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@xjuanfxx xjuanfxx released this 27 Oct 18:35
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🐱 LiquidCat 0.4.3 — Intel GPUs, Linux & macOS

LiquidCat now encodes with Intel GPUs, detects your graphics card natively, speaks your system's language from the first launch, and comes to Linux and macOS as an experimental preview.

✨ What's new

  • Intel GPU support: new Intel (Quick Sync) hardware option for H.264, HEVC and AV1. If your Intel GPU can't encode a format (for example AV1 on older chips), LiquidCat switches to the CPU automatically.
  • Faster, more reliable GPU detection: LiquidCat now asks Windows directly (DirectX) instead of running PowerShell. It recognizes NVIDIA, AMD and Intel by their hardware ID, prefers the dedicated GPU on laptops with two, and still works over Remote Desktop.
  • Your language from the start: on first launch LiquidCat uses your system's language when it's available (Spanish, English, Portuguese, French, German or Italian), and English otherwise. You can still change it in Settings.

🛠️ Fixes

  • Smooth scrolling again: in 0.4.2 the interface was being drawn by the CPU instead of the GPU, so scrolling (especially in Wiki, Credits and Settings) felt choppy at around 15 fps. It now runs on the GPU at well over 100 fps, while keeping the smoother edges.

🧪 Linux & macOS (experimental)

  • First builds for Linux and macOS. They compile and package automatically, but have had very little real-world testing, so expect rough edges. Feedback is very welcome.
  • On macOS, hardware encoding uses Apple's VideoToolbox: pick any GPU option under Hardware acceleration.
  • On Linux and macOS, install FFmpeg with your package manager (sudo apt install ffmpeg / brew install ffmpeg). LiquidCat tells you how, in your language. yt-dlp is still downloaded automatically.
  • The macOS app isn't notarized: the first time, right-click LiquidCat.app and choose Open.

📦 Platforms

  • Windows x86_64: LiquidCat-0.4.3-windows-x86_64.exe
  • Linux x86_64 (experimental): LiquidCat-0.4.3-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
  • macOS Apple Silicon (experimental): LiquidCat-0.4.3-macos-arm64.zip
  • macOS Intel (experimental): LiquidCat-0.4.3-macos-x86_64.zip
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