Fixed an issue where folder shortcuts on Windows were incorrectly treated as files during file uploads, preventing selecting files within the target folder. (Bug 1958222)
Fixed a crash experienced by Windows users when downloading files with Qihoo 360 Total Security Antivirus software installed. (Bug 1958112)
Fixed an occasional startup crash. (Bug 1958293)
Reference link to 137.0 release notes.
Due to recent changes in Chrome on Windows, some users might find that the Firefox migration wizard no longer successfully imports passwords from Chrome or Chrome-based browsers. As a workaround, you can export your passwords as a CSV file from Chrome and then import them into Firefox using either the migration wizard or the Firefox password manager.
Tab groups begin rolling out today! Stay productive and organized with less effort by grouping related tabs together. One simple way to create a group is to drag a tab onto another, pause until you see a highlight, then drop to create the group. Groups can be named, color-coded, and are always saved. You can close a group and reopen it later.
This feature is part of a progressive roll out.
Certain new Firefox features are released gradually. This means some users will see the feature before everyone does. This approach helps to get early feedback to catch bugs and improve behavior quickly, meaning more Firefox users overall have a better experience.
Firefox Address Bar Refresh 2025 - new ways to search for things new, previously viewed, and more - all from the address bar:
Features
Unified Search Button: A new, easy-to-access button in the address bar helps you switch between search engines and search modes with ease. This feature brings the simplicity of mobile Firefox to your desktop experience.
Search Term Persistence: Now when you refine a search in the address bar, the original term sticks around, making it easier to adjust your queries and find exactly what you're looking for.
Secondary Action Buttons: Suggestions for common Firefox features.
Contextual Search Mode: Firefox detects if you are on a page that has search capability and offers that option for you to directly search with the page engine from the address bar. Use this option at least 2 times and Firefox will suggest adding the search engine to your Firefox.
Contextual Search Engine Options: Use a Contextual Search mode option at least 2 times and Firefox will suggest adding the search engine to your Firefox so that it’s always available to you.
Intuitive Search Keywords: You can access various address bar search modes with convenient and descriptive keywords (e.g. @bookmarks,@tabs,@history, @actions).
This feature is part of a progressive roll out.
Certain new Firefox features are released gradually. This means some users will see the feature before everyone does. This approach helps to get early feedback to catch bugs and improve behavior quickly, meaning more Firefox users overall have a better experience.
Firefox now identifies all links in PDFs and turns them into hyperlinks.
Support HEVC playback on Linux.
Now you can sign PDFs without leaving Firefox. Save your signatures to re-use later.
This feature is part of a progressive roll out.
Certain new Firefox features are released gradually. This means some users will see the feature before everyone does. This approach helps to get early feedback to catch bugs and improve behavior quickly, meaning more Firefox users overall have a better experience.
You can now use the Firefox address bar as a calculator. Simply type an arithmetic expression and view the result in the address bar drop-down. Clicking on this result will copy it to your clipboard.
This feature is part of a progressive roll out.
Certain new Firefox features are released gradually. This means some users will see the feature before everyone does. This approach helps to get early feedback to catch bugs and improve behavior quickly, meaning more Firefox users overall have a better experience.
Various security fixes.
You can find information about policy updates and enterprise specific bug fixes in the Firefox for Enterprise 137 Release Notes.
In the Inspector Fonts panel, we now display fonts metadata, like the font version, designer, vendor, license…
The Network panel now allows overriding network request responses with local files.
Support for the SVG 2 path API is now available.
Support for the hyphenate-limit-chars property is now available. This property enables authors to have greater control over the use of automatic hyphenation.
We are investigating an increase in crashes for Windows users with Qihoo 360 security software. (Fixed in 137.0.1)
Due to recent changes in Chrome on Windows, some users might find that the Firefox migration wizard no longer successfully imports passwords from Chrome or Chrome-based browsers. As a workaround, you can export your passwords as a CSV file from Chrome and then import them into Firefox using either the migration wizard or the Firefox password manager.
With the release of Firefox 137, we are pleased to welcome the developers who contributed their first code change to Firefox in this release, 17 of whom were brand new volunteers! Please join us in thanking each of these diligent and enthusiastic individuals, and take a look at their contributions:
As a content creator, there’s nothing worse than going live and hearing the sound of silence. It’s disheartening when you’re putting all your effort into a stream, only to find that your audience isn’t engaging as you hoped. Enter AIffirmatron, the ultimate solution to this common live streaming dilemma!
