Release notes
Videorc 0.9.23 Beta 1
A flaw in the bundled video engine silently starved secure (RTMPS) stream connections, so X broadcasts looked live but never played for viewers — fixed, with your full stream now reliably reaching the platform.
Secure streaming connections fixed — X broadcasts play for viewers
- X broadcasts now actually play for viewers — the bundled video engine could silently starve secure stream connections down to a trickle.
- The fix applies to every secure (RTMPS) destination, not just X.
- The bundled video engine no longer depends on developer tools being installed on your Mac.
- Combined with the recent playback checks, Videorc now confirms within seconds that your broadcast is watchable.
Secure streaming connections fixed
We found the root cause of X broadcasts that looked live but only showed viewers a loading spinner: the video engine bundled with Videorc had a flaw in how it handled secure (RTMPS) streaming connections. Writes to the platform could stall for long stretches, and the stream silently degraded to a tiny fraction of its real bitrate — enough for X to consider you "live", far too little to actually play. This release ships a rebuilt engine with a proper secure-connection stack, verified end to end against X's own ingest: your full stream now arrives at full quality.
More reliable on every Mac
The same rebuild fixes a second hidden issue: the bundled engine could depend on developer libraries that most Macs don't have. It is now fully self-contained, so recording and streaming behave the same on every machine.
You'll know it works
Together with the playback verification added in 0.9.21, Videorc now confirms within seconds of going live that viewers can watch — and with this fix, that check should come back green.