🚧 Early Access / Pre-Beta Release
This release combines the existing macOS early access build (v1.6.3) with a new pre-beta version for Windows (v1.7.0).
Both builds are intended for testing and feedback only. While they already work quite well, some features may still change or be refined before the final stable releases.
🍎 macOS Early Access (v1.6.3)
The macOS version did not change and remains the same early access beta previously released.
It introduces a new Metal-based rendering engine and a refreshed macOS UI, and supports Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
✨ Fixes for 1.6.3
- Added mouse UI mode
- Updated microphone input handling
✨ Fixes for 1.6.2
- Apple Intel version added
- Metal HDR and upscaling improvements
- Bug fixes
✨ Fixes for 1.6.1
- Improved gamepad handling (fix controller not detected issue)
- Improved input latency
✨ macOS Highlights
🖥️ New Metal Rendering Engine (Default)
- New Metal rendering backend for macOS
- MetalFX spatial upscaling support (2K / 4K)
- Zero-copy rendering for improved performance and lower latency
- Metal is now the default rendering engine on macOS
🎨 Updated macOS UI
- Refactored UI with improved macOS look & feel
- Proper Dark Mode / Light Mode theme switching
- Improved layout, button sizing, and dialog visuals
- Updated stream preview and UI consistency
⚡ Performance & Stability
- Improved startup time
- Video decoder improvements to prevent rare video freezes
- Better error handling and rendering fallback logic
- Improved consistency handling across views
🪟 Windows Pre-Beta (v1.7.0)
This is the first pre-beta release of PXPlay for Windows v1.7.0 and introduces a completely new video rendering engine.
While already stable for most use cases, this is still a pre-beta build, and feedback is highly appreciated.
✨ Windows Highlights
🖥️ New D3D11 Rendering Engine (Default)
- Brand-new D3D11-based rendering backend
- Significantly improved compatibility, especially for older Windows devices
- Zero-copy GPU rendering for peak performance (GPU-only processing)
- D3D11 is now the default rendering engine on Windows
🔍 Spatial Upscaling Support (2K / 4K)
- Spatial upscaling via FSR 1.0
- Noticeable improvement in sharpness and video quality, especially on larger displays
- Adjustable sharpness value (default = maximum sharpness)
🌈 HDR & Tone Mapping
- Native HDR output support
- HDR tone mapping for displays without native HDR capability
⚙️ Vulkan Rendering Pipelines (Optional)
- Both Vulkan pipelines also support upscaling
- Optional high-quality post-processing filters:
- Debanding
- Clarity boost
- "High Quality" video enhancement mode available (previously known as Rendering Preset)
🎨 Updated UI
- UI refinements and improvements
- Dark Mode support added
🔧 Additional Changes (All Platforms)
- Improved license key validation
- Rendering error messages refined
- Various rendering fixes and refinements
⚠️ Important Notes
- macOS build: Early access beta (unchanged)
- Windows build: Pre-beta (v1.7.0)
- Some features may be incomplete or change before the stable release
- Visual glitches or regressions may still occur
If you encounter issues, regressions, or visual artifacts, feedback is highly appreciated.
Thank you for helping test the upcoming versions of PXPlay 🙏