Simon Repp @freebliss@post.lurk.org
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Hyper 8 Video System 0.24 is now officially out on all platforms! \(^ヮ^)/

This is a HUGE release, and here are the highlights:

1. Hyper 8 is now a Desktop application (!!) – with a CLI edition available as well

2. Collaborative mode – share the graphical editor over (W)LAN and build a site together

3. New transcripts feature – allows to interactively search and jump around in videos

4. New distribution channels for macOS (.app), RPM-based Linux, DEB-based Linux (cli edition), AUR (bin/cli edition)

For all changes, screenshots and videos check out the release page:
simonrepp.com/hyper8/changes/0

What's more: In only about three weeks Hyper 8 version 1.0 will be released! Any and all testing and reports of issues are highly welcome - let's make this an epic and rock-solid release! \o/

Thank you so much to the austrian open source funding program netidee.at, who are funding this work throughout 2025!

Thanks as well to this release's awesome contributors: @Lioh, @aflands, Matthias Bilger, @lislegaardKristoffer Lislegaard and @evilpeacockEric Peacock - cheers everyone!

If you're new to Hyper 8: It's a hybrid (GUI+CLI) static site generator for video publishing! You can learn more and discover some sites running Hyper 8 on simonrepp.com/hyper8.

And that's all. (⌒‿⌒)

Hyper 8 0.24/1.0 Preview Desktop Integration, Transcript Sidebar, Linking to timecodes, View without server, WebKit & iOS fixes, Misc changes & fixes Supported by netidee Git information: 46953 added lines, 41052 removed lines, 497 changed filesThe new graphical launcher on an empty deskop. The upper half features a colorful mesh gradient with the Hyper 8 logo and the version information. The bottom half lists existing sites, allows browsing for an existing or creating a new site, allows changing the editor mode, language and theme, as well as providing a link for the website and for donationsThe editor mode selector opened in the graphical launcher, with its three options "Standalone", "Browser-based" and "Collaborative"The in-page Hyper 8 video player with an open Transcripts sidebar right next to it. The text "play" has been entered in the search field, and the transcript filtered by it, revealing 5 matches in the transcript (e.g.: "00:48 player have been given a bit more visual spacing" or "01:14 introduction of subpages for collections, playlists"). The mouse hovers over one of the timecodes, with the cursor indicating that it is clickable.
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