- LiveCap v3.2.2 🌐 The Reconnect Update - 3 October 2026
Hey there! Let's start with an apology. Since partway through September, Google translation had quietly stopped showing up for work. We are really sorry. We found another way in and plugged it back in. Details right below. We also finished what we promised last time. WhisperS2T and Qwen3-ASR have moved into the LiveCap folder with every other engine. And if you have been with us for a while and watched models and caches pile up in AppData — the folks we asked to "bear with us a little longer" — you can stop bearing now. 🌐 Google translation is back online This is the big one. If you use translation, please update. What happened — partway through September, Google shut down the connection method LiveCap used. Every translation request LiveCap sent got turned away at the door, and not a single translation came back. Transcription itself kept going; only the original text came through Wha…
- LiveCap v3.2.1 🧹 The Housekeeping Update - 4 September 2026
Uninstalling LiveCap used to leave 37 GB behind. Hey! This one is unglamorous. Nothing new lights up. Instead, we cleaned up everything LiveCap had been quietly leaving behind. When you uninstalled LiveCap, the models and caches stayed right where they were, buried deep in AppData. On our dev machine that measured 37 GB. That is an extreme case with every engine installed, but even ordinary use leaves several GB behind — somewhere you would never think to look. We also fixed engines refusing to load just because your Windows username contains non-ASCII characters, and translation quietly handing back "Japanese to Japanese." 🆕 Features 🧹 Uninstalling now actually removes things Models and caches now live inside the LiveCap install folder — they used to sit deep in AppData. They now go in the data folder next to LiveCap Uninstalling removes them too — no more hunting for 37 GB by hand.…
- LiveCap v3.2.0 ✒ The Outline Update - 1 August 2026
Hey! White text with a black outline — the single most classic caption look in existence, seen on every TV and every video, everywhere, always. Turns out you couldn't actually make it in LiveCap's settings. You told us. You were right. So we rebuilt the entire outline system out of sheer spite. We also fixed a v3.1.0 bug where file transcription produced empty subtitles. Sorry about that one. 🆕 Features ✒ Caption outlines, rebuilt from scratch Any text color × any outline color — white + black, your favorite color + black, whatever you like. Width goes 0-10px, and translated / original lines configure independently One setting row: "Outline: width + color" — remember staring at "inner outline" and "outer outline" wondering which one to touch? That two-tier setup is gone. No more staring Thick outlines don't fall apart anymore — widening the outline used to slice the tops and bottoms cl…
- LiveCap v3.1.0 🛡 The Triple Defense Update - 10 July 2026
Hey! This update is all about hallucinations — those random "uh", "hmm", "beep" tokens AI speech engines drop in the middle of silence. Three defense layers now stand between your mic and your captions. Also in the box: built-in OBS / VRChat setup guides and a faster Parakeet Japanese. 🆕 Features 🛡 Triple Defense — 3 independent layers against hallucinationsDefense used to be a single VAD (Voice Activity Detection) stage. Now it's three independent layers: Layer 1 — Noise gate: kills loud ambient noise right at the mic Layer 2 — Silence filter\: drops the quiet stuff that snuck past the VAD Layer 3 — Confidence filter\: kills low-confidence AI output before it hits your captions Measured on Parakeet Japanese × applause-like noise: hallucinations 50% → 0%, legit speech accidentally dropped: 0. Each layer toggles independently. Noise gate / silence filter thresholds are set with one pre…
- LiveCap v3.0.1 ⚡ The Blackwell Update - 24 May 2026
LiveCap v3.0.1 ⚡ The Blackwell UpdateRTX 50xx, now actually working. Fixed: RTX 5090 not working in CUDA modeRight after v3.0.0 shipped, we received a Discord report: "CUDA mode won't start on my RTX 5090." The cause was that the PyTorch we bundled had been baked slightly before the RTX 50xx (Blackwell) series launched. Like reheating a lunchbox and finding it still cold. v3.0.1 swaps in a PyTorch CUDA 12.8 build (with Blackwell support). RTX 5060 / 5070 / 5080 / 5090 should all just work in CUDA mode now. Big thanks to the user who reported this. Still supportedGTX 10xx (1050 / 1060 / 1070 / 1080 / 1080 Ti) — Pascal GTX 16xx (1650 / 1660 / 1660 Ti) — Turing RTX 20xx — all of them — Turing RTX 30xx — all of them — Ampere RTX 40xx — all of them — Ada RTX 50xx — all of them — Blackwell ← NEW Datacenter cards (A100, H100, L40S, etc.) keep working as well. NVIDIA Driver requirementsv3.0.1 b…
