VidToTab 0.4.0 · Mercury

VidToTab turns guitar tab videos into clean, printable songsheets, and follows along while you play.

Download

Your computer	File
Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 or later)	VidToTab-0.4.0-arm64.dmg
Windows (64-bit)	VidToTab.Setup.0.4.0.exe
Ubuntu / Debian	vidtotab_0.4.0_amd64.deb (or _arm64.deb)
Other Linux	VidToTab-0.4.0.AppImage

Bundled with ffmpeg & yt-dlp.

First launch

• Mac: the app isn't notarised by Apple, so the first launch is blocked. Open it once, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway. Or run:
  xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/VidToTab.app
• Windows: SmartScreen warns about an unknown publisher. Click More info → Run anyway.
• AppImage: run chmod +x VidToTab-0.4.0.AppImage first.

Updating

New versions are announced in the app. Your songsheets carry over.

Privacy

Everything stays on your device.

What's new in 0.4.0

Listen. In Practice, switch Timer → Listen (or press L). VidToTab reads every note off the page and follows you through the microphone, chords included.

• Wait for me holds each note until you play it and turns the page when you finish.
• Play along keeps time and scores what you hit.
• Wrong notes are named ("Heard F2, expected A2").
• The first time, it asks for your tuning and capo. If the video already gave them away, they're filled in.

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Found a problem? Open an issue · Full guide

VidToTab v0.3.2

Install

Nothing else is needed — ffmpeg, ffprobe and yt-dlp travel inside the app.

macOS (Apple Silicon) — the .dmg. Open it and drag VidToTab to Applications.

It is signed, but only ad-hoc, and it is not notarised — so Gatekeeper stops the first launch and says Apple cannot check it for malicious software. Since macOS 15, right-click → Open no longer gets past that: open the app once, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down, and click Open Anyway. Or skip the dialog entirely:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/VidToTab.app

Windows (x64) — VidToTab.Setup.*.exe. Also unsigned, so SmartScreen will warn: More info then Run anyway.

Linux — the .deb for Debian and Ubuntu, x64 or arm64:

sudo apt install ./vidtotab_*_amd64.deb

or the x64 .AppImage, which needs chmod +x before it will start.

Changes

• 0.3.2
• Server test: allow one AAC frame of priming at the very start of the video's sound

Everything that changed

VidToTab v0.3.0

Install

Nothing else is needed — ffmpeg, ffprobe and yt-dlp travel inside the app.

macOS (Apple Silicon) — the .dmg. Open it and drag VidToTab to Applications.

It is signed, but only ad-hoc, and it is not notarised — so Gatekeeper stops the first launch and says Apple cannot check it for malicious software. Since macOS 15, right-click → Open no longer gets past that: open the app once, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down, and click Open Anyway. Or skip the dialog entirely:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/VidToTab.app

Windows (x64) — VidToTab.Setup.*.exe. Also unsigned, so SmartScreen will warn: More info then Run anyway.

Linux — the .deb for Debian and Ubuntu, x64 or arm64:

sudo apt install ./vidtotab_*_amd64.deb

or the x64 .AppImage, which needs chmod +x before it will start.

Changes

• 0.3.0
• Quit the app under test the way a person does
• Pin Linux ffmpeg to a build BtbN keeps
• Keep the desktop app's songsheets as folders, and tell it when to update
• Publish a release a moved tag left as a draft, and name its real files

Everything that changed

VidToTab v0.2.0

Install

Nothing else is needed — ffmpeg, ffprobe and yt-dlp travel inside the app.

macOS (Apple Silicon) — the .dmg. Open it and drag VidToTab to Applications.

It is signed, but only ad-hoc, and it is not notarised — so Gatekeeper stops the first launch and says Apple cannot check it for malicious software. Since macOS 15, right-click → Open no longer gets past that: open the app once, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down, and click Open Anyway. Or skip the dialog entirely:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/VidToTab.app

Windows (x64) — VidToTab.Setup.*.exe. Also unsigned, so SmartScreen will warn: More info then Run anyway.

Linux — the .deb for Debian and Ubuntu, x64 or arm64:

sudo apt install ./vidtotab_*_amd64.deb

or the x64 .AppImage, which needs chmod +x before it will start.

Changes

• First release.