cobalt-7/web/changelogs/7.11.md

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cache encryption, meowbalt, dailymotion, bilibili, and much more! March 6, 2024
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cobalt may not have as many groceries as 7-eleven, but it sure does have lots of big changes in this update!

  • all cached stream info is now encrypted and can only be decrypted with a link you get from cobalt.
  • new popup style featuring meowbalt, cobalt's speedy mascot. you will see him more often from now on!
  • added support for dailymotion (including short links).
  • added support for bilibili.tv, fixed support for bilibili.com, and added support for all related short links.
  • added support for unlisted vimeo links.
  • added support for tumblr audio and revamped the entire module.
  • added support for embed ok.ru links.

we also updated the privacy policy to reflect the addition of data encryption, go check it out.

for people with iphones:

  • clearer ios saving tutorial.
  • added "save to files" ios shortcut.
  • updated save to photos shortcut.

make sure to save both shortcuts and read the updated tutorial!

for people who host a cobalt instance:

  • updated all environment variables TO_BE_LIKE_THIS. time to update your configs! for now cobalt is backwards compatible with old variable names, but it won't last forever.
  • added a list of all environment variables and their descriptions to run-an-instance doc.
  • updated cookie file example with more services and improved examples.
  • updated docker compose example with better explanations and up-to-date env variable samples.
  • updated some packages to get rid of all unnecessary messages in console.

want to host an instance? learn how to do it here.

frontend changes:

  • removed migration popup.
  • corners across ui are even more round now.
  • bottom glass bkg in popups is no longer rounded on top right.
  • small popup no longer stretches like gum, it's fixed in size on desktop.
  • small popup animation no longer lags on mobile.
  • better ui scaling across resolutions.
  • updated donation text.

thank you for using cobalt, all 750k of you. hope you like this update as much as we enjoyed making it :D