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v0.8.4-beta

gtsteffaniak/filebrowserv0.8.4-betaSep 5, 2025by gtsteffaniak

AI Summary

This beta release (v0.8.4) introduces significant enhancements to the media player with custom plyr support, metadata display, and subtitle capabilities, along with OnlyOffice integration for shares and a new System & Admin settings section. Several usability improvements were made including search length configuration, dark mode for shared links, and bug fixes for mobile text copying, image navigation, and translation issues.

Key Highlights

  • Enhanced media player with plyr integration supporting metadata and embedded subtitles
  • OnlyOffice support now available in shares with per-share viewing/editing configuration
  • New System & Admin section with config viewer that hides secrets
  • Added server.minSearchLength to configure search requirements
  • Dark mode enforcement option for shared links

Breaking Changes

  • Navigation no longer appends last location hash - may affect existing navigation behaviors
  • Context menu style and behavior has been altered
  • Share management now requires authentication

New Features

  • Custom Media Player using plyr with metadata support
  • Embedded video subtitle support for both native and custom players
  • Option to disable custom player and use native player in profile settings
  • server.disableUpdateCheck to disable backend update checks
  • frontend.favicon and frontend.description for HTML overrides
  • OnlyOffice viewing and editing configurable per-share
  • OnlyOffice debug mode for troubleshooting
  • Dark mode enforcement for shared links
  • System & Admin section in settings with config viewer
  • server.minSearchLength to adjust minimum search character requirement
  • Access management shows specific folders with access instead of permission denied
  • Files and folders can be created with "/" or "\" in the name
  • Share management requires authentication

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed

 **New Features**:
 - New media player styles and features
   - Custom Media Player: enhanced media player using plyr thanks @Kurami32 (see #1160)
   - Custom Media Player: also adds support for metadata
   - added embeded video subtitle support (for both native and custom player). @maxbin123 #1072 #1157
   - Users can disable the custom player and opt of native in profile settings.
 - Option to disable backend update check via `server.disableUpdateCheck` #1134
 - added `frontend.favicon` and `frontend.description` for html overrides
 - onlyoffice is now supported in shares. Both viewing and editing can be configured per-share.
 - Added only office debug view and wiki to assist with debugging issues #1068 #911 #1074
 - Dark mode enforcement possible for shared links #1029
 - added `System & Admin` section to settings
   - includes a new config viewer to see current running config (hides secrets) #838
 - added `server.minSearchLength` to allow adjusting the length requirement for search #1174

 **Notes**:
 - access management: specific folders/files with access are shown instead permission denied for parent folder #1132
 - navigation no longer appends last location hash which should fix some unwanted navation behavior #1070
 - altered the context menu style and behavior.
 - documentation update: comma or Space separated extensions #1138
 - Files and folders can be created with "/" or "\" on the name #1126
 - Share management should not be allowed without authentication #1163
 - Question about customizing session timeout #1184

 **BugFixes**:
 - access management: delay showing rule changes in the list fixed. #1131
 - Color names are not localized #1159
 - rename issues #1170 #1171
 - some shortcuts not working #1056
 - Can't copy/paste text on mobile #1168
 - Can't change between images inside of the share image viewer. #1144
 - fixed and updated translations with variables always showing english.


## New Contributors
* @Kurami32 made their first contribution in https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/pull/1055
* @socramcaro2 made their first contribution in https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/pull/1063
* @maxbin123 made their first contribution in https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/pull/1072


New onlyoffice debugger can be enabled going to `settings > profile settings > file viewer options > Enable OnlyOffice Debug Mode`
<img width="500" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3eccd914-c866-4c99-89e2-8c260f921be6" />

New Media player with metadata:
<img width="500" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/31b66fbe-94cf-4577-af16-4f9e47dcd4e3" />

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/pull/1187