* New alignment options (can align video both vertically, as well as horizontally)
* Extension does a little bit of a better job differentiating between levels of support for a given site
* Changed how cropping and panning works. This should lead to fewer problems and better generic support.
* REGRESSION: no manual panning with shift + mouse movement
* "Player select" screen, which provides a GUI way for picking HTML element that acts as the video player area
Regressions and potential issues:
* Settings were largely not migrated from previous versions. This is as intended, since changes to cropping (and some other aspects)
rendered certain old settings obsolete.
* Extension can no longer discriminate between iframes — extension popup commands get sent to ALL iframes on page
* Extension probably can't discriminate between multiple videos on a single page
## v5.x
### v5.1.7
Firefox-only.
* When cropping and panning video, CSS' `transform: translate(x,y)` now uses integers _always_. Before that fix, `translate(x,y)` could be offset by x.5 px, and that half of a pixel introduced a 1px thick line on the portion of the left edge of the video.
* As of recent nVidia driver update in Edge, Angle detection fails in a way that prevents popup from showing up. This problem should be fixed now.
The angle detection problem was fixed by disabling the angle detection check for now, as Chrome, et al. appear to have fixed buggy video hardware acceleration.
* Added new config for disney+ (courtesy of @MStefan99)
* Chrome hardware acceleration is bugged and cannot be worked around in-extension. Only way to fix this is for users to change their Google Chrome settings. Added naggathon with instructions into the extension popup.
* Fixed laginess in Chromium-based browsers on Windows. Details in [#199](https://github.com/tamius-han/ultrawidify/issues/199#issuecomment-1221383134)
* Fixed some problems with autodetection not returning to 16:9 when necessary if autodetection already changed aspect ratio ([#198](https://github.com/tamius-han/ultrawidify/issues/198))
* Fixed some problems with autodetection sometimes briefly resetting on dark frames ([#195](https://github.com/tamius-han/ultrawidify/issues/195), [#196](https://github.com/tamius-han/ultrawidify/issues/196))
* Blackframe tests now run on same data as main algorithm as opposed on a smaller sample (`drawImage()` calls are _very_ expensive even for a 16x9 sample).
* Videos of square-ish aspect ratios on 1440p (and lower) resolutions now no longer get misaligned ([#162](https://github.com/tamius-han/ultrawidify/issues/162))
* Alignment of featured videos on youtube channel page should now also be fixed
* When in full screen, the extension will assume player element dimensions are the same as the screen resolution. This should help with sites where ultrawidify doesn't correctly identify the player, as cropping generally doesn't work if player element is not identified. Old behaviour can be restored in advanced extension settings by toggling the "use player aspect ratio in fullscreen" checkbox under 'player detection settings'.
* webextension-polyfill is now used everywhere (if only because typescript throws a hissy fit with `browser` and `chrome` otherwise) ([#114](https://github.com/tamius-han/ultrawidify/issues/114))
* Manual zoom (Z/U unless sites override the two) should now work again (without automatic AR constantly overriding it). Same goes for panning. ([#135](https://github.com/tamius-han/ultrawidify/issues/135) & [#138](https://github.com/tamius-han/ultrawidify/issues/138))
* Provides workaround for the fullscreen stretching bug Chrome 88 (or a recent Windows 10 update) introduced for nVidia users using hardware acceleration on Windows 10. In order to mitigate this bug, Ultrawidify needs to keep a 5-10 px wide black border while watching videos in full screen. This bug is also present in Edge.
* Fixed the issue where videos would sometimes get misaligned while using hybrid stretch, except for real this time. ([#125](https://github.com/tamius-han/ultrawidify/issues/125))
* Improved DRM detection (the 'autodetection cannot work on this site' popup should now no longer show up on the sites where autodetection _can_ work)
* Fixed the misalignment issue on netflix ... hopefully.