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AIffirmatron integrates seamlessly with vMix Social, providing an easy way to kickstart the interaction during your live broadcasts. The tool offers thousands of AI-generated comments, and you can choose to curate a steady flow or let them roll in continuously. These comments are designed to create the impression that you have an engaged, buzzing audience—encouraging others to comment and join the conversation.
While the comments are mostly positive, the best part about AIffirmatron is its variety. Not only does it include well-crafted, friendly comments, but it also features quirky, unhinged personas for a touch of unpredictability! After all, variety is the spice of life, and AIffirmatron delivers just the right balance of fun and engagement to keep your stream interesting.
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NVIDIA Kepler (600 and 700 series) GPUs are no longer supported for NVENC.
NVIDIA users may need to update their GPU drivers to 551.76 (Windows) / 550.54.14 (Linux) or newer.
The code signing certificate for OBS has been updated. This may impact game capture compatibility with some anti-cheat solutions with this OBS update. If you are a game or anti-cheat developer please see https://obsproject.com/kb/capture-hook-certificate-update for more information.
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This is a hotfix for brush rendering to not occasionally have segments that are drawn twice.
The 5.1.6 update was a hotfix for a memory leak, and also updated the bundled JPEG XL plugin to fix a crash on ARM64.
The 5.1.5 update added JPEG XL (*.jxl) support, improved quantization color quality, updated AVIF loading to better handle mapping HDR images to SDR, and fixed some bugs.
There are two releases of Paint.NET:
Settings -> Updates -> Check Now.
Changes since 5.1.6:
Changes since 5.1.5:
Changes since 5.1.4:
Fixed a bug where "Cookies and site data" and "Temporary cached files and pages" were unexpectedly enabled after updating to Firefox 136 for users with "History" and/or "Site settings" set to clear on shutdown in previous versions. (Bug 1952564)
Affected users already on Firefox 136 can disable these settings in "Privacy & Security".
Fixed an issue where the Primary Password prompt appeared in unexpected situations. (Bug 1946121)
Fixed visibility issues with radio buttons on dark backgrounds. (Bug 1951930)
Fixed high CPU usage on Windows when the screen was locked or the laptop lid was closed. (Bug 1924932)
Disabled support for the CookieStore API due to compatibility concerns. The API will be enabled later once the compatibility issues have been addressed.
Reference link to 136.0.1 release notes.
This is a hotfix for 5.1.5 that fixes a memory leak, and also updates the bundled JPEG XL plugin to fix a crash on ARM64.
The 5.1.5 update added JPEG XL (*.jxl) support, improved quantization color quality, updatesdAVIF loading to better handle mapping HDR images to SDR, and fixed some bugs.
There are two releases of Paint.NET:
Settings -> Updates -> Check Now.
Changes since 5.1.5:
Changes since 5.1.4:
Fixed an issue where a cookie size limit caused problems with website cookie management when using the CookieStore API. This could cause login and other state-related issues. (Bug 1950565)
Fixed an issue where Control/Command+L did not focus the address bar in new windows. (Bug 1947723)
Reference link to 136.0 release notes.
Users clearing "History" and/or "Site settings" on shutdown on previous versions will also have clearing "Cookies and site data" and "Temporary cached files and pages" enabled after updating to Fx136 even if they previously haven't checked these settings.
Affected users can go to "Privacy & Security" settings directly after the upgrade and uncheck both boxes to avoid getting logged out. (Bug 1952564)
This update adds JPEG XL (*.jxl) support, improves quantization color quality, updates AVIF loading to better handle mapping HDR images to SDR, and fixes some bugs.
There are two releases of Paint.NET:
Settings -> Updates -> Check Now.
Changes since 5.1.4:
NVIDIA Kepler (600 and 700 series) GPUs are no longer supported for NVENC.
NVIDIA users may need to update their GPU drivers to 551.76 (Windows) / 550.54.14 (Linux) or newer.
The code signing certificate for OBS has been updated. This may impact game capture compatibility with some anti-cheat solutions with this OBS update. If you are a game or anti-cheat developer please see https://obsproject.com/kb/capture-hook-certificate-update for more information.
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vMix 28 is now available for download via the vMix.com download page! If you’re a vMix Max user or purchased vMix from January 2023 then you can update right now for free. Prior to this date, it’s a $60 fee for 12 months of updates if you’d like to experience the new vMix 28 features! For a quick overview of vMix 28, check out this 2-3 minute video brought to you by current vMix CEO, Martin ‘McStreamy’ Sinclair.
A Telestrator has been added to the vMix Web Controller! Easily add illustrations, shapes, and images to a production from any modern web browser. The Web Controller will provide a new low latency video feed that can used to telestrate on! Just add a Telestrator as an overlay or layer on your production for excellent success!