- LiveCap v3.0.0 🎙 The Listening Update - 22 May 2026
v3.0.0 Release Notes livecap-gui got a complete rewrite Sorry it's been a while since v2.1.0 (really, sorry). v3.0.0 is not a small bump on top of v2.1.0 — we rewrote the whole thing. Line by line. "Surely you're exaggerating," you might say. We are not. The GUI framework, the audio pipeline, the engine integration, the settings system, even where files live on disk — all different now. Old config files do not carry over. Apologies. A setup wizard pops up on first launch and walks you through it (about 30 seconds, probably). Recognition accuracy: way better This is the part we spent the most time on. Optimized VAD (Voice Activity Detection) — "it cut me off mid-sentence" and "weird segment boundaries" should be much rarer now. Audio pipeline rewritten end-to-end — there were some Not Great Things happening between your microphone and the engine. We stopped doing them. Noise gate auto-ca…
- LiveCap v2.1.0.1 🌍 The Harmony Update - 2 October 2025
Can you hear us, streamers... tuning in progress The language barrier...is...disappearing...🛠️ Fixes and Performance ImprovementsModel Loading: Faster & International! 🚀Sorry "モデルをロード中..." was Japanese-only!English users: "What does that even mean...?" Us: "Really sorry...we didn't realize..."Now it's completely fixed.All status messages now multilingualJapanese environment: Japanese displayEnglish environment: English displayMixed languages? Never again!30+ messages thoroughly fixedErrors, progress, everything is clearGraduate from "I don't know what's happening"!Riva Translation: UI Freeze Eliminated! ⚡10-second freeze on first load...that's history now.How did we fix it?Made model loading asynchronousComplete separation of UI thread and model loadingProgress bar moves smoothly!No more "Is it frozen?" worriesFirst-time Riva users can relax. UI stays responsive during loading. Feels…
- LiveCap v2.1.0 The Freedom Update - 30 September 2025
Can you hear me...streamers... STATIC NOISES I'm...bringing...revolution...to your subtitles...✨ New FeaturesSee "Now Speaking" in Real-Time.You've been waiting? Of course you have. Real-time subtitles are finally here!Before: "..." (Silent subtitles until speech ends)After: "H...Hel...Hello!" (Subtitles that grow in real-time!)How? We display intermediate ASR results instantly. Translucent while recognizing, solid when confirmed. Like witnessing words being born.Ever been told "Your stream subtitles are delayed"? Never again.NVIDIA Riva Translation Has Arrived.More accurate than Google Translate. And blazing fast.Seriously. Technical terms? Properly translated. Context? Actually understood. Waiting time? Nearly zero."But high performance means..."Warning: Requires 8GB VRAM.Yes, 8GB. Heavy. I know. But feel the power of 4B parameters."Google Translate is fine" you say? Once you try this…
- LiveCap v2.0.9.6 🌍 "The Language Harmony Update" - 24 September 2025
Language settings chaos, finally completely resolved! All languages now in perfect harmony!✨ New Features and Major ImprovementsLanguage Settings, Finally United Kingdom! 👑"Why are the same languages in 3 places..." "Getting 'zh' error in translation..." - This hell is completely destroyed.Before: Language lists scattered everywhere... same definitions here and there... management was a nightmareNow: Everything springs from one single source of truth!How? Complete unification of language definitionsSmart separation of voice input and translation languagesPerfect handling of Chinese too (zh → zh-CN/zh-TW)No more confusion!"Languages switching between English and Japanese in settings..."Such chaos is now history.All displayed in native languages uniformlyJapanese shows "日本語", English shows "English"!Translation Service Became a Language Code Interpreter! 🪄"Selected Chinese for translati…
- LiveCap v2.0.9.5 🎭 "The Settings Revolution" - 23 September 2025
The settings dialog has been completely reborn! And that annoying issue during transcription? Completely solved!✨ New Features and Major ImprovementsSettings Dialog, Complete Renewal! 🎨"Settings won't open..." "Settings disappeared after pressing Apply..." - These nightmares are completely over.Before: Settings crash when opened... too scary to touchNow: Beautiful, smooth-running settings screen!How? Rebuilt completely from scratchLogical tab reorganizationBasic Settings → Output Settings → OBS Settings → VRChat Settings → Advanced SettingsEverything is intuitive!"The settings screen is so heavy..."Not anymore.Lightning-fast startup with Lazy Loading technologySmart system that loads only the tabs you useSettings Lock During Transcription, Completely Implemented! 🔒"Voice recognition stopped after changing settings..." - This tragedy will never happen again.Before: Touch source setting…
