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local processing is now enabled by default on ios! saving files from the processing queue is way faster & more comfortable than doing it via shortcuts, and you also get proper downloading progress cobalt.tools

cobalt 11 brings on-device media processing, huge performance improvements, and refreshed ui local processing is enabled for all desktop users starting now, so you can enjoy best compatibility with players and editing tools, no extra remuxing required :) cobalt.tools

in this update, we also improved everything related to turnstile. from now on: - the annoying popup is gone, it was replaced with a small tooltip above the input bar - cobalt takes care of everything for you. no need to wait for turnstile to complete, just paste the link!

cobalt 11 brings on-device media processing, huge performance improvements, and refreshed ui local processing is enabled for all desktop users starting now, so you can enjoy best compatibility with players and editing tools, no extra remuxing required :) cobalt.tools

local processing brings: - best file compatibility - detailed download progress - faster processing - better reliability - and reduced load on public instances it's really cool, and we're happy to finally release it for everyone!

we tried one more solution to fix downloading from youtube, but it doesn't scale. it'll be broken until we figure it out. the problem is not on our side, it's youtube pushing even more restrictions than before. we did all we could to let people have free access to information.

saving from youtube might work once in a while, but we can't promise 100% reliability just like before. we'll keep trying, but in all honesty, both of us are exhausted and extremely demotivated 🫠

we tried one more solution to fix downloading from youtube, but it doesn't scale. it'll be broken until we figure it out. the problem is not on our side, it's youtube pushing even more restrictions than before. we did all we could to let people have free access to information.

seems like there’s an increased amount of random errors related to youtube saving, typically leading to 0 byte files, since cobalt handles everything else trying again several times helps, but we’ll try to come up with a proper fix asap and come back with an update :3

youtube’s been testing various ways of limiting access, both for downloaders and real users with adblockers most fucked up experiment being forced DRM for ALL videos, even those that are licensed as CC: github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dl... feels like it will only get worse from now on 🫠

forgot to post here, but saving from twitter has been fixed since yesterday! cobalt now automatically falls back to the embed api, which is still functional and should hopefully stay this way

after several downtimes, twitter disabled the anonymous endpoint that’s used for viewing posts when logged out cobalt was using this endpoint, so it can’t get posts from twitter for now. we’ll try to figure this out in the morning and let you guys know when it’s fixed

we fixed saving from instagram ‼️‼️ starting now, cobalt.tools can save any posts or reels from instagram (as long as they're not private or nsfw). go try it!

new update is out, we got some cool stuff: - youtube videos no longer get cut off, no need to enable hls or do anything extra at all. enjoy fast download speeds :) - added support for xiaohongshu/rednote, you can save everything from there now! - added support for bluesky gifs cobalt.tools

also majorly improved pasting performance, you should be able to paste links with the "paste" button from more places, such as bluesky! if you're curious, this was happening because we previously relied on .readText() clipboard api, which wasn't able to get the text/uri-list type