Release notes
Videorc 0.9.29 Beta 1
A reliability patch on top of this morning's release — recordings that stall or come out short now fail honestly instead of pretending to succeed, capture uses less memory per frame, and Windows tester builds got a big stability pass.
Recordings that fail now say so — reliability hardening under the hood
- A recording that stalls or ends up shorter than what you recorded now fails loudly with a real error, instead of quietly saving a broken file.
- Screen and camera capture allocate less memory per frame, so long recordings run leaner.
- Recording finalization is sturdier — stuck probe processes are cleaned up instead of hanging the save step.
- Windows tester builds — capture, the live proof preview while recording, and imported backgrounds on any drive path are all far more reliable.
Truthful recordings
The worst kind of recording bug is the silent one: everything looks fine, and the saved file is short, stalled, or broken. This release makes the recorder honest about failure:
- If the video pipeline stalls or the encoder falls behind past recovery, the recording fails with a clear error at that moment — you find out while you can still re-record, not after the moment is gone.
- A recording whose saved length doesn't match what you actually recorded is now treated as a failure, even when the encoder claimed success.
- The save step cleans up stuck helper processes instead of hanging.
Leaner capture
Screen and camera capture no longer allocate and clear a fresh frame buffer for every single frame, and frame pacing follows the real capture cadence instead of manufacturing duplicate frames. Long sessions run lighter for it.
Windows tester builds
For everyone kicking the tires on Windows: saved screen and window selections are re-checked before they reach the recorder (so a stale monitor ID can't break capture), the proof preview stays live while recording, and imported or bundled backgrounds now load correctly from any drive letter or network path.