Client

Version 4.7.0#

  • Updated providers to 2.3.0
  • Keyboard shortcuts now also work with uppercase keys
  • Audio language now defaults to your language preference
  • The "Back to home" button in the video player can now be opened in a new tab using middle click
  • The "Next episode" button now turns into a "Next season" button if you are on the last episode
  • Added a fallback TMDB API if the first one cannot be reached. This should fix an issue for some users that are not able to search.
  • Added autoplay. This can be turned on for extension users, users with a custom proxy, or can be turned on for all users for self-hosters using a environment variable.
  • Improved translations: Persion (Mehdi), French (Erwann)

Version 4.6.6#

  • Updated providers to 2.2.9
  • Fixes for VidSrcTo and RidoMovies
  • Improved translations: German, Persian, Hindi, Korean, Nepali (macrolanguage), Dutch, Chinese (Han (Simplified variant))

Version 4.6.5#

  • Updated providers to 2.2.7

Version 4.6.4#

  • Updated providers to 2.2.6
  • Fixed Ridomovies not playing for extension users
  • Added a default workflow for syncing forks
  • Improved translations: Persian, Indonesian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian

Version 4.6.3#

  • Updated providers to 2.2.5
  • Fixed vercel routing
  • Fixed TV browsers crashing because of MediaSession
  • Fixed Chinese (traditional) translation
  • Optimized all images
  • Fixed page scrolling when adjusting the volume using the scroll wheel
  • Added support for HLS audio tracks (You now have the option to change the audio language for RidoMovies)
  • Admin page no longer leaks the worker url.
  • Added the ability to drag and drop your subtitle files.
  • Improved the error message when the extension has not whitelisted the domain. It should now ask you to grant permission.
  • Fixed an issue where the episode progression would not save after clicking the 'Next episode' button
  • Improved translations: Catalan, Czech, German, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, French, Galician, Indonesian, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Turkish, Chinese (Han (Traditional variant))

Version 4.6.2#

  • Updated providers to 2.2.3
  • Added defaults for extension store links
  • Onboarding now defaults to true for self-hosters.
  • Support for embedded HLS subtitles (This fixes Ridomovies having default subtitles that could not be changed).
  • Improved translations: Polish, Toki Pona

Version 4.6.1#

  • Fixed subtitle blur settings loading as NaN
  • Improved translations: Czech, German, Persian, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Chinese (Han (Simplified variant))

Version 4.6.0#

  • Implemented media session support!
  • Added option to blur background in subtitles
  • Added vercel config to properly support using non-hash routing
  • Fixed a bug in config that treated empty environment variables as being set, causing config.js to be ignored
  • Fixed a bug in the button component that meant our own pages opened in a new tab
  • Added new translations: Catalan
  • Improved translations: Catalan, Spanish, Persian, French, Hindi, Icelandic, Italian, Nepali (macrolanguage), Dutch, Panjabi, Slovenian, Chinese (Han (Simplified variant)), Russian, Estonian, Korean

Version 4.5.1#

  • Improved translations: Catalan, Czech, Spanish, Persian, French, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Tamil, Vietnamese, Chinese (Han (Simplified variant))
  • Update providers to 2.2.2
  • Update Dockerfile to have build-time arguments and add a Docker compose file
  • Allow banners to be dismissible
  • Update extension logic to process all URLs in a HLS playlist
  • Automatically prefix backend URL with https:// if not provided

Version 4.5.0#

  • Improved translations: Estonian, Persian, Toki Pona, Vietnamese.
  • Route subtitles through extension if installed.
  • Fix Docker build failing when PWA is enabled.
  • Add randomised placeholders for search bar.
  • Add preview to the theme selector.
  • Remove references to the official domain.
  • Update admin page to run worker tests in parallel.
  • Disable creating account when backend server isn't set.
  • Remove default setup option if no default proxy set.
  • Remove extension help text when extension succeeded.
  • Allow configuration of Google Analytics - removed our default one.
  • Fix media download button redirection to incorrect URL on main tab.
  • Allow users to change volume with scroll wheel.

