Clippy v1.4.6

Installation Options

• Installer (Clippy-Setup.exe): Recommended. Installs Clippy with desktop/start menu shortcuts, autostart support, and silent one-click updates.
• Portable archive (Clippy-win-x64.zip): Standalone zero-install folder. Extract anywhere and launch Clippy.exe.

NVENC + Media Foundation work out of the box with no third-party dependencies (ffmpeg is not required).

Hotkeys: F8 — 30 seconds, F9 — 3 minutes.
Clips go to clips/, debug logs to logs/.

What's Changed

• diag(audio): log audio start, volume compensation and silent padding by @brano-san in #1

New Contributors

• @brano-san made their first contribution in #1

Full Changelog: v1.4.5...v1.4.6

Clippy v1.4.5

Installation Options

• Installer (Clippy-Setup.exe): Recommended. Installs Clippy with desktop/start menu shortcuts, autostart support, and silent one-click updates.
• Portable archive (Clippy-win-x64.zip): Standalone zero-install folder. Extract anywhere and launch Clippy.exe.

NVENC + Media Foundation work out of the box with no third-party dependencies (ffmpeg is not required).

Hotkeys: F8 — 30 seconds, F9 — 3 minutes.
Clips go to clips/, debug logs to logs/.

Full Changelog: v1.4.4...v1.4.5

Clippy v1.4.4

Installation Options

• Installer (Clippy-Setup.exe): Recommended. Installs Clippy with desktop/start menu shortcuts, autostart support, and silent one-click updates.
• Portable archive (Clippy-win-x64.zip): Standalone zero-install folder. Extract anywhere and launch Clippy.exe.

NVENC + Media Foundation work out of the box with no third-party dependencies (ffmpeg is not required).

Hotkeys: F8 — 30 seconds, F9 — 3 minutes.
Clips go to clips/, debug logs to logs/.

Full Changelog: v1.4.3...v1.4.4

Clippy v1.4.3

Installation Options

• Installer (Clippy-Setup.exe): Recommended. Installs Clippy with desktop/start menu shortcuts, autostart support, and silent one-click updates.
• Portable archive (Clippy-win-x64.zip): Standalone zero-install folder. Extract anywhere and launch Clippy.exe.

NVENC + Media Foundation work out of the box with no third-party dependencies (ffmpeg is not required).

Hotkeys: F8 — 30 seconds, F9 — 3 minutes.
Clips go to clips/, debug logs to logs/.

Full Changelog: v1.4.1...v1.4.3

Clippy v1.4.1

Installation Options

• Installer (Clippy-Setup.exe): Recommended. Installs Clippy with desktop/start menu shortcuts, autostart support, and silent one-click updates.
• Portable archive (Clippy-win-x64.zip): Standalone zero-install folder. Extract anywhere and launch Clippy.exe.

NVENC + Media Foundation work out of the box with no third-party dependencies (ffmpeg is not required).

Hotkeys: F8 — 30 seconds, F9 — 3 minutes.
Clips go to clips/, debug logs to logs/.

Full Changelog: v1.4.0...v1.4.1

Clippy v1.4.0

Installation Options

• Installer (Clippy-Setup.exe): Recommended. Installs Clippy with desktop/start menu shortcuts, autostart support, and silent one-click updates.
• Portable archive (Clippy-win-x64.zip): Standalone zero-install folder. Extract anywhere and launch Clippy.exe.

NVENC + Media Foundation work out of the box with no third-party dependencies (ffmpeg is not required).

Hotkeys: F8 — 30 seconds, F9 — 3 minutes.
Clips go to clips/, debug logs to logs/.

What's New

Removed

• The winget package: winget/Mai-kun.Clippy.yaml manifests and the winget-pkgs submission step were removed from the release workflow. winget install Mai-kun.Clippy is no longer supported — use the installer or the zip instead.

Added

• English README (README.md) and a Russian translation (README_RU.md) with a language toggle.
• Issue templates: bug report and feature request.
• CONTRIBUTING.md — a guide for contributors.

Changed

• License headers in the sources shortened to the SPDX form.
• Version bumped to v1.4.0.

