Vibepollo 1.14.11 — 2026-02-22

Notice: Vibepollo may trigger false-positive antivirus alerts. Details and workarounds are documented here: #29

Highlights

Host no longer flickers in and out of Moonlight's server list. A repeated encoder probe loop on GPUs without AV1 (e.g. GTX 1080 Ti) caused the host to appear unresponsive during every server poll. Probe results are now cached at startup.
Headless encoder probe no longer fails at startup. Systems with only a virtual display (no physical monitor) now initialize encoders reliably on first boot.
Virtual display driver detection is much more reliable. SudoVDA is now detected by manufacturer and device name instead of a Windows-assigned identifier that could change between reboots.
Upgrading from 1.14.8 no longer removes the web UI. The installer detects that specific version and performs a clean uninstall/reinstall instead of an in-place upgrade that could purge web files.

Fixed capture frame rate being locked to a lower FPS when using Artemis, caused by the client advertising a refresh rate that disagreed with the configured maximum FPS.
Fixed repeated ~6-second encoder probe cycles during server discovery on GPUs that don't support all codecs, causing the host to flicker in Moonlight's server list.

Fixed encoder validation failing on headless machines because the capture subsystem attempted Desktop Duplication, which is unavailable when no console session is connected.
Added a post-creation readiness check for virtual displays to bridge a timing gap between display configuration and GPU enumeration.
Added a startup retry for encoder probing when no display is immediately available after virtual display creation.

Fixed virtual display driver being unnecessarily reinstalled when version metadata was unavailable, which could momentarily disrupt an active session.
Improved SudoVDA driver detection to use manufacturer and device name matching instead of hardware instance identifiers that Windows can reassign.
Fixed certificate loading during driver installation to work correctly with network and UNC paths.

Added a targeted workaround that uninstalls Vibepollo 1.14.8 before upgrading to prevent the MSI upgrade path from removing web UI files.