github splitshotz/Vice v1.2.0
v1.2.0 - Stability overhaul + audio tracks, MKV, game tagging

latest releases: v2.15.1, v2.15.0, v2.14.3...
5 months ago

One of the biggest Vice updates so far. Every open bug was hunted down to its root cause, and three of the most requested features shipped alongside.

New features

  • Game-tagged clips. Clips save as Vice_Clip_4_Overwatch-2.mp4 when a known game is focused, using the same curated game list as Discord Rich Presence. Toggle in Settings → Storage. (#72)
  • Separate audio tracks. Record game, voice chat, and microphone as their own tracks for editing, via Settings → Recording → Separate audio tracks. (#45, #53)
  • MKV container option. Crash-safe recording for long sessions; MP4 stays the default since Discord embeds need it. (#50)
  • Themed share embeds. Discord embeds now carry your accent color instead of gray. (#38)

Fixed

  • Clips no longer hit "Timed out waiting for GSR clip to finish writing", and the startup remux that could corrupt healthy clips to 0.02s is gone. (#81)
  • The resolution setting actually applies now; it was silently ignored on the default backend. (#80, thanks @quadruplea0 for the parallel PR)
  • Audio desync from trimmed clips. (#73)
  • Black/grey video when playing clips inside the Vice window. (#79, #68)
  • vice-app segfault on NVIDIA setups without GBM. (#82)
  • Memory leak while the window sat open. (#83)
  • Unreadable white-on-white dropdowns on KDE Plasma 6 / Wayland. (#85, thanks @jethrothelion for pinning down the fix)
  • Hotkeys survive unplugging and replugging your keyboard; no more daemon restarts. (#65)
  • "Could not copy link": clipboard tools are now installed by the installer, and a manual-copy dialog appears if all else fails. (#76, #78)
  • Share links could point at a serveo.net upsell page when cloudflared was missing. The fallback is gone; Vice now shows a clear error with an install hint instead. (#78)
  • The installer no longer sprays hundreds of "rm: Permission denied" lines after building gpu-screen-recorder. (#84)

Other

  • README rewritten around a two-command install.
  • Errors that used to fail silently (audio detection, thumbnails, tunnel startup) now say why, in the log and in the UI.
  • 60+ new tests.

Credits

Update with yay -Syu (AUR) or cd Vice && git pull && ./install.sh (git clone).

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