10 shortcuts can also be added to the Telestrator screen so the talent can not only telestrate but control the production as well!!
Now that you can use 8 hardware encodes with an NVIDIA GeForce card, vMix has opened up the number of streaming destinations to 5! This leaves another 3 free for other encodes like records! Having trouble keeping up with how many hardware encoders you’re doing? Well vMix now has an Encoder tab in the Statistics section, where you can manage the number of encoders you’re currently using.
vMix 28 now features 2 triggers for inputs that have a playback time. For example someone could now perform a function at a particular time during a video playout.
MultiView2 has been added to vMix, alongside some additional configuration options. This will include the ability to remove preview/output, choose the preview/output mix, select the audio being displayed and the ability to click on the MultiView to move an input to Preview.
Some exciting new audio updates to make productions a little easier.
Creating additional Mixes just got taken to a whole new level with vMix 28. You can now create shortcuts to display overlays in a Mix Input and also transition using Stingers!
You can now scale titles using different anchoring options, it doesn’t have to be just Left-Top anymore!
For a Free 60-Day Trial of vMix Pro, just head to the download page on vMix.com. You just need to download, install and enter your email address where it says Register for a fully functional 60 day trial.
vMix 28 will be a free update for those that have purchased after January 1st 2023 or if you’ve purchased a 12 month upgrade…in the last 12 months. vMix Max users can update for free.
If you’re outside of this window and would like to update, you can do so via our Upgrades Page. It’s $60 USD for an additional 12 months of updates. If you don’t want to, you can continue to use your current vMix version.
For more information about vMix, just head to vMix.com!
Here’s a full list of all the updates for vMix 28…take a look, you might find something you like!
Web Telestrator and Monitor
MultiView 2 and MultiView Output enhancements.
Mix Input support for Overlays and Stingers
System and Application Audio Inputs
Playback Time Triggers
Flatten Layers
GT Anchor Setting
Audio Bus/Mixer Enhancements
5 Streaming Destinations
New Shortcuts
Other features
We’ve decided to start a Bluesky account. It’s going to be mainly for posting AI images of bananas and pygmy hippos doing things, but also for announcements and the like. If you’d like to follow us you can find our profile here- vMix on Bluesky.
What a year! Things took a bit of a left turn this year with the new Intel Core Ultras and AMD Ryzen AI CPUs. These have taken a heavy focus on AI and power consumption, which don’t really impact vMix. Instead of buying 4 new laptops for testing, we’ve stuck with the 14th Gen Intel Core laptops. In particular the i9 14900HX, which is a little different from the previous recommendations of the i7s. We bought an i7 but noticed some lacklustre performance at low load.
Here’s what we went for-
You can purchase a different brand of laptop but just make sure that it has similar specs. Here’s what we’d recommend if you were in the market for a new laptop in 2024/2025.
Not really. If you can buy a 12th Gen or 13th Gen i7 like the 12700H or 13700H, you’ll save a bit of money and get good results. These might come with a GeForce RTX 3060 which will have Resizable BAR but not AV1 encoding. If you want AV1 encoding you’ll need a GeForce RTX 4060 or better.
See our Sapphire Reference System page for the latest vMix Laptop news!
Check out our Knowledge Base article about getting the most out of your laptop with vMix- https://www.vmix.com/knowledgebase/article.aspx/264/laptop-best-practices
vMix 27 is now available for download via the vMix.com download page! If you’re a vMix Max user or purchased vMix from January 2022 then you can update right now for free. Prior to this date, it’s a $60 fee for 12 months of updates if you’d like to experience the new vMix 27 features! For a quick overview of vMix 27, check out this 2 1/2 minute video brought to you by vMix CEO, Martin ‘De Wielrenner’ Sinclair.
vMix 27 will allow users to connect directly to Zoom meetings! vMix will manage all of your audio and video, so there’s no more need to have 5 laptops just for Zoom participants. Zoom integration makes it really easy to add remote guests to your production, using a tool that most people are already familiar with! There are tons of features at your disposal with this new update so check out the quick start guide to get up and running or the in-depth video to know EVERYTHING!
New audio updates in vMix will help take your audio workflows to the next level! A new Audio Bus Manager allows for quick and seamless routing of your inputs to audio buses. Just open it up from the hamburger menu and assign buses in seconds! The Audio Bus Mixer enables you to change the audio levels of an input within a bus. This can be done from your input’s audio settings and also where you’ll find the new PFL option!
vMix 27 enables AV1 and HEVC streaming to YouTube via the Quality Settings streaming menu. You’ll just need to make sure that you have a GPU that supports either HEVC or AV1. We’re excited about these options as you’ll be able to stream with great quality but with much less bandwidth!
