v2.0

What's New

Redesigned Source Setup

The recording sidebar has been reorganized around the workflow users follow before recording: choose screen sources, choose camera sources, choose audio sources, then adjust advanced options only when needed.

Source Summary Cards

• Screen, Camera, Audio, and Advanced are now shown as clear cards instead of one long dense control list.
• Selected sources are listed individually, with a remove button next to each one.
• Multi-source summaries no longer collapse into hard-to-read Source A + Source B text.
• Preset controls are labeled as recording presets, making it clearer that the menu saves and restores screen, camera, and audio choices.

Source Selection Sheets

• Screen and camera source pickers now use a consistent modal layout and sizing.
• Display, camera, and microphone pairing controls are grouped under the source they affect.
• Window selection includes thumbnails, with a dedicated preview button so similarly named windows are easier to identify.
• Camera source options are organized into Capture, Image, Look, and Audio sections.

Mic Pairing

• Microphones can now be paired with display recordings as well as camera recordings.
• Camera and display mic pairings persist across app restarts.
• Paired video+mic outputs still keep standalone audio available for editing.

Recording Performance & Reliability

Faster Start

• Recording preparation now runs during the countdown instead of after it.
• Turning countdown off no longer leaves a long wait before recording starts.
• Camera recording gets a short warm-up before capture to reduce black/frozen frames at the start.
• When macOS camera effects are enabled, Lumary waits for visible effects such as Portrait, Studio Light, and Background Replacement before writing the first camera frame.

Better Color Accuracy

• Screen recordings now preserve the intended Display P3 + sRGB transfer metadata more accurately.
• Native H.264/MP4 screen exports now use a controlled export path so exported files keep the same color metadata as the raw capture.
• H.264/MP4 export settings no longer use invalid wide-color keys that could crash AVFoundation.

Lower Resource Use

• Standard source previews pause while recording by default to reduce CPU and memory usage.
• Previews return automatically after recording stops.
• A recording monitor can be toggled on during recording when live visual monitoring is needed.
• When the monitor is off, Lumary avoids running the extra preview work.

Preview Stability

• Fixed preview freeze after stopping a recording.
• Preview state now resets more reliably between recording and idle states.
• Screen previews handle empty or unavailable display content more gracefully.

Sessions & Projects

The sessions experience has been rebuilt around projects, multi-select actions, and in-app review.

Project Browsing

• The Sessions window now has a labeled Project dropdown.
• Sessions can be viewed by project or grouped across all projects.
• Session lists default to a stable recorded-time order.
• Project and course paths are shown consistently in the sidebar.

Multi-Session Actions

• Cmd-click and Shift-click can select multiple sessions.
• Multi-selection exposes common actions: export, clean capture data, and delete.
• Selection actions now use consistent icon + label buttons.
• Context menus expose the same cleanup and delete actions where appropriate.

In-App Session Review

• Session details now include an in-app Preview tab for playable source and export files.
• Users can inspect recordings without opening Finder and hunting for files.
• Details, exports, markers, and transcript content are organized into tabs.

Storage Cleanup

• Clean Capture Data is available from session rows, multi-select actions, and the sessions toolbar.
• Export cleanup is more prominent and enabled by default.
• Cleanup removes .capture and .derived data after successful export while keeping exported files.
• Root-level paired exports are cleaned up consistently with package exports.

Export Improvements

Export UI

• Export settings are split into clearer Video and Audio sections.
• Audio format, sample rate, bitrate, and mono/stereo channel controls are visible again.
• Cleanup after export is presented as a recommended action.
• Re-export no longer silently overwrites existing outputs.

Export Behavior

• Batch export handles multiple sessions more consistently.
• Paired display/camera microphone recordings export without losing standalone audio.
• Exported media mirrors and package exports are tracked more reliably in the session manifest.
• Raw capture cleanup respects paired microphone outputs and package media.

Course Mode

Course mode now uses the same design treatment as standard session mode.

• Course selection mirrors project selection.
• Course path is shown below the course picker.
• Course preflight, progress, and outline sections have cleaner card styling.
• Course sidebar layout is more consistent with the redesigned session sidebar.

Appearance

• Added an app theme setting so Lumary can follow the system appearance, stay dark, or stay light.
• Fixed a launch crash caused by applying appearance before the shared app instance was available.

Stream Deck Plugin

The Stream Deck plugin has been updated for Lumary 2.0.

• Removed Circle and Retake actions from the plugin.
• Updated plugin actions to match the current recording workflow.
• Improved URL command handling and plugin connection behavior.
• Updated the plugin package version and submission documentation.

Fixed

• Fixed color mismatch between recorded screen output and live display.
• Fixed native H.264/MP4 screen exports losing Display P3/sRGB color metadata.
• Fixed crash when configuring H.264 wide color output.
• Fixed repeated screen recording permission prompts when permissions were already granted.
• Fixed preview freeze after stopping a recording.
• Fixed duplicate or leftover export files when re-exporting.
• Fixed cleanup leaving paired mic files behind.
• Fixed camera recordings starting with black/frozen frames.
• Fixed the first camera frame being recorded before macOS camera effects were applied.
• Fixed paired mic settings not persisting across restart.
• Fixed session/project folder naming creating duplicate directories for new projects.
• Fixed right sidebar recording cards missing the same border treatment as other sections.
• Fixed Settings appearance crash on app launch.

Requirements

• macOS 15.0 (Sequoia) or later
• Stream Deck 6.9+ (for Stream Deck integration)