Brixel 0.1.0

Brixel 0.1.0 — first macOS build (Apple Silicon).

Requirements

Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or later). There is no Intel-Mac or Windows build yet.

Install

1. Download Brixel_0.1.0_aarch64.dmg, open it, drag Brixel to Applications.
2. On first launch macOS will block the app with "Brixel cannot be opened because Apple
   cannot check it for malicious software." This is expected for this build — see below.
3. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll to the message about Brixel, and
   click Open Anyway. Confirm once. Brixel opens normally from then on.

Why the warning

This build is signed with a Developer ID certificate — you can verify the developer is
Developer ID Application: Sunho Hwang (2WCD72DZMN) — but Apple's notarization of it is
still in progress at the time of publishing. Notarization is Apple's automated malware scan;
until it completes, Gatekeeper shows the message above even for correctly signed software.

This release will be replaced with a notarized build at the same download URL once Apple
finishes. The notarized build opens with no warning at all. If you would rather wait, check
back rather than working around the prompt.

What's in this build

• Describe a procedural visual system in plain language and get back a live, tweakable Piece
• Knob-driven parameter editing with a live canvas
• Recording timeline and deterministic Asset Build export (PNG, MP4)
• Project documents with revision history, importable and exportable as .brx bundles

Not in this build

• Gallery — the curated sample catalogue is excluded from this release
• Intel Macs and Windows
• GIF export
• Automatic updates are configured but untested in this build

Third-party software

This application bundles FFmpeg 8.1 as a separate executable, used for video and image
encoding. FFmpeg is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 or later —
this build includes libx264, which requires --enable-gpl.

• Licence text: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
• Corresponding source: ffmpeg-8.1.tar.xz, attached to this release
• Bundled binary origin: https://www.osxexperts.net/ffmpeg81arm.zip
  (sha256 9a08d61f9328e8164ba560ee7a79958e357307fcfeea6fe626b7d66cdc287028)
• Build configuration of the bundled binary: --enable-gpl --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libvpx --enable-libaom --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libopus --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libfreetype --enable-fontconfig --enable-libass --enable-libwebp --enable-libvmaf --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libsnappy --enable-libvidstab --enable-libzimg --enable-libharfbuzz --enable-libkvazaar --enable-libvvenc --pkg-config-flags=--static --enable-neon --enable-runtime-cpudetect

FFmpeg runs as a separate process and is not linked into Brixel, so Brixel's own source is not
covered by the GPL. You may extract, replace or redistribute the bundled FFmpeg binary under
the terms of the GPL. For a copy of the corresponding source on physical media, contact the
publisher; this offer is valid for three years from the date of this release.