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Hyper 8 Video System 1.0

Released on October 15, 2025

With the release 1.0 a new chapter begins for Hyper 8: Fully integrated for desktop environments on Windows, Mac and Linux, and yet continuing to build on a very simple, file-based foundation that allows hybrid workflows spanning terminal usage, graphical editing with Hyper 8's integrated editor, up to fully automated, scripted pipelines utilizing Hyper 8's command line edition.

Among the many additions and improvements, this release introduces the new usage restriction option for dedicated streaming, download or offline usage of media files, and is accompanied by a complete overhaul of the documentation and the introduction of the new, video-augmented tutorial.

Enjoy!

# Desktop integration finishing

Hyper 8 splash graphics in the launcher (dark version). It features the Hyper 8 typographical logo overlaid on colorful, varyingly rotated lines that are clipped against an invisible logo silhouette (a slide frame) positioned centrally behind the logo.
Separate concerns and amend state sharing between cli, launcher and editor git 1
Move editor settings to footer, tie automatic splash behavior to server mode git 1
Remove unused splash logo asset git 1
Integrate 1.0 splash graphics, tweak the launcher and splash screen git 1
Fine-tune version display, precompute release notes url in version module git 1
Correctly handle nested de/serialization of editor state within launcher state git 1
Explicitly set splash image dimensions within editor splash screen git 1
Add HYPER8_BUNDLED_FFMPEG flag for building and packaging with bundled ffmpeg git 1
Return an explicit error message when the deployment probe can not be removed with bran(...)pos git 1
Do not visibly show the password in the editor site settings git 1

# Media usage restrictions

Screenshot from the Video/Audio files subpage in the Hyper 8 editor. The two video file entries present on the page feature a drop-down setting that by default says "No usage restrictions" but can be switched to "Streaming only", "Download only" and "Keep offline" alternatively.
Introduce downloadable/streamable properties and data-usage-per-hour metric git 1
Expose and document streaming-only, download-only and offline usage options git 1

# Editor usability and design

The new in-editor splash screen which features the colorful logo/splash graphics from the launcher, but is otherwise reduced to the version display (1.0 here) and website and donation links.
Provide live feedback during state changes on the media and jobs pages git 1
Iterate on file list design/usability, improve browser support indication git 1
Iterate on link list design/usability git 1
Fix text color not following theme in video list browser support attachments git 1
Restore styling on index page site initialization buttons git 1
Switch to a grid-based, dynamically and precisely aligned video page layout git 1
Indicate active playlist/transcript buttons, auto-hide playlist on mobile git 1
Simplify the collection icon git 1
Fix horizontal overflow and scripting issues with new panels implementation git 1
Fix regression in transcript filtering git 1
Await poster computation before returning from a poster computation request git 1
Widen the editor interface main area git 1

# Accessibility

Screenshot of a Hyper 8 video page where towards the top an overlay is visible and indicated as focused which says "Skip to main content"
Allow skipping to main content in keyboard-based site navigation git 1
Exclude decorative bubbles from assistive technology and keyboard navigation git 1
Add aria labels for search and seekbar inputs git 1
Add missing aria labels and aria-hide purely visual elements in editor git 1
Remove redundant assistive descriptions on preview and deploy buttons git 1

# Misc

The bottom-right corner of the Hyper 8 video player. The video version selector is open and shows two versions (1080p and 480p). In addition to the overall size of the files (154MB and 43MB) the menu now also displays a per-hour metric, in this case 457 MB/hour for the 1080p version and 128 MB/hour for the 480p version.
Broadly improve subtitles in terms of editor usability and internal handling with Arnauld git 1
Inset icon with a 10% margin git 2
Introduce data-usage-per-hour metric in the player's bottom-right version selector git 1
Enforce yuv420p pixel format when encoding H264 to ensure widest compatibility with Eric Peacock git 1
Do not capture known shortcut codes when combined with alt/ctrl modifiers git 1
Allow queuing a job whose description matches an existing but failed job git 1
Clamp timecode to a "decoding safe range" when computing a poster on request git 1

# Fixes

Screenshot from a commit detail view on codeberg where a simple 2-3 line bugfix is shown in a git diff.
Restore functionality for closing a cli-invoked server with Ctrl+C shortcut git 2
Add missing extension to download name hint for videos git 1
Fix misimplemented icu_locale parse fallback git 1
Only consider published videos when calculating build storage usage git 1
Initialize video player scripting only when a player is present git 1
Extend tauri opener plugin bug workaround to local preview action buttons git 1

# Documentation

Screenshot of the documentation page, which provides numerous new pages like "Video processing in Hyper 8", "Command line interface preface and overview" or "Motivation and philosophy"
Update outdated subtitle support docs git 1
Add documentation on linking to timecodes with Lorenzo Miniero git 1
Add architectural documentation git 1
Restructure/reword and extend reference docs into new "site directory" section git 1
Add the new logo icon to the docs git 1
Annotate 1.0-only functionality in docs to allow for continuous doc releases git 1
Indicate link hover states, remove block justification, reindent lists in docs git 1
Restructure and extend examples in docs, extract layout into own module git 1
Update outdated cross-links in docs git 1
Separate desktop application and CLI docs, extend CLI argument texts git 1
Document video handling and the ecological/societal context of Hyper 8 git 1
Fix vertical clipping in the docs navigation with Johannes Burström git 1
Replace hard-coded colors in docs css with dark/light adaptive variables with Johannes Burström git 1

# Thanks

Hyper 8 × netidee Förderungen

Development of Hyper 8 Video System 1.0 throughout all of 2025 has been made possible through the financial support of the netidee programme - thank you so much for funding this work!

For this release in particular I'd also like to thank bran(...)pos, Arnauld, Eric, Lorenzo and Johannes for their contributions - cheers!

# Contributors to this release

bran(...)pos, Arnauld, Eric Peacock, Lorenzo Miniero, Johannes Burström
# All commits for this release
git 60