- Fix video ID argument causing failures for newer videos. Twitch video ID's have surpassed the 32-bit unsigned integer limit, which caused newer videos to be un-query-able.
- Fix video usher URL arguments. Twitch appears to be gearing up support for AV1 codec and deprecated some old parameters. (#72)
- Fix FFMPEG stderr redirection not working for downloads, uploads and thumbnails.
- Add some messaging for a failed thumbnail generation.
- Fix FFMPEG exit codes being checked by the subprocess library instead of by VodBot.
- Fix FFMPEG failing to join video segments when their filenames contain URL query parameters. (#70)
- Fix VodBot not recognizing access denial from Twitch for certain videos/segments, causing odd FFMPEG errors. (#71)
- Heavily discourage use of the old GQL Client ID. A message will pop up stating if you are using the old GQL Client ID, known to cause issues, and direct you to the GitHub wiki.
- Fix unexpected crash when attempting to report errors on an upload. (#69)
- Fix unexpected crash when VodBot is given a username that does not exist on Twitch. (#68)
- Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience.
- Change the default Twitch GQL API key to the alternative one, for better compatibility.
- Various updates to GQL queries for better resilience against errors and infinite loops.
- Fix missing GQL exception, for better error reporting.
- Fix errors from GQL not being reported properly.
- Fix the pagination "after" argument using empty strings instead of null when appropriate.
- Fix video usher URL. Old URL has been deprecated and stalled video downloads.
- Added timeout for usher HTTP request to prevent future stalls.
- Fix issue regarding viewing clips with the
infocommand. - Fix issue regarding viewing channels with the
infocommand.
- YouTube credentials can now be downloaded from a remote source to allow any user to upload videos with VodBot.
- Added pull configuration field
client_url, a URL to the credentials. URL must be pointing to a file accessible with HTTP/S, and be a base64 encoded JSON provided by a Google Developer Account. Default URL points to such a file provided by Friend Team Inc. - As of the release of this update, VodBot is still not a Google-approved app, causing a popup during the authentication process about how VodBot is not trusted by Google. I can talk all I'd like about how VodBot is trustworthy, but user discretion is advised.
- Added pull configuration field
- Allow videos of all types beyond just archived streams to be downloaded as VODs.
- This will be separated out into different types in a later update, but for now videos such as highlights, uploads, and premieres are treated as VODs.
- Allow videos to be uploaded and notify subscribers of the channel uploaded to of the new uploaded content.
- Fixed an issue not allowing blank text (empty string) to be added to thumbnails.
- Fixed an issue with chat log display duration moving chat messages backward in time.
- Fixed an issue with chat logs not appearing if they were too close (relative to display duration) to the end of the video.
- Fixed an issue with video exports crashing VodBot when videos were not present.
- Fixed a crash with downloading videos due to an old variable.
- Fixed a crash when declaring streamers in stage arguments.
- Fixed a rare crash when attempting to locate videos not in the cache.
- Fixed an issue with exporting individual staged data.
- Note: this was also stupid.
- Fixed an issue with clip downloading crashing VodBot due to missing function arguments.
- Note: this was stupid.
- Fixed an issue with thumbnail video ID selection crashing.
- Fixed an issue with thumbnail video ID selection not exiting when it should with certain values.
- Added a shortcut to skip thumbnail video ID selection if all video IDs match the first one.
- Fixed head order and position in thumbnails not being properly accounted for.
- Optimized the processing of heads in thumbnails.
- Added a warning for out-of-bounds head orders.
- Fixed an issue where upload sizes would not display if upload chunk_size was set larger than the uploaded file's size, and removed some unnecessary extra variables for the process.
- Removed some outdated/unnecessary print statements.
- Added fields
max_workers,chunk_size,connection_retries, andconnection_timeoutto the pull configuration section, for dictating how the worker threads pull VOD segments.
- Fixed an issue with the
vodbot initcommand failing. - Added
oauth_portfield to the upload configuration section, for dictating what port the local OAuth server should use when logging into Google services.
- VodBot has changed licenses from zlib to MIT, in order to preserve crediting of work.
- VodBot now requires Python 3.7 or later, changed from requiring 3.6.
- New Python packages that have been added since last release:
argcomplete,dataclasses-json,pillow. - Config files have been completely reworked for internal use and better organization. The new default path to the config file is
~/.vodbot/config.json. (#40) - VodBot will now autocomplete arguments assuming the autocompletion setup is complete. (#24)
- Requires
eval "$(register-python-argcomplete vodbot)"to be placed in your~/.bashrc. - Only fully compatible with Bash, with limited compatibility with other shells. See the argcomplete page for more info.
