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Features
 - Desktop livechat now uses local UI instead of (failing) iframes.
 - Desktop now implements additional video loading animation and game (for longer waits)
 
 - Plugins can now use websockets
 - Plugins can now use Async (Only using timeouts right now)
 - Plugins can now use sleep (not recommended)
 - Plugins can now use live chat events
 - Plugins can now use ReloadRequired exceptions in specific locations


Improvements
 - Dash generation is now done async when possible
 - Database now uses pooling (may fix db locked error)

Fixes
 - Fix crash when deleting history while playing a video
 - Fix issue where certain view/dialog ui would get stuck on some operating systems (eg. Import dialog).
 - Various scroll container fixes
 - Fix issue with Chromecast not proxying properly, may fix playback.
 - Fix ChromeCast timestamp not updating properly.
 - Dash manifests are now cached in case of (same) re-requests.

8

Improvements:
 - Playlist imports now support embedded ids (new exports from mobile)
 - Additional messaging if the sync listener failed to start
 - Overlay menus now flip vertically if out of bound
 - Overlay menus now close when you scroll (in most views)

Fixes:
 - Fix licenses not being accepted
 - Some Sync activity not being propogated.
 - Fix issue where DEV plugins cannot be enabled
 - Fix issue where offline videos cannot be loaded without a client enabled
 - Fix failed comments not showing a proper error
 - Fix sync error on enabling on initial install
 - Fix downloads ui overflow

7

Improvements:
 - Improved sync UI and feedback
 - Improved base64 robustness solving several encryption related issues
 - Sync is now disabled by default and users are prompted to enable it on the sync page
 - Show a warning when the sync server socket failed to start
 - Improved HLS byte range parsing to be able to work with larger numbers
 - Added UI to indicate when the public key is corrupt in the pairing UI
 - More robust Directories and Logger initialization
 - Subtitles for merged dash sources

Fixes:
 - Fixed login for some edge cases
 - Fixed issue for casting to a IPv6 device with a scope id
 - Fixed flow to connect pair sync from desktop
 - Hide download button on live content
 - Implemented backoff for sync server connection
 - Fixed send as Gzip
 - Fix race condition causing watch later to be re-added when removed when using sync
 - Fixed Headless mode not working
 - Hide bitrate when bitrate is unknown
 - Fixed subscription group edit overlay buttons not working

6

Features:
 - Remote Sync Support
 - Upgraded Sync protocol (Requires update of all devices)
 - Experimental SubsExchange now available opt-in on desktop
 - Add to Queue quick button on content feeds (Home/Subs/etc)
 - Subtitles are now exported for download unmuxed streams (eg. Youtube)
 - About page implemented
 - Watchtime metrics setting now implemented (can be enabled in settings)
 - Subscriptions channel details are now slowly updated in background, this may fix outdated images, names, and such overtime.
 - Player now shows a thumbnail when playing audio-only media
 - Playlist view now has filtering
 - Playlists page now has filtering/sorting
 - Setting to prioritise original audio now available in desktop

Improvements:
 - Improved download stability
 - Improved toast system, showing multiple at the same time
 - Improved plugin compatibility for request modifiers (fixes some plugins)
 - Improved threading
 - Improved subscription group image handling
 - Improved image loading
 - Plugins are now checked for updates on enable if they weren't already
 - Downloads are now cleaned up on startup (delete unused files)
 - Plugin order is now properly enforced, and can now be changed by dragging on sources page
 - Hiding unused settings
 - Sidebar more responsive
 - Improved ability to find required files for startup.
 - Subscriptions page is now loaded more lazily to improve responsiveness api
 - Casting disconnect now shows a reconnection dialog
 - FCast disconnects now if the device stops responding to pings (make sure your receivers are updated) 
 - Upgraded to .NET 9

Fixes:
 - Serialization fixes for sync
 - Fix export open issue for exports with spaces (properly escape args)
 - Fix plugin compatibility regarding content types that broke some plugins
 - Fix issue where subs cache not shown while loading
 - Playback tracking fix (wrong magnitude)
 - Fixes to live chat, disabled livechat for some platforms (as it requires a bit more work, eg. Kick).
 - Download page layout fixes
 - Fix issue where plugin default settings were not properly being applied