Version 4.4.0#

  • Changed behaviour of HLS playlists to have a copy button instead of a download button for more compatibility.
  • Improve the appearance of the "active" pill under theme settings - it now has better padding and matches the theme it represents.
  • If a user selects a proxy during onboarding, it is now saved to the backend if the user is signed in.
  • Fixed sorting of shows that caused the "continue watching" to not update properly when syncing with the backend.
  • Added an "x" button to clear the search query.
  • Improve mobile layout for setup component.
  • Fix HLS issue with throwing 403 error.
  • Improved translations: Arabic, German, Persian, Finnish, Galician, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Panjabi, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese (Han (Simplified variant)).
  • Update providers package to 2.2.

Version 4.3.3#

  • Fixed body not being transferred properly to the extension (needs latest version of extension)
  • Added new translations: Finnish
  • Improved translations: Czech, German, English, Spanish, Persian, French, Galician, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Navajo, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese (Han (Simplified variant))

Version 4.3.2#

  • Run account server data fetching in parallel.
  • Added specific text per browser for extension setup screen
  • Fix bug where first load the page couldn't talk to extension
  • Fix too short of a timeout when checking for proxy response
  • Move start of bolding for HLS disclaimer
  • Fix app crash when opening download screen on lower RAM browsers
  • Make onboarding start screen more mobile friendly
  • Separate extension install links into two settings (firefox & chrome)
  • Added new translations: Icelandic
  • Improved translations: German, Spanish, Persian, French, Hebrew, Italian, Nepali (macrolanguage), Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Chinese (Han (Simplified variant))

Version 4.3.1#

  • Fix provider API interaction with extension.

Version 4.3.0#

  • Add onboarding process to movie-web, triggable manually through settings. This needs to be turned when selfhosting.
  • Added settings to toggle generated thumbnails, disabled by default
  • Fix multiple subtitles with same language all showing as selected
  • Add docker support, a hosted container image included (with ARM support)
  • Added extension support, run movie-web without setting up a custom proxy
  • Add disabled cursor for disabled buttons
  • Add instruction link to custom proxy and custom server settings
  • Added backdrop blur to navigation buttons
  • Updated provider package (Re-enabled showbox/febbox subtitles)
  • Added new translations: Catalan
  • Improved translations: Bengali, Czech, German, Spanish, Persian, French, Galician, Italian, Nepali, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese

Version 4.2.5#

This release requires a new version of simple-proxy: 2.1.3

  • Update provider package, with fixes for febbox-mp4

Version 4.2.4#

This release requires a new version of simple-proxy: 2.1.1

  • Add meta tag for PWA's for apple devices
  • Add galician flag
  • Fix language fallback, this fixes weird dot notation instead of english language fallback
  • Add Docker image for frontend
  • Fix Brazilian portuguese flag in language selector
  • Add profile picture preview in register and update
  • Update Provider package to 2.0.4
  • Added new translations: Catalan
  • Improved translations: Czech, Greek, French, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Khmer (Central), Nepali, Dutch, Punjabi, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), pirate (generated), minion (generated)

Version 4.2.3#

  • Fix player UI not disappearing
  • Implement new locale system to support regional and alternative languages
  • Add Turnstile interactive challenge and Turnstile loading screen
  • Added new translations: Galician, Punjabi, Romanian
  • Improved translations: Arabic, Czech, German, Spanish, Estonian, Gujarati, Hindi, Russian, Chinese (Simplified)

Version 4.2.2#

  • Add worker URL syncing for accounts
  • Fix broken hero title during the day
  • Move search items with no poster to the end of the search results
  • disable episodes if they have not been aired yet
  • update provider package: disable febbox HLS, irreparable
  • Added new translations: Bulgarian, Bengali, Greek, Persian, Gujarati, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Slovenian, Tamil, Chinese (Traditional)
  • Improved translations: Arabic, Czech, German, Spanish, Estonian, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Nepali, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Thai, Toki Pona, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese (Simplified), pirate (generated), minion (generated)

Version 4.2.1#

  • Fix the scrape screen showing success when it shouldn't
  • Fix some more [Object object] showing in the error dialogue
  • Updated translations: Czech, German, French, Polish, Italian, Thai, Hebrew, Nepali, Estonian, Toki Pona, Portuguese, Pirate
  • Fix Ukrainian, Hindi and Toki Pona flags

