When you host a large file like a video, the biggest thing to fear is success: if a video becomes viral and many people watch it at the same time, the server has a big risk of getting overloaded!
We already offered a markdown editor to, for instance, <strong>format text in the <em>Description</em> field</strong> when you upload a video. We have improved upon this editor to make it more clear, and we added a fullscreen mode.
We also added <strong>some <em>hooks</em> (entry points towards actions lists) to the plugins system</strong>, which will allow developers to create new plugins dedicated to moderation:
We also added a new feature allowing you to <b>upload an audio file</b> directly to PeerTube: the software will automatically create a video from the audio file. This much awaited for feature should make life easier for music makers :)
We also aimed to differentiate a channel homepage from that of an account. These two pages used to list videos, whereas now the account homepage lists all the channel linked to the account by showing under each channel name the thumbnail from the last videos uploaded on it.
We also improved the contents' layout of PeerTube presentation page located in About category / PeerTube tab. On this page, you now have easy access to PeerTube documentation, to the various apps available and to the PeerTube Contribution Guide.
We are aware that documenting software allows more people to use it. That's why we added many contents to the <a href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org" target="_blank">PeerTube documentation</a>. PeerTube's administrators can now find information on how to use remote storage, how to manage videos' redundancy between instances and how to use PeerTube logs to understand what happens on their instances. We also added information on the various available features to customize an instance's interface, on moderation tools and how to mute instances or accounts.
We are continually striving to improve PeerTube's interface by collecting users opinions so that we know what is causing them trouble (in terms of understanding and usability for example). Firstly, even if it's no big deal, we have added a small animation on the videos when you play and pause them. We really like this little development! We also worked on the different icons graphics on the video viewing page. The icons and buttons are now more refined and you can also see the icons <em>I like / I don't like</em> without being connected. It provides users to understand how they can interact with the video.
We are currently finishing the video import system, from a URL (YouTube, Vimeo etc) or a torrent file. This feature should be available in a few days, when we will release a new version (v1.0.0-beta.11).
We are glad to announce that a big part of PeerTube v4 will be funded through an NLnet grant under their <a href="https://nlnet.nl/discovery/" target="_blank">"Search and discovery" program</a> (find <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/PeerTube/" target="_blank">here</a> their page on PeerTube).
With PeerTube, <strong>you can choose the hoster of your videos according to his terms of services</strong>, his moderation policy, his federation choices... As you don't have a tech giant facing you, you might be able to talk with you hoster if you ever have a problem, a need, or something you want.
