Vibeshine 1.14.8 — February 20, 2026

Notice: Vibeshine may trigger false-positive antivirus alerts. Details and workarounds are documented here: #59

⚠️ IMPORTANT — READ BEFORE UPGRADING FROM v1.14.6

Remote Upgrade Risk (v1.14.6 Only)

Upgrading directly from v1.14.6 exposes a rare installer defect that can render Vibeshine non-functional until it is fully uninstalled and reinstalled. The fault exists in the v1.14.6 installer itself.

If you are upgrading remotely and Vibeshine is your only way to access the PC, do not proceed without a secondary access method. If this installer bug triggers during a remote upgrade, Vibeshine can stop working immediately and you may be locked out of the system.

This issue does not affect users already on v1.14.7.
Upgrading from v1.14.7 → v1.14.8 is safe and does not involve the defective installer logic.

The defect cannot be corrected while remaining on v1.14.6. Once successfully upgraded to v1.14.7 or later, the problem is permanently resolved. If the issue occurs during upgrade, recovery only requires uninstalling Vibeshine and installing it again. Do not delete your settings or configuration files.

Most upgrades complete without issue. Remote-only systems on v1.14.6 should take precautions before proceeding.

Highlights

• Improved reliability for headless and virtual-display streaming hosts.
• Reduced mid-stream disruption time with faster display recovery checks.
• Fixed a crash that could occur during encoder re-detection while streaming.
• Corrected Windows touch mapping in multi-display and virtual-display layouts.
• Improved Playnite status recovery so integration is less likely to remain in limited mode.

Improvements

Streaming

• Encoder probing now ensures a temporary display is available when required, improving start and resume reliability on display-less systems.

Stability

• Virtual display recovery checks now run more aggressively to restore sessions faster after display loss.

Compatibility

• Playnite integration is initialized earlier at startup so status refresh can reliably re-establish integration state.

Fixes

Streaming

• Fixed stream startup and resume failures on headless systems using per-client virtual display mode when no display was available.

Input

• Fixed an upstream bug that caused touch and absolute input coordinates to clamp incorrectly on Windows multi-display and virtual-display setups.

Stability

• Fixed a crash when encoder probing overlapped with an active streaming session.

Compatibility

• Fixed virtual display recovery when the display driver became disabled, which could block creation of virtual displays.