For simpler editing on your layers, vMix 27 now has more options for layer control including alignment, borders, and cropping.
Yes. 4. This is an experimental new feature that will require a very powerful computer and the right capture card but it’s now available in vMix 27 for vMix MAX, 4K and PRO.
For a Free 60-Day Trial of vMix Pro, just head to the download page on vMix.com. You just need to download, install and enter your email address where it says Register for a fully functional 60 day trial.
vMix 27 will be a free update for those that have purchased after January 1st 2022 or if you’ve purchased a 12 month upgrade…in the last 12 months. vMix Max users can update for free.
If you’re outside of this window and would like to update, you can do so via our Upgrades Page. It’s $60 USD for an additional 12 months of updates. If you don’t want to, you can continue to use your current vMix version.
For more information about vMix, just head to vMix.com!
Here’s a full list of all the updates for vMix 27…take a look, you might find something you like!
As of the 14th of December 2023, all Professional Instagram accounts now have access to stream via streaming software like vMix! That means you can now officially stream to Instagram directly from vMix. You don’t have to worry about 3rd party applications or work-arounds, just create a stream on Instagram Live and enter your details into vMix.
You will need a Professional account to use Instagram Live and vMix. You can change your existing account to Professional by doing the following-
1. Go to Instagram.com and log in.
2. Click More and then Settings. These are in the bottom left of the screen.
3. Then select Account type and tools
4. Then select Switch to professional account.
5. Then you’ll need to agree to the new account conditions and complete the application.
Once completed you’ll then be able to live stream to Instagram Live.
Video format
https://about.instagram.com/blog/tips-and-tricks/instagram-live-producer
1. Firstly, you need to click on Create and then select Live Video
2. Give your stream a title
3. Then choose an audience. You can select Practice so that only YOU can see it OR Public so everyone can see it.
4. Then copy your Stream URL and Stream key into your vMix Streaming Settings.
Now we’re in vMix!
5. Now we can adjust the streaming output to be vertical 1280p
6. Once that’s done we can start streaming, by clicking the Stream button in vMix!
8. We did it! We’re now live streaming to Instagram Live!
Instagram Live doesn’t archive by default, so if you’d like to share your video after it’s done you will need to turn on archiving. This can only be done on a phone! You’ll need to log in, go to the hamburger menu>Settings and privacy>Archiving and downloading. Then turn on Save live to archive. Currently these archives only last for 30 days and can only be downloaded or viewed via a phone.
You might also want to record in vMix so that you have a permanent copy.
As mentioned before, your stream content starts when you start in vMix. Instagram will spool that video and when you click Go Live, it will start playing. Remember that! You don’t want to accidentally stream something you don’t want.
There are a number of settings and features that can’t be accessed via the website. You’ll still need to have Instagram on your phone to set all of this up and to also access the archive if you need to.
This is all pretty new to most of us. Instagram Live has been around for a long time on phones, but encoder access has been quite limited. Settings and procedures may change in the future but for now be sure to test it all out with your workflow.
We’re packing our bags and heading off on a world tour! Although we won’t be doing sold-out arena shows, we will be at IBC in Amsterdam and NAB New York in….New York!
September 15-18th 2023 will see IBC hit the halls of the RAI in Amsterdam. vMix will be located in the beautiful Hall 6, just near Hall 7, some food places and a great selection of toilets. We’ll have a number of workstations if you’d like to see how vMix works. There will also be an Instant Replay station and a vMix Instant Replay Expert if you’d like to be shown the ropes. If we can work out how to ship 2000 mousepads to Amsterdam, we should have some mousepads to add to your collection. Amsterdam is great for stroopwafel and networking with other broadcast enthusiasts, so drop by our booth if you’re coming along.
Booth – 6.A19
If you’ve been looking for a good reason to finally go to New York City, then this might be it! I’ve heard there are other famous locations and things to do there but we I think of New York, I think of small broadcast trade shows! The Javits Center will play host to the NAB NY show on October 25-26, 2023.It’s a pretty good opportunity to speak directly to companies, especially those with a presence on the East Coast of the US. NAB in Las Vegas can sometimes be a little big to really connect with people, so NAB NY gives you a lot more 1 on 1 time with people. NAB NY also has the smallest allocation of vMix mousepads in the world. Typically only 100 mousepads are made for the show making them a real hot commodity on the secondary mousepad markets.
