- Dramatically faster editor playback — Color conversion now happens entirely on the GPU, cutting data transfer by 62% and making scrubbing and playback feel significantly snappier. Frame caching and prefetch logic were also reworked so the editor stays responsive even on longer recordings.
- GPU-accelerated exports — Exports are noticeably faster thanks to a new GPU rendering path with pipelined decoding. When GPU conversion isn't available, an optimized CPU fallback takes over automatically. Export size and time estimates are now much more accurate.
- Windows playback performance — Switched to the native MediaFoundation decoder with zero-copy frame handling and preferred the Dx12 GPU backend, resulting in much lower latency during playback on Windows.
- Prewarmed editor GPU pipeline — The rendering pipeline now initializes in the background at startup, so the editor is ready to play the moment you open it.
- Better crop and padding rendering — Fixed an issue where padding and backgrounds rendered incorrectly when a crop region was applied.
- Improved stability — Graceful shutdown handling to prevent crashes on exit, reliable camera window cleanup when recordings end, and better audio sync for long recordings.
CapSoftware/Cap
cap-v0.4.7
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