Release v0.17.0 Beta

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Features

• Themes should now sync between windows by @vallode in Sync theme between windows #2090
• Ctrl + L and Cmd + L (For Mac users) can now be used to focus the search bar by @absidue in Add the alternate search keyboard shortcuts COMMAND+L on MacOS and CTRL+L on other platforms #2175
• DASH formats can now be used in livestream replays by @absidue in Allow DASH formats for livestream replays #2208
• The base theme can now follow your system default (Must be enabled in settings, only applies to light / dark theme) by @vallode in System theme preference #1800
• Channel members and custom emojis now show up in comments by @ChunkyProgrammer in Feat: Channel Member Icons + Load Custom Channel Emojis in Comments #1819
• Add support for next/previous/pause/resume global hotkeys/actions by @absidue in Add support for next/previous/pause/resume global hotkeys/actions #2239
• Add support for more SponsorBlock features. Can now edit color for each category as well as behavior by @ChunkyProgrammer Feat: SponsorBlock improvements #1849
• Add support to take screenshot of video, can be enabled within player settings by @hockerschwan in Feature: Screenshot of video #2221

Fixes

• Fix iconsistent white icon by @vallode in Fix iconsistent white icon #2088
• Fix an issue where video thumbnails were being obstructed by the time tooltip by @0x6e656b6f in Fix thumbnail being obstructed by time tooltip #2078
• Fix an issue where going back to previous search results would sometimes show duplicate entries by @hockerschwan in Fix/SearchHistoryDuplicate #2124
• Fix issue where focusing the search bar using Alt + D was not working by @vallode in Fix search input shortcut #2140
• Fix issue where Trending page requests were not being cached properly by @ChunkyProgrammer in Fix: trending cache #2125
• Fix issue where watch progress was still being cached when a video was removed from watch history by @Svallinn in Clear watch progress from view cache when removing video form history #2220
• Fix issue where playlists within a channel would be missing or show incorrect playlists when using the Invidious API by @hockerschwan in channel fix (banner, playlist) #2215
• Fix issue where the search bar would overwrite text in your clipboard within Linux by @vallode in Prevent search input reset from overwriting clipboard on Linux #2108
• Fix issue where the dropdown menus when viewing a playlist didn't match the dark mode theme by @jilv220 in Fix #1774 - Dropdown doesn't match theme in dark mode #2199
• Fix various issues with stats for nerd not working properly
• Fix various issues with filtering within history and playlists not working properly
• Fix various issues with importing / exporting subscriptions via .csv by @ChunkyProgrammer in Fix: csv import/export #2247
• Fix issue where quickly cycling between different channels would display incorrect information by @hockerschwan in Fix: wrong info displayed when quickly navigate from a channel to another #2259
• Fix loading subtitles for non-English languages by @hockerschwan Fix caption baseurl #2268
• Fix handling of YouTube link middle mouse click by @PikachuEXE in Fix handling of youtube link middle mouse click #2083
• Update search module used in Local API to fix errors by @absidue in Fix randomly occurring error when searching #2148
• Fix issue where the Autoplay Playlists setting wasn't being respected
• Trending in EU countries should now work again

Changes

• Fast forwarding and rewinding with keyboard shortcuts now change based on the video playback rate by @hockerschwan in Fast forward = Playback rate × Interval #2153
• Checking for the latest update is now much leaner and therefore faster by @absidue in Only fetch the most recent update from the GitHub releases #2169
• The picture in picture and stats for nerds keyboard shortcuts have been swapped (i and d respectively) by @vallode in Switch debug and picture in picture shortcuts for consistency #2141
• The filter box in the history and playlist pages is now hidden when there are no videos by @absidue in Hide filter on history and playlist page when page is empty #2177
• The Picture in Picture button as well as it's keyboard shortcut is now disabled when using audio only formats by @absidue in Hide Picture in Picture button and disable keyboard shortcut for audio formats #2227
• Dividers were added to some dropdown menus by @PikachuEXE * Implement divider for video "more dropdown menu" #1748
• The search bar has been cleaned up a bit by @vallode Clean up ft-input for top-nav #2279
• The app binary size has been drastically reduced
• The site we used for the proxy test button stopped working. We have updated the test to send a request to https://ipwho.is/

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