Release notes

Videorc 0.9.97 Beta 1

The Comments window is now Chat, with the app's glass look and a highlight you can place in any corner, and Videorc can now measure your computer and recommend a recording quality it can actually hold.

A Chat window that fits the app, and a check for what your computer can record

Comments is now called Chat everywhere, and the Chat and Captions windows get the same glass look as the main window.
Pick the corner where a highlighted message appears on your video, so it never lands on top of your camera.
Videorc now measures your computer once with a few short test recordings and recommends an output it can hold. Run it again any time from the Recording tab.
New installs start at 1080p30 instead of 1440p30, so a modest computer records well from the first take.
Stopping a recording on a struggling computer now waits for the file to finish instead of cutting it short.

Chat, not Comments

The detached window where you read your viewers has always been chat, so that is what it is called now. The window, its shortcut, the command palette, the Go Live dialog and the Library menu all say Chat.

It looks like the rest of Videorc. The Chat and Captions windows now use the same glass material as the main window instead of flat black, and the header lines up with the window buttons.
Put the highlight where you want it. A new Highlight position menu in the Chat header lets you choose top left, top right, bottom left or bottom right. It used to always land top centre, which could run under your camera. Your pick is remembered and is used even when the Chat window is closed, for example when you highlight from a shortcut or a deck. Change it while a message is on screen and the card moves there.
Easier to read. The viewer's name now sits with their message instead of floating centred above it.
Captions keep their own position setting and only move out of the way when a highlight would actually overlap them.

Check what your computer can record

Videorc used to start every new install at 1440p30 without knowing whether the computer could keep up. On a slower machine that meant choppy or lost recordings.

Measured once, by itself. Videorc makes a few short test recordings, from 4K30 down to 720p30, and finds the highest output your computer holds comfortably. The Recording tab shows the result, marks presets as Verified or Too heavy, and one click applies the recommendation. Check again whenever you like, for example after changing hardware.
It uses a generated test picture, so it needs no camera, screen or microphone permission, and the test recordings never appear in your Library.
A safer starting point. New installs now begin at 1080p30 until the computer has been measured. If you already chose an output, Videorc never changes it for you. You only get a warning if it measures too heavy.
Stop waits for your file. If your computer fell behind while recording, Stop now gives the recording time to finish writing instead of ending it early.

Good to know

The check takes a few seconds per step. Starting a recording or a stream always wins: the check steps aside immediately.
The recommendation is for recording. Streaming also depends on your upload speed, which the check does not measure.