- Requires
- VodBot will now cache locally pulled videos and current stages to help with auto-complete. This cache is stored in the temp directory. If, for whatever reason, the cache gets desynced with what actually exists on the disk, it can be refreshed with the
-uargument. (#55) - VodBot can now generate, export, and upload thumbnails for videos. Details are entered during the staging process and can be enabled and configured with the config. See the wiki for details. (#42)
- VodBot can now push webhooks to Discord upon completion of certain tasks. See the wiki for details. (#35)
- VodBot will no longer continue to prompt for things that can be provided by arguments (such as streamers when staging), and exit when an argument does not match specific criteria.
- Vods, Clips, and Chat logs can now all be saved independently and per channel as defined in the config. Master toggles for each file can be set in the pull section of the config, disabling that download for every channel.
- Chat member names, when uncolored (white), can be made into a random color if enabled in the chat section of the config. (#40)
- Certain aspects of the YouTube Timed Text chat log export can be configured, such as position, anchoring, and alignment. (#40)
- Stage files can now be optionally left undeleted after export or upload, configurable in the stage section of the config. (#40)
- The amount of info displayed by FFmpeg (loglevel) can now be configured in the export section. Defaults to "warning". (#40)
- Logs from FFmpeg are now piped to
/dev/nullby default, but can be piped elsewhere with a configuration setting. - Export can now selectively export chat logs, videos, and/or thumbnails (when available) with each using its own toggle in the export section of the config. All toggles default to on. (#40)
- Upload can now selectively upload chat logs and/or thumbnails (when available) with each using its own toggle in the upload section of the config. All toggles default to on. (#40)
- Thumbnail generation has been added, along with its own section in the config as well as a new directory to be configured in the directories section. (#42)
- Stream chapters (moments when the stream changes games) are now saved and displayed where relevant. (#34)
- Users banned from Twitch that show up in chat logs will receive a fake username when detected. (#44)
- Videos would fail to concatenate when segments of the video were muted, this has been potentially fixed. (#51)
- Note that this still does not bypass the mute itself, simply that the video will remain intact.
- Entity codes (specifically
<,>, and&) for YouTube Timed Text have been fixed. (#48) - Crashes related to permissions when creating directories has been fixed. (#50)
- Chat parsing no longer fails when chat log is empty. (#45)
- Video descriptions will no longer accept certain characters (
<and>) due to issues when uploading to YouTube. (#46) - Google OAuth session information is now saved as a JSON rather than pickled. (#49)
- VodBot will no longer crash when moving files across drives on Windows. (#52)
- Due to Google disabling of Out-Of-Band authentication with OAuth, VodBot now uses a local server method (via localhost:8080). (#60)
- Up to 1000 channels can be selected quickly by index rather than requiring full input when selecting channels for staging. (#41)
- Color output is disabled when stdout is routed to a non-tty output.
VodBot is finally "finished"! This however will not be the final major release, there will be future versions with more features and fixes.
- Init command:
vodbot init- Initializes directories and config files in default/user designated locations.
- Running this is recommended prior to performing any other function.
- Pull/Download command:
vodbot pull [vods/clips/both]orvodbot download ...- Pulls video data from Twitch based on channels listed in the config file.
- Video data can be VODs, Clips, or both; by default both will be downloaded.
- Chat logs are also downloaded for VODs if enabled in config (on by default).
- Stage command:
vodbot stage <subcommand>- New stage:
vodbot stage new <video_id> [video_id ...]Creates instance of staged data, specifically title, description, and video slices for use with exporting and uploading. Allows for multiple videos in one stage to be concatenated on export. - List stages:
vodbot stage list [stage_id], will either list all stages or specific info on staged instance provided an ID. - Remove stage:
vodbot stage rm <stage_id>, removes a specific staged instance.
- New stage:
- Export command:
vodbot export <stage_id/all> <export_directory>- Exports videos from staged instances. Individual videos or all can be exported to a specific directory.
- Export directory will be created if non-existant.
- Warning: exports with matching filenames will overwrite existing files.
- Upload/Push command:
vodbot upload <stage_id/all>orvodbot push ...- Note: VodBot requires special files for YouTube uploading permission. These files are not included with this release and will not be given to random people, only those that I (Logan "NotQuiteApex" H-D) trust due to permissions issues with Google. This will likely change in a future release.
- Uploads individual or all staged instances of video data.
- Videos are exported identically to the export command into a temp directory (defined in config) before being uploaded.
- Allows use of macros and runtime generated strings for descriptions, defined by VodBot or in config.
- If not authorized, a link will appear asking for a special code. Open the link and allow VodBot access to manage your YouTube videos (worry not, this is only for uploading). When fully authorized, a string will appear that must be copied back into VodBot to continue.
This is a test pre-release. VodBot is useable in this release, but incomplete and untested.
Happy Birthday, VodBot :)