Screenshot Mode — Capture and edit screenshots with a dedicated editor. Includes shapes, text annotations, sensitive masking, backgrounds, padding, and more. Export or share with a single click.
Local caption generation — Generate captions directly on your device using Whisper, with support for many languages. Fully customizable styling (font, size, color, background, position) and SRT export.
New editor track types — Text overlays, Sensitive Mask, and Highlight tracks give you more creative control over your recordings.
Overhauled recording picker — Brand new target select overlay makes it easier than ever to pick your recording source.
Recoverable recordings for Studio Mode — Recordings are now saved in 3-second chunks. If anything goes wrong, you'll lose at most 3 seconds—full recovery system built in and enabled by default.
Circle cursor — New mobile simulator cursor option for showcasing app demos.
Faster editor playback — Major performance improvements including WebGPU rendering, optimized YUV conversion, and hardware decoder support on Windows. Longer videos now scrub and play back much smoother.
Preview quality options — Quarter and Half preview quality options for faster playback on slower systems.
Improved audio-video sync — Post-recording sync calibration, drift correction, and input latency estimation on macOS for tighter sync.
Recording hotkeys — New pause/resume hotkey and cycle recording mode hotkey. Tray menu now shows mode selection with dynamic icons.
Better device support — Lots more webcams and microphones are now supported, with improved device detection and permission flows.
Redesigned export page — New export UI with live preview, render time estimates, and frame-accurate cropping via a timeline slider.
Windows reliability — Hardware compatibility checks, encoder health monitoring with automatic fallback, Media Foundation decoder with D3D11 interop, and Windows fragmented M4S muxer support.
Bug fixes — Fixed memory leak while streaming, split action now respects segment speed, and recordings now use human-readable project names instead of UUIDs + lots more quality of life improvements.
Full changelog
Add changelog for Cap Desktop v0.3.83 by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1376
feat: Implement Cap Analytics by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1383
feat: Introduce new and improved recording picker by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1388
Fixes for 0.3.84 from testing by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1389
feat: Numerous camera fixes (pausing, stopping, UX bits, etc) by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1391
feat: Various features + performance bits by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1390
New theme preview icons by @ItsEeleeya in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1396
fix: window memory leak - memory increase while recording by @phuocithcmus in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1381
Cap Screenshot Mode by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1395
Handles legacy camera size (strings) by @p-delorme in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1410
Optimize editor performance for large videos by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1417
feat: 0.4.0 goodies - Captions/Masking/Text/Perf stuff by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1429
fix: update Windows API imports for windows crate 0.60.0 compatibility by @Jaimin25 in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1431
feat: Screenshot editor overhaul - layers panel, keyboard shortcuts, and sharper rendering by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1432
(feat) Customize default project name, update project file names from UUID to pretty name by @ItsEeleeya in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1372
feat: Add camera preview timeout and improve camera cleanup by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1436
feat: Add fragmented mp4 (.fMP4) for Studio Mode by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1441
feat: Massive performance overhaul for editor playback by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1447
feat: 0.4 windows fixes + optimisations by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1453
Add support for more pixel formats and GPU converters by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1450
feat(desktop): add timeline slider to crop modal for frame-accurate cropping by @its-thepoe in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1451
fix: split action respects segment timescale (speed) by @pmartinonales in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1446
Windows video playback optimisations by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1454
feat: Major fragmented mp4 optimisation by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1457
Multiple editor ux bits (text dragging, caption model downloading, etc) by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1458
Optimize timeline waveform rendering and markings by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1460
feat: Lots of Windows + desktop optimisations by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1459
Fix memory leaks and reduce memory usage in recording pipeline by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1462
wip: Optimize macOS recording pipeline with M4S muxer and async finalization (+ optimisations) by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1464
Implement fragmented m4s support for Windows by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1469
feat: Recording pipeline optimisations and fail-safes by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1470
Add synthetic recording test framework and improve frame converter reliability by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1471
Editor video playback performance by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1472
Editor video playback performance by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1473
Frontend UI improvements and polish by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1474
Audio video sync perfection by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1475
Improve playback stability and screenshot editor defaults by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1476
Improve recording stability and A/V sync by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1478
Improve permission request flow and recording events by @richiemcilroy in https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/pull/1479