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🐱 LiquidCat 0.4.5 — Exact GPU trims, native notifications & Linux ARM
Trimming now uses your GPU and only downloads the part you need, notifications are native and show LiquidCat's icon, and there's a new build for Linux on ARM.
✂️ Better trimming
- Exact cuts on the GPU: trimming with Download as-is used to re-encode the cut on the CPU (x264). Now the trimmed part is cut exactly and encoded with your GPU (NVENC, Quick Sync, AMF or VideoToolbox), using the settings in Encoding. Without a GPU it still works on the CPU.
- Only the part you need is downloaded: with a trim, LiquidCat downloads just that section of the video instead of the whole thing, in both Download as-is and Re-encode modes.
🔔 Native notifications
- The "done" notification now uses Windows' own notification system: it appears instantly and LiquidCat no longer runs PowerShell at all, which antivirus scanners often flagged.
- Notifications now show LiquidCat's name and icon. To do this, LiquidCat adds a shortcut to your Start menu (for your user only, no admin rights needed) and keeps it up to date if you move the app.
🛠️ Fixes
- Ctrl+V, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X and Ctrl+A work with Caps Lock on in every text field, including pasting a link.
🧪 Linux & macOS (experimental)
- New: Linux ARM 64-bit build (Raspberry Pi 4/5, ARM laptops), with the matching yt-dlp.
- macOS uses the GPU automatically: the hardware option is now Apple (VideoToolbox) and it's selected by default, instead of starting on the CPU.
📜 Credits
- Added Skia, the graphics engine that draws LiquidCat's interface.
📦 Platforms
- Windows x86_64:
LiquidCat-0.4.5-windows-x86_64.exe - Linux x86_64 (experimental):
LiquidCat-0.4.5-linux-x86_64.tar.gz - Linux ARM64 (experimental):
LiquidCat-0.4.5-linux-aarch64.tar.gz - macOS Apple Silicon (experimental):
LiquidCat-0.4.5-macos-arm64.zip - macOS Intel (experimental):
LiquidCat-0.4.5-macos-x86_64.zip