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@Rafostar Rafostar released this 18 Feb 18:47
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Rafostar Rafał Dzięgiel
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IMPORTANT: Due to changed internal communication in extension please relogin/reboot after install/update.

  • Changes:

    • Redo communication between GJS and node.js (now it uses http requests and websockets)
    • Added transcode audio only option
    • Added picture change on time interval (a.k.a Slideshow) #84
      • Slideshow can be toggled using camera button in the remote
      • Change picture time interval can be set in extension prefs
      • Time can be changed during cast too
      • Supports putting images on repeat (infinite loop)
    • Support cast from network GVFS file mounts (e.g. NAS server) #86
    • Added device selection to file chooser and nautilus extension #88
      • Device can be changed at the bottom of file chooser
      • Nautilus displays device selection only if there is more than one device scanned
    • Added support for HLS video streaming (used by WIP desktop streaming)
    • Includes vttextract command line tool for manual subtitles extraction:
      • Allows preparing subtitles before cast to speed up streaming later
      • Can be used to extract subtitles from single video or folder with videos
      • Extension will automatically find and pick extracted subtitles on cast
      • All tool code (except printing to command line) is shared with extension
      • Can be run on time interval using e.g. Cron job
    • Extension now reuses subtitles extracted on cast or with vttextract
      • Select folder to keep extracted subtitles for later reuse in prefs
      • Default save folder is /tmp which will not keep them across reboots (manual change recommended)
    • Transcode videos to mp4 instead of mkv container
    • Option to use native Chromecast subtitles while transcoding:
      • Burning subtitles during transcode is now optional
      • Not burning lowers CPU usage and allows customising subtitles
      • Burning subs is still available as it displays correctly unusual subtitles (e.g. karaoke)
    • File chooser will remember last used transcode option
    • Shorter GNOME top bar label (without "remote" part)
    • Added option to show selected receiver name as top bar label
    • Replaced module responsible for subtitles character encoding detection #104
    • Displays notifications about missing or not installed npm modules

  • Fixes:

    • Fix non-working file chooser buttons translations
    • Fix ffmpeg memory leak on cast stop during encoding
    • Fix playlist jitters on drag when items include non-English alphabet letters
    • Fixed casting multiple pictures to web browser
    • Fix webplayer showing too many connections on track change

  • New translations:

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