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title: "better ux, improvements for youtube, twitter, tiktok, instagram, and more!"
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date: "May 5, 2024"
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banner:
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file: "meowthbusinessman.webp"
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alt: "photo of a businessman holding hands together (merkel-raute pose) with meowth plush head."
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long time no see! well, actually, you've been using the latest version for some time now. we've moved to a rolling release scheme, allowing for speedy update rollouts :)
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since 7.11, there has been a ton of changes. here are the most notable of them:
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- youtube downloads are now faster and more reliable than ever.
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- all posts from twitter are now downloadable, including sensitive ones.
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- you now can download tiktok videos in 1080p h265! just enable h265 support in settings > video.
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- added support for sharing links directly to the cobalt web app on android.
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- added 240p and 144p quality options to the quality picker in settings (for some reason, many of you wanted this).
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- pasting a link with additional text around it will now work; cobalt will extract the link for you (works only via the paste button).
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- added anonymous traffic analytics by plausible. we're using a selfhosted instance and don't collect any identifiable information about you. you can learn more in about > privacy policy. you can also opt out of anonymous analytics in settings > other.
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service support improvements:
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- implemented internal streams functionality, allowing for more fine-grained file streaming and therefore proper youtube support.
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- added fallback to m4a if opus isn't available for youtube.
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- added a total of 7 ways to get instagram post info, including mobile api, embed, and graphql api. absolute torture.
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- added support for reddit user posts.
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- updated the way tiktok downloads are handled for better reliability and 1080p support.
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- added tiktok author's username to filename.
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- added support for rutube shorts and yappy videos.
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- added support for m.soundcloud.com links.
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- added support for new post and reel links from instagram.
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- added support for photo twitter links, only used for gifs.
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- added support for m.bilibili.com links.
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- added support for new type of vimeo links.
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- added support for ddinstagram.com links.
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- updated youtube codec info in settings to display the fact that av1 is a better choice now.
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- updated best audio picking for tiktok and soundcloud.
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- changed the youtube client to web, since android client no longer works.
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- removed the vimeo download type switcher, as it should've always been automatic instead.
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- removed an ability to enable the tiktok watermark, as it no longer includes the author's username.
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ui & ux improvements:
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- youtube audio dub switcher is now a toggle with a much easier to understand description.
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- meowbalt now sticks out on the left side of download popup on desktop.
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- updated "made with love" text to include the research & dev team behind cobalt, imput.
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- fixed grammar of russian localization.
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- rounded corners are now correctly rendered across all browsers.
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- various minor improvements, including smaller button padding.
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- removed the notification (red dot) functionality as the most recent changelog is already always on screen.
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- removed settings migration from the old domain.
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other changes:
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- various docs updates in github repo, making sure they're functional across branches and forks.
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- major codebase cleanup.
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thank you for using cobalt, and thank you for being one of our 900k friends! i hope you like this update as much as we liked making it.
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we're committed to keeping cobalt the best way to save what you love without ads or invasion of your privacy. there's a ton of cool stuff to come soon; stay tuned and have an amazing rest of your day <3
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if you want to help our goal of a better internet for everyone, just share cobalt with a friend!
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(original photo of a man in a suit by benzoix on freepik)
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