Booth- 826
For more information about vMix events, check out our EVENTS page.
vMix 26 is here and ready for download! You can download it now via vMix.com. If you’ve got vMix Max, you’re able to update to the latest update right now! For those that have purchased vMix from January 2021 then it will be a free update. Prior to this date, it’s a $60 fee for 12 months of updates. Totally up to you if want to experience the new features that vMix 26 has to offer! What are they you might ask??
Do you often think about blur effects or LUTs? vMix 26 now allows you to add these effects to your input! You can add a Gaussian blur effect to all or some of the input. LUT support for PNG and CUBE files.
Apparently vertical video isn’t going anywhere! You can now create professional vertical streams and recordings with vMix! There is a new vertical HD preset (1920p), vertical GT templates, vertical recording options and auto detection of pre-recorded MP4 vertical videos from smart phones.
You’ll be able to create HD widescreen AND HD vertical content from the same preset and stream to different destinations accordingly!
vMix now supports the ability to receive multiple tracks of audio which will be combined automatically and made available to the input’s channel matrix and mixer. On the output side, support has been added to split the single multi-channel track into multiple stereo audio tracks.
SRT support has been added to Instant Replay. CBR support has also been added to SRT.
vMix 4K, Pro and Max users will now have the ability to use 15 Mix Inputs in their production!!! That’s a whole lotta submixes and crazy stuff you can do!!
vMix 26 now includes built-in support for the latest NDI 5.5.
Chromium Version 103 has been added compatibility with new web sites and HTML overlays.
For a Free 60-Day Trial of vMix Pro, just head to the download page on vMix.com. You just need to download, install and enter your email address where it says Register for a fully functional 60 day trial.
vMix 26 will be a free update for those that have purchased after January 1st 2021 or if you’ve purchased a 12 month upgrade…in the last 12 months.
If you’re outside of this window and would like to update, you can do so via our Upgrades Page.
For more information about vMix, just head to vMix.com!
Oh and if you like the Social Medias, we’re all over the place.
Facebook
Instagram
YouTube
Twitter
If you’ve ever wanted aerial content in your live production, you’ll need to take a look at a drone. Drones allow you to capture video from the skies and provide a really unique perspective on things!
Most video capture is done by cameras that are physically connected to your capture equipment through HDMI or SDI cables. As you can’t fly a 2km long HDMI cable attached to your drone, you’ll need to utilise the live video transmission from the drone wirelessly.
Most consumer grade drones will be manufactured by DJI, so that’s we’ll be discussing in this article. DJI drones send a live video feed from the drone’s camera back to the controller so that you can have a first person view of the flight. It’s this live video feed that can also be used for live video productions. There are 2 main ways to pull the live video feed from the drone-
Some of the higher end DJI controllers have a HDMI output port for the live video. Depending on your drone, you may need to purchase this separately. You also need to make sure that your drone supports the use of one these controllers. In 2022, the DJI RC Pro in one of the controllers that offers HDMI output directly.
If you have cameras in your production with a cable, then this will use exactly the same method. Plug a HDMI cable into your controller and then plug it into your capture device. If you have an SDI based production, then you’ll just need a SDI to HDMI converter.
Using hardware for your video capture is almost always going to be the best way to go, and drones are no exception. When we use drones in our live streams we use this method as it provides the lowest latency and best quality.
DJI controllers/app allow for a custom RTMP stream output. If you wanted to use this stream in vMix, you’d need to setup an RTMP server to receive the drone stream and then output a video feed from the RTMP server. There are plenty of paid and free RTMP servers such as MIST Server, Nimble Streamer, Wowza, RTMP Mini Server and more. Once you’ve set up a server, you copy the server URL and stream name into your controller and then start your drone stream. Your RTMP server will give you the option to output in a number of streaming protocols. So you just need to select one that’s supported by vMix (RTSP, SRT,HTTP, RTMP) and add that to your production.
Using the Custom RTMP option will introduce more latency to your video output so it may not be ideal for your production. However, it does mean that you don’t need to purchase a more expensive controller. If you already have a drone, then try out this method to see if fits your purpose.
Here’s a video on using drones in your video production-
Whether it’s for gaming, lectures or training, being able to capture your tablet or phone screen is a valuable asset for live video. We thought we’d take a look through at the different options for capturing screens, whether it’s an Android phone or tablet or perhaps an iOS device.
With any live production, it’s always best to use hardware. That way you get a direct connection to your content and don’t have to worry about things you can’t control! When your production is mission critical, using a free app that has a time limit or 30 second unskippable ads for Disney+, will not end well!
Devices that support outputting content from the USB or Lightning port will allow you to convert the video signal to HDMI. You can then input that into your capture card or device. There are a number of different devices out there, you’ll just need to make sure that you device supports this type of output.