* 'Site settings' tab should now work in Chrome as well ([#126](https://github.com/tamius-han/ultrawidify/issues/126))
* Popup interface now refreshes properly ([#127](https://github.com/tamius-han/ultrawidify/issues/127))
* Videos should now be scaled correctly when the display is narrower than video's native aspect ratio ([#118](https://github.com/tamius-han/ultrawidify/issues/118))
* **[4.5.1.1]** Streamable fix broke old.reddit + RES on embeds from v.redd.it and streamable.com. We're now using an alternative implementation. ([#128](https://github.com/tamius-han/ultrawidify/issues/128))
* **[4.5.1.2]** Fixed the issue where videos would sometimes get misaligned while using hybrid stretch. ([#125](https://github.com/tamius-han/ultrawidify/issues/125))
* Under the hood: migrated from vue2 to vue3, because optional chaining in templates is too OP.
* (On options page, section 'Action & shortcuts') Manual aspect ratio now supports entering custom ratios using '21/9' and '2.39:1' formats (as opposed to single number, e.g. '2.39') — [#121](https://github.com/tamius-han/ultrawidify/issues/121).
* Added config for wakanim.tv (special thanks to @saschanaz for doing the legwork — [#113](https://github.com/tamius-han/ultrawidify/issues/113))
* (In Firefox) When extension was placed in overflow menu, the popup was cut off. That should be fixed now. [#119](https://github.com/tamius-han/ultrawidify/issues/119)
* The extension will now show a notification when autodetection can't run due to DRM
* Videos on facebook and reddit no longer get shifted up and to the left for me (cropping most of the video off-screen), but I haven't been deliberately trying to fix that issue. If you experience that issue, please consider contacting me (via github or email) with a link to a problematic video.
* Fixed a problem where changing certain settings would cause multiple instances of Ultrawidify to run on a page, effectively preventing some crop options to be set until reload. (possibly [#112](https://github.com/tamius-han/ultrawidify/issues/112)?)
* Fixed a problem where embedded videos would be misaligned after switching from full screen
In addition to that, as of 4.4.9.1 the build process ensures removal of `node_modules` before building the extension so we can have reproducible builds except for real this time. Hopefully.
* Fixed the bug where on pages with more than one video, the list of available videos in the extension popup wouldn't remove videos that are no longer displayed on site. This resulted in extension listing videos that were no longer on the page. Reboot or navigation would also not clear the list if navigating between various pages on the same host.
* Fixed the chrome-only bug where on sites with more than one video, the number wouldn't get hidden when the extension popup closed.
* It's been almost a month and Chrome Web Store still hasn't finished the review of the 4.4.4.1 (and 4.4.4.2) revisions because when it comes to incompetence, it's hard to expect anything less from Google. I've did some proverbial yelling at the support in hopes that Chrome version will finally see an update (disclaimer: when I said yelling I really mean a polite request, because support staff doesn't deserve abuse because a different department is utter shite at doing their jobs).
*`Settings.save()` adds missing values to site config when saving extension configuration.
### v4.4.2
* New stretching modes that squish video to a specified aspect ratio. One of the two modes correct aspect ratio before cropping, the other corrects after cropping.
* Potential fix for disney+ — added an option that forces extension to force player re-detection.
* Fixed bug where certain custom actions that should be removable weren't removable
* Russian users (and users of other non-latin keyboard layouts) can now use keyboard shortcuts by default, without having to rebind them manually. (NOTE: if you've changed keyboard shortcuts manually, this change will ***NOT*** be applied to your configuration.)
* Started using mutation observers to watch for changes in player size as well. Since mutation observers aren't entirely reliable, old way of doing things is still somewhat present as a backup way, but runs less frequently.
* Improvements to player detection. More details in the [blog post](https://stuff.tamius.net/sacred-texts/2019/08/31/ultrawidify-and-the-improper-cropping/).
* **[4.2.4.1]** Fixed default video settings for reddit
* **[4.2.4.1]** Manually specified query selectors will also be checked for compliance with player detection rules.
