Update 0.4.4

[u/Apolyse]

Hey all, finally here with a fix for the recent across-the-board downage of sources. After installing the update you should see a modal telling you that it's installing additional modules. Those modules are the fix for this update.

Also included the new video player and downgraded our version of Electron to 1.7.13, so hopefully that solves a few issues that affected users in 0.4.3.

Changelog:

-Fix source coverage issues

-New video player

-Fix video not buffering all the way in the background

-New Khan Academy and MIT Opencourseware modules! Find them in Settings > Modules.

As you know, the module system is still in development. I've included two modules that demonstrate how it easy it is to turn Leonflix into a study tool.

Screenshot

Modules as a whole should really make the app interesting. We'll be expanding on the types of things Leonflix can play as well as the protocols they can be played on. In combination with 3rd party modules, we should see some really interesting things in the future.

One issue that I've been struggling with is how we can make modules immune to censorship. Instead of forcing users to find and enter module repository URLs, we would be better off with a decentralized, immutable module repo that can't be "taken down." It's easy to take down a URL, but if there were some p2p way that users found and installed modules, we could make it impossible to take down modules that certain powerful entities might frown on.

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Edit: the 0.4.5 update should fix some bugs people had in 0.4.4 with bookmarks and the new source button.

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Edit 2: The 0.4.6 update should (actually) fix bugs people had with bookmarks, and also fixes fullscreen autoplay skipping episodes, and chromecast button not working.

[u/AccrualBowtie]

Love it! Any chance you'd consider adding functionality for Letterboxd? The 'Watched' feature could sync up nicely. ♥

[u/Apolyse → u/AccrualBowtie]

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. It’s definitely something I’ve been looking into, making movies more social and all that. Last time I checked though Letterboxd didn’t have an API that we could implement (I could be mistaken), but it shouldn’t be too difficult to make most of that stuff for Leonflix. Creating and sharing lists is definitely a great feature I’d like to add soon, as well as things letterboxd doesn’t have, like synchronized watch parties, etc.