For example, not all Samsung devices support usb-c output for the live capturing of the screen. They have a list on their website that lists compatible devices. We tend to only have lower-end tablets here at vMix HQ and unfortunately most of the A series tablets don’t support it. However, our Galaxy S Series mobile phones do support it!
Here are some of the different form factors of adapters that you can get. Some include a longer HDMI cable and others require a HDMI cable plugged into the adapter. You can pick them up off Amazon or even Kmart here in Australia for $19!
For iOS devices, you’ll need to some research to see if your device supports outputting live screen video. You will also need to check what kind of port the device has. Newer iPads have USB-C whereas as iPhones and older iPads use lightning! Apple sell their own adapters and they look like this-
The easiest apps to use are the ones that will send your phone/tablet screen directly to vMix. The app will use NDI, RTSP, TCP, SRT or HTTP to send the signal over the local network, then you can add it to your production using the appropriate input in vMix.
Newtek offer an NDI HX Capture App for $10 USD which converts your screen output to a NDI HX source for vMix. If you’ve got NDI set up already, then this is a super easy solution.
Elgato Screen Link is another option, however we had mixed results with this, especially latency. They have a free option that you might want to try before buying.
You could also use the Larix Screencaster App if you’re into SRT!
Due to the lack of NDI apps, we’d recommend taking a look at using an app that stream your screen on the local network. There are plenty that will use RTSP, HTTP or TCP to output the screen for use in vMix.
Screen Stream Mirroring seemed to work for us and gave us multiple ways of sending the screen. You have to pay for it to remove the ads.
Again, Larix Screencaster is available for Android if you want to use SRT.
Yes, you read that right. You can use apps that will mirror your screen to corresponding software on your computer and then you can capture that screen in vMix. Apps like Let’s View allow you to do this. There are plenty of apps that will do this, so I’d recommending trying some out. Using the screen capturing method is not high on our list of recommendations though.
Have you been tasked with capturing a phone or tablet screen in a production? I’d definitely try out the options that we’ve gone over to see what works for you. If you need the highest quality and most reliable capture, then hardware is the way to go. If you don’t really need super great quality then using a cheap app will save you a lot of money.
Here’s a video where we go over some of the options-
Welcome to “vMix recommends a laptop” 2022 edition! This year we’ve taken a bit of a left turn because we’ve found something that hits the sweet spot of functionality and price. In the last few years we’ve put forward 2 laptops,
In our annual search for a new gen laptop we stumbled across a laptop that was affordable and offered Thunderbolt 4 support. The ASUS TUF Gaming F17 came in a $1500 USD and had all of the things that you’d usually associate with a more expensive laptop, although in a slightly less fancy approach.
This year we were looking for-
The ASUS TUF F17 hit all of these requirements and gave us no reason to buy a secondary laptop! Here’s our video rundown….
If you follow our spec guide above you’ll be able to find a great laptop for live production and vMix. Typically Thunderbolt laptops will be a little more expensive, so if you 100% don’t need Thunderbolt then you can easily save some cash there. If you want an older gen Intel laptop then you just need to look for-
The 12th Gen Intel laptop CPUs have outperformed the 6000 series AMD CPUs so we’re recommending them. If you’re a huge AMD fan then the 6800H processors will still work fine. If you’re looking for an older generation AMD laptop, the 4800H CPU is the oldest one you should consider.
If you’ve already got a laptop, then check out our free 60-day Trial and see how it goes. You might be able to use your existing equipment instead of buying something new. For all the latest updates on what computers and laptops we recommend, visit our Reference Systems page.
You can now enable the updated Firefox sidebar in Settings > General > Browser Layout to quickly access multiple tools in one click, without leaving your main view. Sidebar tools include an AI chatbot of your choice, bookmarks, history, and tabs from devices you sync with your Mozilla account.
Keep a lot of tabs open? Try our new vertical tabs layout to quickly scan your list of tabs. With vertical tabs, your open and pinned tabs appear in the sidebar instead of along the top of the browser. To turn on vertical tabs, right-click on the toolbar near the top of the browser and select Turn on Vertical Tabs. If you’ve enabled the updated sidebar, you can also go to Customize sidebar and check Vertical tabs. Early testers report feeling more organized after using vertical tabs for a few days.
The Clear browsing data and cookies dialog now allows clearing saved form info separately from browsing history.
Smartblock Embeds allows users to selectively unblock certain social media embeds that are blocked in ETP Strict and Private Browsing modes. Currently, support is limited to a few embed types, with more to be added in future updates.