* Fixed twitchy behaviour on Twitch, Facebook and Twatter. Here's a [blog post](https://stuff.tamius.net/sacred-texts/2019/08/24/ultrawidify-the-twitchy-twitch-problem/) that covers the issue in more detail.
* Cropping now uses user styles (as opposed to modifying element's style attribute)
* Fixed the issue where one-pixel letterbox would result in constant aspect ratio corrections.
* Started using mutation observers to watch for anything modifying the size of our video.
* Improved site settings control in extension popup. It's possible to enable extension for previously disabled embedded sites.
* Improved incompatibilities with reddit, where videos would be vertically misaligned when not using RES
* Fixed imcompatibilities with Iridium. Flicker when clicking play/pause or switching between big and popup player is caused by either Youtube or Iridium trying to apply their styles over mine.
* Issues with inconsistent alignment that some people reported are potentially fixed
* Massive under-the-hood changes. The extension popup and settings page use VueJS
* **Autodetection improvements:**
* Autodetection tries to differentiate between gradients and hard edge and avoids correcting on gradients. This should help with videos that are similar to [IGN's review of Hollow Knight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg25ONutphA).
* Black frame detection has been implemented and improved. Some cases (but not all) of text on black background causing aspect ratio corrections have also been fixed.
* Autodetection frequency increased from roughly once every 0.6 seconds to about 3 checks per second.
* Fixed the bug where autodetectin didn't calculate aspect ratio correctly. This bug would manifest in extension cropping too much even though the edge was clearly defined. It most commonly occured in videos of aspect ratio <1thatcontainedletterbox. [ex 1]( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DP0TbOQcOw), [ex 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/a137pj/daily_reminder_that_shelly_miscavige_wife_of/)
* **Settings page was re-added**
* This includes a page for adding new aspect ratios and keyboard shortcuts. This feature is experimental.
* Rewrote keyboard shortcuts and changed how they're handled. Massively.
* You can now select which specific video on the page you control, provided each video is in its separate iframe
* While I wasn't looking, Netflix started supporting ultrawide monitors on its own. Netflix' implementation clashes with my own, though, so I've decided to disable autodetection on videos that netflix already cropped on their own. Manual aspect ratio changes are still possible, but they're off. You've been warned.
Pretty much rewrote extension in more object-oriented way and sorted out spaghetti a little. Site settings and keybinds have been merged with the rest of the extension settings. Rewrote messageing.
User-facing changes:
* Extension can be enabled/disabled globally or on per-site basis
* Automatic aspect ratio can be turned off, either globally or on per-site basis
* Stretching mode implemented
* Popup has been pimped up to reflect those changes
Added some anti-lag measures. This seems to be an issue affecting _only_ Chrome (and only then some installs), where canvas.drawImage() won't work properly for some reason.
* Fixed issue where 21:9 videos with no letterbox would be zoomed in incorrectly in theater mode
* Added pillarbox basic pillarbox detection: extension will avoid zooming in a video if both letterbox and pillarbox are detected. This should fix the issues with incorrect zooming on certain kinds of images (such as movie titles and studio logos, e.g. [lucasfilm](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H368H5cTqVM/maxresdefault.jpg) was one of the offenders).
* Fixed an issue where automatic detection would sometimes _not_ unzoom the video in cases where it clearly should
* Implemented some debugging tools for me. It's not much.
* Fixed some under-the-hood bugs nobody knew they even existed
* Fixes few chrome-specific fixes/bugs that v2.2.0 introduced. Maybe fixed the font problem.
### v2.2.0
Various improvements to automatic aspect ratio detection:
* **Fixed the situation with insane memory usage due to the automatic aspect ratio detection (#25, #32) and lag that appeared in certain cases after the extension has been running for a while.** There's still fun stuff going on — see notes below.
