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We're excited to release WhaleDown 2025.08.0. This release brings some important bug fixes.

What's new​

1. TLS fingerprinting support​

TLS fingerprinting is a new video protection technology. Previously, video sites usually returned 403 errors when downloading videos protected by TLS fingerprints.

Now, WhaleDown can download these protected videos by simulating the TLS fingerprint of the Google Chrome browser.

2. Disabling H.264 codec​

Some users have reported that the CPU usage is too high when merging video/audio. This problem is particularly evident on Windows platforms.

We've added an option to disable H.264 codec to the Downloader Settings view. Disabling H.264 codec would significantly reduced CPU usage.

You can find this option on the settings view of the download module.

3. Title display issue​

In recent releases, WhaleDown solved the message blocking bug. But that caused WhaleDown to show the video's URL instead of the title in detector.

We've now partially solved this problem. Next we'll continue to improve the title's display issue until it's completely resolved.

Acknowledgement​

We appreciate feedback from our lovely users. We cannot solve above problems without your help.