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We have added a few improvements for video files uploading feature in Jot Messenger. Now if you record the video and your browser that supports MediaRecorder with mp4 container with h256 codec, file will be encoded using this codec to send video to the server. Since mp4 format is supported by most modern browsers the video will play immediately without delays for processing.

In case if your browser's MediaRecorder doesn't support mp4, video will be converted to webm with v8/v9 codecs and all members in your talk with browsers supporting this format should also see the video immediately and other viewers who need mp4 will get the video after ffmpeg processing - it will be loaded automatically to the talk history and used as fallback format.

The same rules work for videos are uploaded through the simple Files Uploader.

Please test and let us know if you find any problems. 😀

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Reposted Andrew Boon's post.

Feature-final UNA 9 Release Candidate is available for download.

Finally, we have the v9 package with all the planned improvements in place. From this point and up to the final release we will not be adding any new features, concentrating on making everything 100% production-ready, fixing any problematic issues and improving performance. In other words, the final v9 release is coming very soon!

UNA 9.0.0 RC-1

If you're running a Beta5 and have automatic updates turned on, the RC-1 will be applied to your site automagically.

Geeks among you may jump right to the UNA release page at Github for the downloadable packages and referenced list of changes.

The v9rc adds a long list of improvements, including some very exciting and substantial new features, apps, core updates, and fixes. I've made a short video to highlight just a few that are easy to show, but please make sure to examine the whole list of changes below to get the whole picture.

New apps

"Jot Messenger" module

"Decorous" template

"ElasticSearch" module

"Dolphin Connect" module

"Shopify" integration module

"Snipcart" integration module

System enhancements

Extended search feature to allow to make custom search forms integrated into Forms Builder

Statistics charts

Member menu redesign and reorganization

Notifications cards in real-time

Automatic real-time updates for notification counters

Allow multiple login sessions for one profile

Page load optimization

"Subscribe" was renamed to "Follow"

Iframely integration

Content Info engine

When users became friends, they are following each other now

PHP 7.1 compatibility

"Powered by" link in footer menu

Different Dashboard page layout

Compact view for social login buttons

"Add to mobile homepage" widget

Localized modules names

"Receive Newsletters" field was added on join form by default

Unique HTML IDs for pages

Twitter cards support

Links detection in regular text fields

Allow passing UNA key&secret during install from command line

Option to specify default profile module to redirect to after join

Operator can not delete their own profile anymore

Auto-generated documentation restructurisation

Forms: allow to specify up to 63 values in multiple select fields

Forms: functionality to mark field as unique in Forms Builder

Forms: flag for predefined lists to disable adding new items

Forms: make date fields to work properly with dates before 1970

Forms: make editable 'visibility' and 'location' fields in different modules

Grids: search optimization and fixes

Studio: apps market improvements

Studio: search in Storefront

Modules enhancements

Persons/Orgs/Events/Groups: comments block (disabled by default)

Persons/Organizations: "location" field

Persons/Organizations: action to delete account with content from profile

Persons/Organizations: different redirect options after profile creation

Persons/Organizations: show who follows you and who you are following

Events/Groups: option to specify searchable fields

Events/Groups: separate block with admins

Events/Groups: TinyMCE area for "description" fields

Timeline: improvements to make work similar to other social networks

Notifications: module restructurization

Contact: option to send messages from sender's email on "Contact Us" form

Discussions: show main post time

Discussions: search in comments

Discussions: new design for attachments

Market: associated products

Payments: Subscriptions management for site admin

Antispam: checking for disposable email domains

Connect modules: option to set default privacy for created profiles

OAuth2: "password" grant type for API requests

OAuth2: don't suggest to select profile when there is one profile only

Developer: allow to edit/delete menu items

Paid Levels: allow to add zero price level, so members can switch for free to some particular level

Most important fixes

Fixes in Payments routine

Fixing privacy checking in comments

Timeline outline block in groups/event wasn't displayed

Popup wasn't positioned properly sometimes

Problem with dollar($) sign escaping was fixed

When script was installed from command line system files weren't hashed

Free products weren't downloadable

Unconfirmed member level wasn't always correctly detected

Files module couldn't be downloaded via Studio Storefront

What's Next

Getting to this RC stage is a critical point for the entire UNA project. We had to hold off with documentation updates, tutorials and some of the provisioning changes until we have the feature final package. Now we can let things happen a lot faster, a lot more often and you'll be reading, watching, listening to something from us very frequently now.

Stay tuned!