0.4.0

Author: richiemcilroy

apps/web/content/changelog/83.mdx

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+title: Screenshot Mode, Local Captions, New Editor Tracks & Recoverable Recordings
+app: Cap Desktop
+publishedAt: "2026-01-07"
+version: 0.4.0
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+- **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.