Firefox now upgrades page loads to HTTPS by default and gracefully falls back to HTTP if the secure connection fails. This behavior is known as HTTPS-First.
On macOS, some background tabs will be moved to lower power cores, reducing energy usage.
Hardware-accelerated playback of HEVC video content is now supported on macOS.
Hardware video decoding is now enabled for AMD GPUs on Linux.
On Linux, Firefox is now available on ARM64 (AArch64), with installation options via APT and tarballs. Flatpak support is coming soon.
The Weather forecast on the New Tab page is expanding to additional regions, including Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile, as part of an ongoing regional rollout.
This feature is part of a progressive roll out.
Certain new Firefox features are released gradually. This means some users will see the feature before everyone does. This approach helps to get early feedback to catch bugs and improve behavior quickly, meaning more Firefox users overall have a better experience.
Address autofill enabled for users in the United Kingdom.
This feature is part of a progressive roll out.
Certain new Firefox features are released gradually. This means some users will see the feature before everyone does. This approach helps to get early feedback to catch bugs and improve behavior quickly, meaning more Firefox users overall have a better experience.
Firefox will now prefer the PNG format when copying images out of Firefox, allowing the preservation of transparency.
Various security fixes.
For New Tab stories, the Save to Pocket action was moved from a button to the context menu along with other actions, such as Bookmark.
The macOS DMG installer packages now use LZMA for compression, reducing download size and installation time.
Due to recent changes in macOS Sequoia, the shortcut for completing search strings to .com addresses has been changed from Ctrl+Enter to Cmd+Enter.
You can find information about policy updates and enterprise specific bug fixes in the Firefox for Enterprise 136 Release Notes.
The Developer Tools debugger editor now uses Codemirror 6, which improves performance.
Added support for the Intl.DurationFormat object; this enables language-sensitive duration formatting.
Added support for the CSS :open pseudo-class for styling elements that can be toggled “open” to display more content.
Added support for the :has-slotted pseudo-class, allowing authors to style the contents of a <slot> element when it is not empty or not using the default value.
Added support for the CookieStore API, an asynchronous cookie API for scripts running in HTML documents and service workers.
Added support for ARIA elements reflection.
Firefox now sends a referrer from meta refreshes and Refresh headers.
Added support for sending and receiving the AV1 video codec over WebRTC. Both singlecast and simulcast are supported for sending.
Added support for sending multiple simultaneous versions of the same source over WebRTC, commonly called simulcast, with the H264 video codec. H264 is the second video codec after VP8 to be supported for sending simulcast.
The value plaintext-only can now be specified for the contenteditable attribute, making the raw text of an element editable but without supporting rich text formatting.
Added support for the text replacement feature in an input field on macOS. Web content can enable/disable this using the HTML autocorrect attribute.
Users clearing "History" and/or "Site settings" on shutdown on previous versions will also have clearing "Cookies and site data" and "Temporary cached files and pages" enabled after updating to Fx136 even if they previously haven't checked these settings.
Affected users can go to "Privacy & Security" settings directly after the upgrade and uncheck both boxes to avoid getting logged out. (Bug 1952564)
With the release of Firefox 136, we are pleased to welcome the developers who contributed their first code change to Firefox in this release, 10 of whom were brand new volunteers! Please join us in thanking each of these diligent and enthusiastic individuals, and take a look at their contributions:
Firefox Translations now supports more languages than ever! Pages in Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean can now be translated and Russian is now available as a target language for translating into.
The credit card autofill feature is now being gradually rolled out to all users globally.
This feature is part of a progressive roll out.
Certain new Firefox features are released gradually. This means some users will see the feature before everyone does. This approach helps to get early feedback to catch bugs and improve behavior quickly, meaning more Firefox users overall have a better experience.
AI Chatbot access is now being gradually rolled out to all users. To use this optional feature, choose AI Chatbot from the sidebar or from Firefox Labs. Then, complete the provider selection to see the chat interface become available on the sidebar.
This feature is part of a progressive roll out.
Certain new Firefox features are released gradually. This means some users will see the feature before everyone does. This approach helps to get early feedback to catch bugs and improve behavior quickly, meaning more Firefox users overall have a better experience.
Firefox now enforces certificate transparency, requiring web servers to provide sufficient proof that their certificates were publicly disclosed before they will be trusted. This only affects servers using certificates issued by a certificate authority in Mozilla's Root CA Program.
Additionally, the CRLite certificate revocation checking mechanism is also being gradually rolled out, substantially improving the performance of these checks.
This feature is part of a progressive roll out.
