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@gnif gnif released this 25 Dec 23:21
· 818 commits to master since this release

After many months of hard work from our team, I am pleased to announce Beta 5 which brings with it a huge number of improvements.

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Announcement and Rundown Video:

Changelog:

B5

  • Documentation improvements
  • Allow EGL usage with dmabuf on platforms without GL_EXT_buffer_storage suoport.
  • Fixed cursor grab retry logic (fixes issues on i3/awesomewm)
  • Don't allow in-source builds.
  • Wayland curor and keyboard related crash fixes
  • jitRender performance optimizations on x11
  • Added EWMH event support for better window focus tracking on x11

B5-rc1

  • removed SDL displayserver
  • reduced amount of GPU buffer allocations in DMABUF import path
  • implemented frame damage tracking, used to reduce amount of data copies needed
  • added frame damage display mode in EGL backend
  • added cimgui/imgui to the project
  • added frame timings collection and display
  • improved LGMP cursor performance by releasing the memory faster
  • implemented eglSwapBuffersWithDamage for X11
  • don't allow the mouse to trigger redraws if the video feed is disabled
  • New "Overlay Mode" which allows interaction with imgui windows/widgets
  • Allow the FPS display to be moved
  • Observe XDG_CONFIG_DIR when looking for the configuration
  • Added EGL texture import timing graph
  • Alerts are now rendered using ImGui
  • Added high DPI support
  • add JIT rendering mode for wayland
  • improve fractional scaling for wayland
  • made numbering of IVSHMEM devices consistent
  • Added guest cursor warp support to the KVMFR protocol
  • Added the ability to have post-processing filters
  • Added AMD FidelityFX CAS post-processor
  • Added AMD FidelityFX FSR upscaling post-processor
  • add DMABUF import support in OBS plugin
  • add keyboard LED synchronization
  • fix EGL backend not being detected on some systems (e.g. mesa without libglvnd)
  • fix cursor blinking issue on certain hardware (e.g. old Intel integrated graphics)
  • Guest cursor is now aligned to the local cursor on window entry using guest cursor warp (Fixes mouse acceleration issues)
  • add ability to reorder post-processing filters
  • add ability to load and save post-processing filter presets.
  • add ability to capture via xdg-desktop-portal+PipeWire on Linux
  • windows host installers are now distributed as 64-bit executables