Releases: howardchung/watchparty
Releases · howardchung/watchparty
2024-03-19
Features
- VBrowser bitrate can now be adjusted to help users on slower connections
- YouTube playlist URLs are now supported as room media sources (will replace the default examples list)
- Added an option to continuously loop the current video
- Player now displays buffered/loaded video ranges
- Twitch and Reddit URLs are now supported as video sources
- The /createRoom API now supports creating a room with a array of videos initialized (
playlist
property in POST body) - Changed the default resolution for all vbrowsers to 720p (subscribers can still enable 1080p)
- Existing VBrowser sessions are now no longer interrupted by server restarts
- Video change/control actions now no longer trigger the chat notification sound
Bugfixes
- Fixed a display issue with the sign in button tooltip
- Fixed issues related to YouTube videos with extra URL params not working
- Fixed issues related to adding the Discord Bot to servers
- Fixed a race condition with YouTube playlist advancing to next video
- Fixed an issue with avatar pictures not loading
- Fixed several issues with users being unable to create new VBrowsers
2021-05-30
- WatchParty Plus VBrowsers now run for up to 24 hours (up from 12 previously)
- Email users can now customize their avatars using Gravatar (click the image at the top right if you're signed in)
- Increased audio quality while screensharing
- Added modals to screenshare and fileshare buttons to highlight limitations and explain common troubleshooting issues
- Fixed several issues preventing iOS users from viewing screenshares and vBrowsers
- Fullscreening vBrowser video on iOS now properly fullscreens the video
- Room owners can now clear the chat
- Room owners can now kick users (but they can rejoin unless you also change the room password)
- Save admin settings button is now disabled unless something changed
- Jumping to the leader now uses the median timestamp of room members to avoid outlier timestamp issues
- The subscribe/manage button has been moved to the navbar for easier access
- Subtitles can only now be uploaded when watching a file or a URL
- The user's own video is now mirrored in video chat (emulates Zoom behavior)
- Fixed a crash when iOS users attempted to join video chat