Changelog

January 8th, 2024

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v3.3

Introducing the Streaming update! This was a much needed feature that was missing up until now! You can now easily stream your videos and your music/audio. This used to be a feature but was removed in v2. It is now back, along with other good modifications that people have been asking for!

Website

  • Allows streaming of video and audio. Simply click the Video Button or the Audio Button. It will take you to the /stream page. Here, simply click the play button and your stream will begin after some time.

  • Allows creating a high quality stream. This stream allows you to get multiple bitrates such as 480p, 720p, 1080p, and even 4k (HDR is supported). If your video is a video type that cannot be played in the browser, this also allows you to play that video. This allows you to also switch audio tracks, as well as showing subtitles and switching subtitle languages.

    • It has a slight catch though so beware. If the video has never been watched before, it will have to go through a transcoding process which can take some time. For 30 minutes of video, it takes about 7-8 minutes for the process to be complete.

      • Because it can take awhile, you will receive a notification once it is finished, or if you stay on the streaming page, your page will automatically update once the process is complete.

    • This feature is only for testing at the moment while we figure out caching, and storage for said items. It is also considerably expensive for TorBox, as we have to save multiple versions of the video. Transcoding is also a time consuming and expensive(ish) process. It just needs more time to get right.

  • Allows getting direct streaming links for popular 3rd party apps such as VLC, Stremio, and Infuse. Also allows you to directly copy the streaming link.

    • These links only work if you have the apps downloaded on your PC or Mobile device. We will have a guide for users on how to add these to their devices.

  • Fixed the torrent menu popup border being cut off on the edges when having more than 3 torrents.

  • Allows viewing the main tracker that the torrent is downloading from. You have to enable this in the settings under Show Main Tracker In Torrent.

  • Fixed being able to click reannounce, pause/resume, buttons when a torrent is inactive.

  • Shows some stats when a torrent is inactive. It now shows created at date, expired at date, ending ratio, total seeded and the size of the torrent. Go show off those torrents!

  • Adds footer to Download page, RSS Feed page, Streaming page, and Settings page.

  • Adds Add To Download Manager button on mobile devices.

  • Bans new users using the "period" trick when using Gmail emails. Previously users were able to create accounts using emails such as "t.o.r.b.o.x@gmail.com", and "t.orbox@gmail.com" and "t.o.rbox@gmail.com", etc. This allowed you to create 3 accounts from only one email, which is considered abuse of the system. No accounts have been banned which used this trick previously, but any accounts signing up trying to use this trick will be banned instantly.

    • Now, this is not to say you can't use it, if this is the first time you are using that email, then it works fine, and you won't be banned. But if you try and use multiple of the same email, the API will see that and ban any accounts afterwards.

    • This also applies to the "+" trick. If you have an account with "hello+torbox@gmail.com" and now you are signing up with "hel.lo@gmail.com", "hel.lo@gmail.com" will be banned. Works the other way around too.

  • Torrent status are more descriptive, such as telling you where there are no seeds, or no peers to download from.

  • Referrals are now copied as links that you can easily share with friends or family.

    • Whenever a user is logged in and they click on the link, they will automatically be asked to add this referral code on top of their current one. This way they won't forget about it.

    • Users are only asked once per session. If they for some reason deny, then they won't be asked again until they open a new browser session (Closing and opening again).

    • This makes referrals more simple, and less of a hassle. It was also requested by a user in the Discord server.

  • Fixed issue with some long magnets not being added due to random error. This also fixed magnets with no name or no trackers.

  • Added backup domains (seemed fun to do and they were crazy cheap on Porkbun, so I had to cop. There is no danger for TorBox, but it is possible that other countries can block the main site.):

  • Changes site Discord links to https://discord.torbox.app, in case the main link ever changes.

  • Changed how emails look. Instead of just getting a text email, you now get fancy emails!

API

  • Added route to get Torrent Instant Cached Availability. This was added for developers mostly who wanted a Real-Debrid like API. Simply input a hash, and it will return a True/False boolean telling you if it is cached or not. You will have to start the download yourself though. API DOCS LINK. /torrents/checkcached

  • Added route to use Referral code added to a user's account using the API. This can be an incentive for developers to use make this call automatically, maybe when a user uses their app, or when they link their account, the developer can make this call and have the user use the developer's referral code. Note: This only adds the code if the user does not already have one. Referral codes cannot be forcibly replaced using the API due to possible abuse by the developers. Codes can be manually changed on the website at the bottom of https://torbox.app/subscription. Requires a user's API key. API DOCS LINK. /user/addreferral

  • The create torrent endpoint (/torrents/createtorrent) now gives torrent_id, hash, and name when a torrent has been successfully submitted. API DOCS LINK.

Mobile App

  • Adds Register and Get Password links to login page for easy access for new users.

  • Fixes layout of dashboard as the Account and Sign Out buttons were overflowing on the screen.

  • For logged in users, when you first open up the app, the app no longer shows the Login screen for a split second.

  • Fixes long magnet links taking up the entire screen.

  • Fixes magnet links not being submitted properly to API.

NOTE: The main player does not support subtitles or multiple audio streams. For that, please use an 3rd party player such as Stremio, VLC, or Infuse. This will be fixed eventually when we get streaming properly working and out of testing.

v3.4 will be all 'bout caching and storage. Basically making TorBox faster and more efficient.

v3.5 will be all about better authentication. Adding Multifactor as well as other ways of logging such as on TVs for future apps 👀.

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