorer
• Fix videos RSS feed when HLS only is enabled