Note: the notification sound (v1.3.7), the game overlay card, game-monitor placement, Per-Monitor DPI V2, and clip_YYYY-MM-DD_HH-mm-ss.mp4 clip names (v1.3.8) shipped in earlier releases.

Full Changelog: v1.3.8...v1.4.0

Clippy v1.3.8

Installation Options

• Installer (Clippy-Setup.exe): Recommended. Installs Clippy with desktop/start menu shortcuts, autostart support, and silent one-click updates.
• Portable archive (Clippy-win-x64.zip): Standalone zero-install folder. Extract anywhere and launch Clippy.exe.

NVENC + Media Foundation work out of the box with no third-party dependencies (ffmpeg is not required).

Hotkeys: F8 — 30 seconds, F9 — 3 minutes.
Clips go to clips/, debug logs to logs/.

What's New

Added

• A Medal / ShadowPlay-style game notification card: it never steals focus or catches clicks, fades in smoothly, and disappears after a couple of seconds. Switch the style via the NotificationType setting (overlay / windows_toast / none) or from the tray.
• The card is placed on the game's own monitor via MonitorFromWindow(GetForegroundWindow()) and scales with Per-Monitor DPI V2 (WM_DPICHANGED) — correct on monitors with different scaling.
• The saved file's size is shown in the notification.
• ISO-style clip names: clip_YYYY-MM-DD_HH-mm-ss.mp4.

Changed

• Neutral #3D3D3D card border and overall visual balance polish.
• English UI localization, duration rounding.
• The Windows system "chime" is silenced — only Clippy's built-in sound plays.

Full Changelog: v1.3.7...v1.3.8

Clippy v1.3.7

Installation Options

• Installer (Clippy-Setup.exe): Recommended. Installs Clippy with desktop/start menu shortcuts, autostart support, and silent one-click updates.
• Portable archive (Clippy-win-x64.zip): Standalone zero-install folder. Extract anywhere and launch Clippy.exe.

NVENC + Media Foundation work out of the box with no third-party dependencies (ffmpeg is not required).

Hotkeys: F8 — 30 seconds, F9 — 3 minutes.
Clips go to clips/, debug logs to logs/.

What's New

Added

• A custom notification sound: CustomSoundPath points to a .wav, played via PlaySoundW with a fallback to the system beep.
• The default notification sound is embedded right into Clippy.exe (SND_MEMORY) — no file on disk, nothing to break.

Changed

• README updated; local tools scripts added to .gitignore.

Full Changelog: v1.3.6...v1.3.7

Clippy v1.3.6

Installation Options

• Installer (Clippy-Setup.exe): Recommended. Installs Clippy with desktop/start menu shortcuts, autostart support, and silent one-click updates.
• Portable archive (Clippy-win-x64.zip): Standalone zero-install folder. Extract anywhere and launch Clippy.exe.

NVENC + Media Foundation work out of the box with no third-party dependencies (ffmpeg is not required).

Hotkeys: F8 — 30 seconds, F9 — 3 minutes.
Clips go to clips/, debug logs to logs/.

What's New

Performance

• Capture rate capped at 60 fps and the NVENC preset lowered to P1 — about 3% GPU load.

Fixed

• If the silent update launch fails, the interactive installer opens instead (GUI fallback).

Full Changelog: v1.3.5...v1.3.6

Clippy v1.3.5

Installation Options

• Installer (Clippy-Setup.exe): Recommended. Installs Clippy with desktop/start menu shortcuts, autostart support, and silent one-click updates.
• Portable archive (Clippy-win-x64.zip): Standalone zero-install folder. Extract anywhere and launch Clippy.exe.

NVENC + Media Foundation work out of the box with no third-party dependencies (ffmpeg is not required).

Hotkeys: F8 — 30 seconds, F9 — 3 minutes.
Clips go to clips/, debug logs to logs/.

What's New

Added

• Clippy auto-restarts after an update with a notification.

Changed

• Clean distribution: no test files or ffmpeg, ~8 MB installer.
• The installer cleans up legacy files from previous versions on upgrade ([InstallDelete]).

Full Changelog: v1.3.4...v1.3.5