* Improved accuracy of automatic detection. This should fix the issue of rapid switching in dark videos or videos with otherwise uneven edges (#12 - [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaTGwlfRB_c); #24 - [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvZqHgFz51I) (see the car at the beginning))
Improved accuracy has increased the base RAM usage, and not by a small amount (I seem to have fixed my blunders, so that could _actually_ be on Firefox). As a result, I've reduced both resolution of the sample as well as polling frequency.
Polling of 1 check per second shouldn't use too much RAM. If you want automatic aspect ratio detection to react faster, you can up that number to 30 in the settings. 30 checks per second can be expensive: up to 400 MB if you've just started Firefox and went to youtube. Can go north of 2 gigs if you've been running Firefox for longer than that (seems to be a problem with Javascript garbage collection).
Problem: there's this bit of code that keeps aspect ratio from changing when the difference between 'previous' and 'current' aspect ratio is too small. Unfortunately, the 'previous' value was _not_ updated on every aspect ratio switch for some reason. Also `ArDetect.init()` — for some reason — didn't always clean the 'previous' value even though it should.
* Fixed the bug where Netflix videos weren't vertically centered in Firefox 57+ (not present in Chrome or FF 56 or earlier)
### v2.0.2
v2.0.1, but UI in the extension button now also works in Chrome.
### v2.0.1
* Autodetection: aspect ratio is no longer corrected if the detected difference is too small to make a meaningful difference
### v2.0
* Completely rewritten
* Automatic aspect ratio detection works on Youtube _and_ Netflix
* Added popup for quick actions (serves as a replacement for player UI)
* Restored settings page for keybinds.
Getting automatic aspect ratio detection required some hacks, not sure how easy will be to port to chrome.
### v2.0a1
The extension is being rewritten almost ground-up, around automatic aspect ratio detection. By default, this extension now only works in fullscreen, but due to some simplification it should work on most sites. As direct result of this simplification:
* The UI is completely gone
* Ability to add custom sites has been scrapped (might get implemented later on if some sites are a bit more problematic
* Extension broken up between smaller files, this time the proper way
* Added "the impossible aspect ratio autodetection"
* Adding ability to add custom sites (in progress)
* Most of the extension is being completely rewritten to accomodate that feature, which means there's a serious regression with Netflix support (no netflix at the moment)
* I'm also trying to break the 1500 line behemoth into smaller files.
### v1.2.1
* Fixed the bugs which caused aspect ratio to not be calculated properly.
* Introduced further changes that allow me to not keep two separate version for Firefox and Chrome.
As Netflix relies on extension re-initializing at least the UI ***a lot***, the optimization introduced in 1.0.2 was reversed (as waiting 2 seconds for the UI to appear is just too much).
Furthermore, triggering UI re-initialisation on onUpdated events turned out to not be the proper way to go: immediately after the extension is initialized, onUpdated gets triggered even more often than your average Buzzfeed writer/reader. But change the episode on Netflix and suddenly, onUpdated gets barely triggered at all — which means that more often than not, the UI extension injects into the page wasn't visible. (the fuck, really)
This is why Netflix uses another function that manually checks whether the player bar is present. Ideally that check happens every tenth of a second, but Firefox may be limiting that to one per second.
The 'extension sometimes not working' bug was fixed (by having extension try to setup every time a page got updated), but the fix had some problems. Namely, the extension would re-initiate (complete with re-adding the entire UI) itself very _very_ often.
This could be a problem, so it was fixed. Extension is notified of updates only every ~2 seconds (which absorbs most of the "page was updated" events on page load) and doesn't attempt to reload the UI if the UI was already loaded. (Unless `debugmsg` is set to true. It's generally not, but any commits to this repo could potentially still have it enabled).
### v1.0.1
Fixed the bug where sometimes the extension would fail to work. (example: you opened youtube's search page in a brand new tab. You then opened a video from the search results (_not_ in a new tab). Extension wouldn't work at all in videos opened in that manner).
### v1.0.0
* Is pretty much rc1, except slightly different background image.
