Released 2026-10-10

Showout 1.0.2

Linux x86_64 AppImage. Changes since 1.0.1:

New

  • Rotated phone video plays upright. HAP preparation keeps the rotation.
  • Opens avc3 and hev1 MP4 files.
  • Hardware-decoded H.264 stays on the GPU on supported AMD graphics. Disable with --linux-hw-decode-dmabuf disabled.
  • Layer tab in the Sources panel with Layer FX, Transform and Warp. Replaces View ▸ Selected Layer.
  • Corner pin and Mesh on separate tabs. Mesh points can be picked and dragged on a canvas map.
  • Transform placement map and 1% nudge arrows.
  • Layer effects show percent, with Opacity at the top.
  • MIDI Assign buttons beside their controls.
  • AppStream metadata.

Fixed

  • Fullscreen output could open on the control monitor.
  • A failed layer source showed as live.
  • Hue showed +180° at the left end.
  • Slider readouts could show -0.
  • APC mini mk2 pad lights stayed off.
  • On OpenGL, warp editors could leave stale drawings on screen.

Included components

  • GStreamer 1.28.7, FFmpeg 8.1.3 (LGPL), GLib 2.86.0, Snappy 1.2.2.
  • Requires glibc 2.36 or newer (Debian 12).

Known limitations

  • No Windows build.
  • Hap R preparation is experimental.
  • Hardware decoding tested only with VA-API on AMD. NVDEC and V4L2 untested.
  • Keeping frames on the GPU is qualified only for H.264 (avc1) on a Radeon 780M.
  • Blur and bloom untested across GPUs.
  • 8K sources untested.
  • No live camera input.

See Getting Started to install Showout and set up a first show.