Certain new Firefox features are released gradually. This means some users will see the feature before everyone does. This approach helps to get early feedback to catch bugs and improve behavior quickly, meaning more Firefox users overall have a better experience.
Firefox now includes safeguards to prevent sites from abusing the history API by generating excessive history entries, which can make navigating with the back and forward buttons difficult by cluttering the history. This intervention ensures that such entries, unless interacted with by the user, are skipped when using the back and forward buttons.
Users on macOS and Linux are now given the option to close only the current tab if the Quit keyboard shortcut is used while multiple tabs are open in the window.
Made improvements to the Translations feature which will reduce the likelihood that models will invent new, made-up words under some circumstances.
Various security fixes.
The refreshed New Tab layout previously rolled out in Firefox 134 to users in the United States is now being made available in all countries where Stories are available. It features a repositioned logo to prioritize Web Search, Shortcuts, and Recommended Stories at the top. The update also includes changes to the card UI for recommended stories and allows users with larger screens to see up to four columns for better use of space.
This feature is part of a progressive roll out.
Certain new Firefox features are released gradually. This means some users will see the feature before everyone does. This approach helps to get early feedback to catch bugs and improve behavior quickly, meaning more Firefox users overall have a better experience.
The “Do Not Track” checkbox has been removed from preferences. If you wish to ask websites to respect your privacy, you can use the “Tell websites not to sell or share my data” setting instead. This option is built on top of the Global Privacy Control (GPC).
The "Copy Without Site Tracking" menu item was renamed to "Copy Clean Link" to help clarify expectations around what the feature does. "Copy Clean Link" is a list based approach to remove known tracking parameters from links. This option can also now be used on plain text links.
Linux binaries are now provided in XZ format, replacing the previous BZ2 format, offering faster unpacking and smaller file sizes.
A warning is now displayed when content-visibility is used on elements where size containment does not apply.
Introduced a new console command $$$ that allows searching the page, including within shadow roots.
Enhancements to WebExtension debugging: Workers are now available in the Console panel’s context selector and breakpoints function correctly in content scripts.
Added support for a post-quantum key exchange mechanism (mlkem768x25519) for HTTP/3.
The attribute values which indicate the coordinates of PointerEvent may now be fractional values rather than only integers. This allows web apps to handle the events with higher-precision coordinates when the target element is transitioned by CSS and/or the viewport is zoomed.
The behavior of mouseenter, mouseleave, pointerenter and pointerleave events was changed for improved spec compliance when the last mouseover or pointerover event target is removed.
Added support for the WebAuthn getClientCapabilities() method.
With the release of Firefox 135, we are pleased to welcome the developers who contributed their first code change to Firefox in this release, 16 of whom were brand new volunteers! Please join us in thanking each of these diligent and enthusiastic individuals, and take a look at their contributions:
Fixed drop-down menus being unusable on some sites relying on certain mousemove event behavior. (Bug 1944191)
Fixed scrolling to the wrong location with anchor tags in some situations. (Bug 1946899)
Fixed being unable to restore closed windows and tabs via the History menu when upgrading from an older Firefox version. (Bug 1947503)
Fixed broken search functionality when updating to Firefox 135 with a custom search engine with an overly-large icon installed. (Bug 1946156)
Reference link to 135.0 release notes.
By Leo Wattenberg
Wednesday, October 30, 2024Audacity 3.7 has been released!
It features everyone’s favorite “bug fixes and performance improvements”. See the full changelog for details.
Other than that – there’s nothing exciting to see here. Which in itself is exciting! The reason for this very thin release is that we’ve focused most of our attention towards Audacity 4.0 instead! Audacity 4 will feature a complete remake of the UI and is still quite some ways out. We’ll update you on scope and progress on that over the coming months.
In the meantime: Check out the MuseHub for some cool plugins.
By Leo Wattenberg
Tuesday, July 16, 2024Watch the release video
Audacity now features master effects. Master effects are effects which apply to the entire project at once. More information can be found at Audacity Support: Using master effects & realtime effects.
A new compressor and limiter has been added, replacing the previous versions. A gain reduction history has been added to these effects when they’re used as a realtime effect.
Factory Presets suitable for a wide range of use cases for these effects have been provided by Vladislav Isaev and Marek Iwaszkiewicz, available via the Presets & Settings button.
Audacity now features new and improved dark and light themes. You can switch between themes via Preferences -> Interface. The theme previously used still is around as the Classic theme, and themes even older than that can be optionally installed as custom themes.
Updated instructions on creating custom themes can be found here.
Audacity is now quite a bit snappier than before, especially when working on larger projects and on larger screens.
See the full changelog