Version 4.2.0#

  • Add splashscreens for PWA
  • Renamed captions to subtitles in translations
  • Add youtube-esque shortcuts for navigating video
  • Fix error dialogue not showing actual error message but instead shows [Object object]
  • Gray subtitle color
  • Hide settings button on mobile when it shouldnt have shown
  • Fix Estonia and Nepal flag
  • Update provider package to 2.0.1
  • Superstream now split into showbox and febbox.
  • Fixed sidebar not highlighting last item on high screens
  • New translations: Hindi, Polish, Portuguese - Brazillian, Ukrainian
  • Updates to translations: Czech, Estonian, German, Hebrew, Cambodian, Nepali, Swedish, Thai, Chinese, Minion

Version 4.1.3#

  • Add support for downloading HLS playlists
  • Added cdn replacements configuration option
  • new translations: estonian, toki pona, spanish
  • Translation improvements: german, turkish, nepali, chinese

Version 4.1.2#

  • Improve bundle chunking
  • Add millionjs for faster react
  • Update all dependency versions
  • Translation improvements: czech, hebrew, german
  • Fix mobile controls not going away after some time
  • Improve poster quality
  • Fix "media not found" error not being shown
  • Add more information to the error details modal

Version 4.1.1#

  • Fixed bug where settings toggles sometimes weren't usable
  • Fixed bug where captions were permanently enabled
  • Fixed some missing translations
  • Translation improvements: arabic, french, nepali, chinese

Version 4.1.0#

  • Added new translations: arabic, chinese, latvian, thai, nepali, dutch
  • Translation improvements: turkish, hebrew
  • Fixed text directions for captions
  • Anti-tamper script has been removed and replaced with turnstile (this is the devtools blocked, you can use devtools again)
  • Added way to add the providers-API instead of proxies

Version 4.0.2#

  • Added new translations: Hebrew, French, German, Swedish, Turkish.
  • Added minion joke language. Blame @jip_.
  • Thumbnail preview no longer goes under the next episode button.
  • Passphrase inputs are now actual password fields, so they may act nicer with password managers.
  • The player now remembers what your subtitle settings were, so no longer you need to keep selecting english every time you watch.
  • Fix home link not working with /s/:term shortcut.
  • Swedish flag is now an actual Swedish flag.
  • Fix for various layout issues with small width mobile screens.

Version 4.0.0#

If you are upgrading from a previous version, make sure to read the upgrade guide.

Bug fixes#

  • Fixed bug where video player overlays the controls on IOS.
  • Fixed bug where you are kicked out of the fullscreen when switching episode.
  • Fixed bug where you cannot select a different episode if first episode fails to load.

Enhancements#

  • Completely redesigned look and feel for the entire website.
  • Added FAQ and DMCA pages.
  • Source loading page is more detailed.
  • Video player has been remade from scratch, all internal workings are brand new.
  • You can now input numbers manually into the subtitle customization menu.
  • Subtitle delay can now be increased outside of the slider range by inputting manual numbers.
  • Movie and show URL's now include the name of the media in the link, makes it easier at a glance to see what a link is about.
  • Instructions on how to download are now given inside the app.
  • Chromecasting no longer shows captions on the web player (still doesnt show on cast receiver)
  • Chromecasting now supports HLS

New features#

  • Quality selector! You can now switch qualities.
  • Search bar no longer requires you to choose between shows or movies.
  • Visit /s/:term to quickly watch something. For example https://movie-web.app/s/hamilton.
  • You can now add movie-web as a search provider in your browser.
  • Safari now has subtitles when fullscreening.
  • A next episode button will appear when close to the end of an episode, allowing quick switching to next episode.
  • When seeking and hovering over progress bar, you will now see a thumbnail for the place you're hovering.
  • Subtitles now have language flag next to them.
  • Your subtitle preference gets saved.
  • Turn on subtitles using keyboard shortcut C.
  • Self-hosters can now test their configurations at the /admin page.
  • Subtitles can now be downloaded.
  • Sync your data through online accounts (using passphrases for maximum privacy)
  • You can now choose your own worker URL set in the settings page.
  • A custom backend server URL can be set on the settings page.
  • On the settings page, you can now choose between multiple themes.