- LiveCap v2.0.9.4 🎉 "The Multi-Line Revolution" - 20 September 2025
OBS streamers, the wait is over! Multi-line subtitles finally work perfectly!✨ Fixes and ImprovementsOBS Subtitles: Multi-line Display Works Perfectly! 🎊"Only shows 1 line..." - This tragedy ends now.Before: Set 3 lines, get 1 line... sad realityNow: Displays exactly the number of lines you set!How? Complete internal system redesignImproved subtitle management systemCompletely renewed history featureLines will never disappear again!"Multi-line settings are useless..."Not anymore!All Subtitle Display Issues Fixed!Did you notice? We fixed all these problems:Duplicate subtitle displayFixed!Complete message management overhaulOptimized duplicate check logicSame subtitle never appears twice!Font size not updatingSettings change but nothing happens?Fixed display system priorityOptimized style settingsChanges apply instantly!Clear button only half-workingGUI clears but OBS doesn't?Now clears…
- LiveCap v2.0.9.3 🔧 "The Stability Update" - 18 September 2025
Hello! This update focuses on stability and reliability improvements.🛠️ Improvements and FixesEnhanced Application StabilitySmall but important improvements:Improved Startup StabilityFixed crash issues during application startupOptimized initialization processBetter Memory ManagementReduced memory usage during extended sessionsOptimized unnecessary memory cleanup operationsOBS Integration FixesGood news for streamers:Fixed Speaker Name Display IssueResolved issue where speaker names weren't displayed correctly in OBS Browser SourceDisplay mode switching now works properlyTranslation ImprovementsOrganized Translation KeysCleaned up Japanese and English language filesResolved missing or duplicate translationsCodebase CleanupInternal improvements that matter:Architecture ImprovementsReorganized internal structure for better maintainabilityRemoved approximately 250 lines of unnecessary cod…
- LiveCap v2.0.9.2[BETA] 🎯 "The Multi-Source Revolution Update" - 18 September 2025
🎯 "The Multi-Source Revolution Update"Hello everyone! This update is truly special because we can finally transcribe multiple audio sources simultaneously!(Developer's note: This took 3 weeks to build. Never again, please.)✨ New FeaturesMulti-Source Support - Transcribe up to 3 audio sources at once!Say goodbye to "I can only use one microphone."Microphone + Microphone + Application audio simultaneous transcriptionDiscord call while streaming your game? Easy.Interview with multiple guests? We got everyone covered.Plus, you can tell who's speaking!User feedback:"Seeing three audio sources displayed separately without mixing is like magic"(Technically it's not magic, it's called SourcePipeline, but let's call it magic anyway)Speaker Identification"Speaker 1" and "Speaker 2" are boring, right?Give each source a custom nameDisplay like "Guest: Hello there"Customize the format however you l…
- LiveCap v2.0.8.1 🎧 "The Application Audio Update" - 25 August 2025
New FeaturesApplication Audio Capture is Here! (Beta) 🎮Finally, the era of microphone-free transcription has arrived.Discord, Spotify, Games... Transcribe audio from any application directly!Before: Recording with a microphone...Picking up speaker audio degrades quality...Noise gets mixed in..."Stereo Mix? Too complicated to set up!"Now: Capture application audio directly!Just switch input source to "Application Audio"Simply select from the app listDiscord calls, Spotify music, game streams - all perfect!"I want to subtitle Discord calls in my stream..."You can. Right now.With zero audio quality loss!Audio Level Meter Fully Supported! 📊"I want to see level meters for app audio too!"You can.Works just like microphone modeReal-time volume visualizationCheck if app audio is being capturedSee silence vs sound at a glance!Improvements and FixesMicrophone Refresh Button Now Works! 🔄"New de…
- LiveCap v2.0.7.1 - 22 August 2025
New FeaturesNext-Gen Subtitle Expression with Double Stroke! 🌟The era of single-color strokes is over.Finally, you can add double strokes to your subtitles!Before: Just one boring black stroke...Now: Create depth with inner and outer strokes!Inner: Black, Outer: White, orInner: Red, Outer: Blue, orInfinite possibilities with your creativity!"I want professional-looking subtitles..."You can have them. Right now.Embedded Font System Activated! 📦The day of liberation from font installation hell has come!Isego & Isemin Fonts Pre-installedNo more font installation needed!Available as soon as you launch LiveCapLook for the "(Embedded)" markAdd Your Favorite Fonts with the "+" Button!A "+" button appears next to font selection dropdownsJust click and select your font fileInstantly available (Restart? What's that?)Supports .ttf / .otf / .woff / .woff2 - all formats welcome!Improvements and Fi…
