StreamFX 0.12.0 Alpha 45

[Xaymar]

⚠ Preview Release not for Production! ⚠

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Overview of Changes

🆕 The update cycle is now split into "Alpha", "Beta", "Candidate" and "Stable"

The old two stage update cycle was starting to show its faults resulting in additional support cases, mainly due to it poorly communicating the meaning of "Testing" in software. Therefore future versions of StreamFX will now offer "Alpha", "Beta" and "Candidate" update channels, which will hopefully end up being clearer to the end user.

🆕 Experimental support for Windows 11, Ubuntu 22, and MacOS 12

In order to quell the increase in reports of problems on Windows 11, Ubuntu 22 and MacOS 12, StreamFX now offers separate binaries for each Operating System version that is supported. In the far future, support for Windows 10, Ubuntu 20 and MacOS 11 will be dropped as it is likely that everyone has moved on by then. Please ensure that you've picked a version of StreamFX that matches the Operating System you have installed.

🆕 Avid DNxHR Encoder (via FFmpeg) by @IceStormNG

A new contender for the visually lossless intermediate codec arrives: Avid DNxHR! Thanks to work done by @IceStormNG, it is now possible to use this encoder without configuration trickery and directly configure it with a proper user interface. As this encoder is based on the real codec specification, it may perform better than the Apple ProRes encoder while being way more compatible with video editing software.

🛠 Smaller binaries for Linux

As linux binaries started to get bloated out of proportions, the new binaries are stripped of all debug information. While this may make crashes harder to figure out, this should drastically reduce the size of the downloaded binaries for Linux users. Hopefully with no side effects.

Detailed Changelog

0.12.0a45

• Improve CMake build script(s) by @Xaymar in Improve CMake build script(s) #813
• ci: Add GCC back to the build by @Xaymar in ci: Add GCC back to the build #820
• Add ClangCL, and update Windows SDK requirements by @Xaymar in Add ClangCL, and update Windows SDK requirements #821
• ci: Allow failures for experimental CI tests by @Xaymar in ci: Allow failures for experimental CI tests #824
• ci: Use specific LLVM/Clang versions by @Xaymar in ci: Use specific LLVM/Clang versions #825
• project: Add support for multi stage release cycles by @Xaymar in project: Add support for multi stage release cycles #823

0.12.0a1

• New Crowdin updates by @Xaymar in New Crowdin updates #778
• ffmpeg-encoder/dnxhr: Added Avid DNxHR Encoder based on FFmpeg by @IceStormNG in ffmpeg-encoder/dnxhr: Added Avid DNxHR Encoder based on FFmpeg #784
• New Crowdin updates by @Xaymar in New Crowdin updates #786
• Refactor C++ wrappers for libOBS by @Xaymar in Refactor C++ wrappers for libOBS #806

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