A better bot: 4K, file sizes, progress, a queue and subtitles

Here's a roundup of the latest updates to the @VideonerBot bot.

Up to 4K and files up to 2 GB

The bot gives you everything the platform has, all the way up to 4K. The only limit is file size: Telegram lets bots send files up to 2 GB. Qualities that don't fit within that limit simply aren't shown, so you won't wait for a download that would never arrive.

Sizes on the buttons

Every quality button now shows the approximate file size. You can see at a glance how much a video weighs in 1080p versus 720p and pick what suits your connection and your phone's storage.

Download progress

Instead of "wait a couple of minutes", the bot shows how things are going: percentage, time remaining and how much has been downloaded. The message updates every few seconds, and when the file is being put together, the bot tells you it's almost done.

Link queue

You can send several links at once — in one message or one after another. The bot will queue them:

• you choose the quality for one link at a time;
• the next link shows up once the bot has sent the file for the previous one;
• you can skip a link you don't need with a button;
• the queue holds up to 10 links, and duplicates aren't added.

And while one person is downloading a long video, the bot no longer "freezes" for everyone else.

YouTube subtitles

YouTube videos now have a "Subtitles" button. Tap it, pick a language, and the bot will send you an .srt file. These are the video author's subtitles, or auto-generated ones if there are none in the video's language. Afterwards you can go back and download the video itself.

The same goes for videoner.download: next to "Video" and "Audio" there's a "Subtitles" button.