- LiveCap v2.0.6 ~The Truth Update~ - 20 August 2025
FeaturesReazonSpeech: Infinite Possibilities Unlocked! 🎉The 3-second wall has been utterly demolished.ReazonSpeech finally supports long-form speech recognition!Before: Recognition cuts off after 3 seconds... it was a sad existenceNow: Perfect recognition for 1 minute, 5 minutes, however long you want!How? We cleverly split audio every 30 seconds0.9-second overlap prevents sentence breaksProcessing speed remains lightning fast!"ReazonSpeech is fast but only for short sentences..."Not anymore, buddy.Font Customization Goes Pro! 🎨Paint your subtitles in YOUR colors!System Fonts: FULLY UNLEASHEDEvery font on your PC is now available!Gaming fonts? Comic Sans? Gothic? BRING IT ON!Preview shows you exactly how it'll lookStroke (Outline) SettingsWidth: 0-10 pixels of pure customizationColor: Pick any color to make subtitles pop against any backgroundWorks on white backgrounds AND black backg…
- LiveCap v2.0.5.2 - Bug Fix - 5 August 2025
Hello everyone!This time, we have a bug update based on issues reported by our users!"Why won't the NVIDIA engine start?" "ReazonSpeech keeps stopping with errors..." For those who've been struggling with these problems, we've finally discovered the cause.Does your Windows username or folder name contain Japanese characters?Yes, that was the cause. But don't worry anymore. We've completely fixed it!✨ New Features\ Subtitles are now easier to read! 📺We've changed the default subtitle display from 1 line to 2 lines. The default single line made subtitles too hard to read... Though personally, I didn't mind it...🔧 Improvements\ Fundamental solution to the Japanese folder problem! 🎯Problem: When Windows usernames or document folders contain Japanese characters (or other special characters), some AI engines wouldn't startAffected engines:NVIDIA Parakeet (English/Japanese)NVIDIA Canary (Mu…
- LiveCap v2.0.4.5 - High-Precision & High-Speed Update 🎯⚡ - 3 August 2025
Hello everyone!This update is one of the biggest evolutions in LiveCap history. We've massively improved both accuracy and speed at the same time! Remember those moments when keyboard typing sounds were mistaken for voice? Or when it missed the beginning of your speech? And that frustration when subtitles took forever to appear even after you spoke...remember? Well, we fixed it all. 😎✨ New Features 🧠 Ultra-High Accuracy - False detections plummeted from 67% to under 5%!We completely rebuilt LiveCap's voice detection method. Instead of simply looking for silence, it now uses actual Voice Activity Detection - advanced AI technology that can distinguish your voice from everything else.The result? False detections dropped from 67% to less than 5%. That's not a typo. It really got that much better.Powered-up Japanese Recognition 🇯🇵We switched the default Japanese engine to NVIDIA's lates…
- LiveCap v2.0.2 - OBS Sub Update - 13 July 2025
🚀 LiveCap v2.0.2 ― OBS Subtitle Quality Improvement UpdateThis v2.0.2 update is a patch that improves the stability and customizability of OBS subtitle functionality.🛠 FixesCategoryDetailsWebSocket Port DetectionFixed an issue where subtitles would not be sent to or displayed in OBS when the default port 1337 was already in usePort Conflict HandlingAdded logic to display a warning when a port is occupied and automatically assign an available port✨ Additions/ImprovementsNew FeatureDescriptionSubtitle Horizontal Alignment OptionsNow able to switch between left align, center align, and right align.Customizable Subtitle Display DurationDisplay duration (seconds) can now be freely configured in the settings screen, allowing optimization based on streaming environment and viewer needs❓ Help & FeedbackFor questions or requests, please contact us via the official Discord.Thank you for your co…
- 🛡️ LiveCap v2.0.1 ― Antivirus False Positive Mitigation Update - 9 July 2025
Thank you for using LiveCap. We have revised our build process to address false positive detections by some antivirus products that incorrectly identify this application as "malware".🔧 Main UpdatesCategoryChangesDigital SignatureApplied self-signed certificate to sign the executable fileBuild Optimization- Removed debug information- Unified build logs to INFO level⚠️ Important NoticeThe following security software may continue to generate false positive detections:Product NameDetection NameAvastWin64:Malware-genAVGWin64:Malware-genBkav ProW64.AIDetectMalwareZillyaTrojan.Agent.Win32.4270125If you are using any of the above software, please add LiveCap's installation folder to your exclusion list to use the application normally. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your cooperation. (We plan to report these false positives to the respective antivirus vendors for resolution)I…