5

Feature:
 - Sync now has machine names for display build into the protocol

Improvements:
 - Settings can now be used in landscape
 - Minor improvement to description of sync

Fixes:
 - Fix issue in sync protocol where it would not connect to older versions
 - Fix issue where video reload would reset video timestamp
 - Youtube no longer always updateable

4

Features:
 - Headless mode (--headless): Allow you to use Grayjay from your browser instead, while still allowing system, login, and captcha dialogs. (Assumes local)
 - Server mode (--server): Allows you to use Grayjay from a server in your browser, binds to all ips, DISABLES system, login, and captcha dialogs. (Assumes remote)
   WARNING: Server mode is still intended single-user, and has no security features built in yet, so not really intended to use yet unless you know what you're doing!

 - Changelog support
 - Hotkey (i) now minimizes the player alongside esc
 - Sidebar on left side of video (hover left if in theater mode)
 - Developer Portal support (Add "DEV" file to executable directory)
    - Testing tab support (limited methods, rest via console)
    - Integration tab support
    - Desktop exclusive feature: Clone login to integration dev plugin from primary plugin

 - Unstable pipeline, can be used by modifying UpdaterConfig's server property by changing "Grayjay.Desktop" => "Grayjay.Desktop.Unstable"
   WARNING: Not recommended for most people, as there might be broken functionality in that release pipeline.
 - Updater version visible in settings

Improvements:
 - Directory used on Windows changed when Portable file does not exist, in the following priority (higher is higher priority):
   - ~/Grayjay if exists
   - ~/AppData/Grayjay

 - Directory used on Linux changed when Portable file does not exist, in the following priority (higher is higher priority):
   - ~/Grayjay if exists
   - {XDG_DATA_HOME}/Grayjay if XDG_DATA_HOME variable exists
   - ~/.local/share/Grayjay if exists
   - ~/.local/config/Grayjay if exists
   - ~/Grayjay if not exists

 - Scrollbar for official sources dialog
 - Improved Grayjay's ability to find its CEF dependency
 - PeekChannelContents support (for users with large amount of subscriptions (>150+))

Fixes:
 - Fix issue where setStartTime was not available
 - Fix License not re-loading on boot
 - Several fixes related to Sync
 - Some dialog scaling fixes
 - Some fixes related to Linux updater interactions

 - Fixes with Updater
    - Updater not properly truncating files that became shorter
    - Portable file getting re-added on update

if you have issues with updating, we recommend redownloading just the updater from:
    - Linux-x64: https://updater.grayjay.app/Apps/Grayjay.Desktop.Unstable/5/linux-x64/FUTO.Updater.Client
    - Win-x64: https://updater.grayjay.app/Apps/Grayjay.Desktop.Unstable/5/win-x64/FUTO.Updater.Client

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Features:
 - Headless mode (--headless): Allow you to use Grayjay from your browser instead, while still allowing system, login, and captcha dialogs. (Assumes local)
 - Changelog support
 - Hotkey (i) now minimizes the player alongside esc
 - Sidebar on left side of video (hover left if in theater mode)

 - Server mode (--server): Allows you to use Grayjay from a server in your browser, binds to all ips, DISABLES system, login, and captcha dialogs. (Assumes remote)
   WARNING: Server mode is still intended single-user, and has no security features built in yet, so not really intended to use yet unless you know what you're doing!

 - Unstable pipeline, can be used by modifying UpdaterConfig's server property by changing "Grayjay.Desktop" => "Grayjay.Desktop.Unstable"
   WARNING: Not recommended for most people, as there might be broken functionality in that release pipeline.


Improvements:
 - Directory used on Windows changed when Portable file does not exist, in the following priority (higher is higher priority):
   - ~/Grayjay if exists
   - ~/AppData/Grayjay

 - Directory used on Linux changed when Portable file does not exist, in the following priority (higher is higher priority):
   - ~/Grayjay if exists
   - ~/.local/share/Grayjay if exists
   - ~/.local/config/Grayjay if exists
   - ~/Grayjay if not exists

 - Scrollbar for official sources dialog
 - Improved Grayjay's ability to find its CEF dependency

Fixes:
 - Fix issue where setStartTime was not available

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