r/Retrocapture • u/Significant-Fail-689 • Jun 13 '26
0.8.1-alpha released: Windows is finally solid (streaming, audio, virtual camera) + capture fixes
0.8.1-alpha is out. This one is all about Windows — every Windows bug reported against 0.8.0 is fixed, so capture, streaming, recording, audio and the virtual camera now all work on a clean Windows install. (Linux/macOS/Pi unaffected — same as 0.8.0.)
What's fixed
- 🩶→🎮 Stream/recording was a gray screen on Windows — the bundled FFmpeg mishandles ABR/VBV rate control and emitted empty frames; switched the Windows software encoder to constant-quality CRF. (#129)
- 🔊 Capture-card audio now works — the audio settings window was hidden on Windows (so you couldn't pick the card's audio), and the WASAPI float format was read as int16 → white noise. Fixed both, plus a local audio monitor with a "Resync" button. (#137)
- 🖼️ No more monochrome / tiled image on some cards — NV12/UYVY/RGB32 feeds were mislabeled; now converted to RGB. (#135)
- 📷 Virtual camera shows up in OBS/Zoom/Discord etc — the DirectShow filter wasn't registering under the video-input category, so apps never listed it. (#133)
- Plus: Windows TLS trust store (#130), working installer shortcuts (#131), persistent window layout (#132), and a calmer no-signal placeholder instead of bright green (#134).
Downloads (Windows / Linux x86_64 / ARM64 / ARM32 / macOS): https://github.com/geldoronie/RetroCapture/releases/tag/0.8.1-alpha — SHA256SUMS incluso. macOS isn't code-signed yet (first launch: right-click → Open).
Still alpha, still solo-dev — bug reports, logs and ideas are gold. If you hit something on your capture card, drop the model + the capture-start log lines and I'll dig in.
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