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B6 After many months of hard work from our team, I am pleased to announce Beta 6 which again contains a huge amount of changes along with some very exciting new features. --------- Donations --------- If you like this project and find it useful and would like to help out you can support this project directly by using the following platforms. * [GitHub](https://github.com/sponsors/gnif) * [Ko-Fi](https://ko-fi.com/lookingglass) * [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/gnif) * [Paypal](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=ESQ72XUPGKXRY) * BTC - 14ZFcYjsKPiVreHqcaekvHGL846u3ZuT13 * ETH - 0x6f8aEe454384122bF9ed28f025FBCe2Bce98db85 * XMR - 47xM4zG7b2tEj4mnSywHve4ydZzn3wzhf22snDRB7aSEcXrgUBpoT2Z4phTnyFMi1sMyQtHbdufMYRQ2PzMn3PGUJAE1dpc ------------------ Major New Features ------------------ Audio Support ------------- Up until this release getting audio from the Virtual Machine has always been problematic. Looking Glass now supports the audio transport via the SPICE protocol. Currently we support output via PulseAudio and PipeWire so this should just work out of the box for most people. See the documentation for how to configure your Virtual Machine to make use of this feature. For those that are not using SPICE for input or clipboard sync note that you can use just the audio component alone if you desire. Thanks to a new team member @spencercw the new audio support has also been enhanced with [audio skew compensation][1] which corrects for audio clock drift between the virtual machine and your physical audio hardware and makes it possible to achieve extremely low latency audio. Please note that there are still the usual limitations due to QEMUs implementation of the virtual audio hardware (Intel ICH), such as 48,000Hz 16-bit support only. Also the SPICE audio protocol does not support greater then two channels (stereo) output. With these changes we no longer recommend or support the usage of alternative solutions such as QEMU direct audio output, or the SCREAM network audio device. [1]: https://hci.rwth-aachen.de/publications/werner2005a.pdf Virtual Display Support ----------------------- Previously it was required to remove the virtual video device from the virtual machine leaving you blind if you have a VM issue, this is no longer the case. This update brings with it not only compatibility with the virtual device being present, but also the ability to use it. If you have a virtual video de 8000 vice present and the Looking Glass host service has not started/crashed or you have disabled the video feed, the client application will fall-back to the SPICE display feed and show an indicator in the corner to show it has done this. Please note that if the LG host application is not running or responding you will need to capture the mouse/keyboard (ScrollLock) to control VM via SPICE. ---------- Change Log ---------- B6 -- * Added retry logic to NvFBC on restart failure * Improved the host warning output when the ini file is missing or corrupt. * wayland: implement window size setting for xdg-shell, This should allow win:autoResize to work on Wayland when the compositor supports such an operation. * [host] windows: log to stderr that logs will continue in file B6-rc1 ------ * Installer now supports installing IVSHMEM drivers * Installer is now built with high DPI support * Audio via SPICE support added for PipeWire * Cursor scaling support added * Audio output & input via SPICE via PulseAudio and PipeWire added * Documentation has a new look based off of readthedocs * Refactored PureSpice and added logging * Enhance the KVMFR protocol to pass guest information to connected clients * If spice is in use, check that it's connected to the correct guest using it's UUID * Add LGMP memory corruption detection and recovery for more reliable startups * Added new message boxes when things go wrong * Playback and volume keys now supported in capture mode * Fixed incorrect drawing of masked color mouse pointers on EGL * Added the ability to specify a startup EGL filter preset (`egl:preset=Name`) * Audio stretching support was added thanks to @spencercw * Added forwarding of (Windows) guest window flashing to activation requests in hosts * Add microphone privacy features: prompt to allow/deny recording and input indicator glyph. * ScrollLock+Up/Down to simulate volume control keys and ScrollLock+M to simulate mute key in guest * Add new host side down-sample feature to DXGI D3D11 & NvFBC to reduce memory bandwidth & CPU load for DSR/VSR users. * Updated AMD FSR to v1.0.2 * The input:escapeKey option can now accept string values such as `KEY_F1`, and will print a list of valid values if an invalid value is provided. * [X11] Positioning the window and setting full screen via config or command line now works as expected * Docs layout update with straightforward Usage section * Implemented spice display support * Added spice display fallback status indicator * Unified the splash screen for the renderers into an overlay * Added new `win:overlayDimsDesktop` option for easier A/B filter testing/comparisons. * Allow microphone recording to be stopped/restarted at will * [EGL] Fix incorrect window letter boxing causing garbage on the bottom edge of the screen in some scenarios * spice cursor channel is implemented, allowing hardware cursors to be displayed with spice video * fixed a wayland protocol error when toggling capture mode at the same time as closing the options overlay * fix a clipboard-related wayland crash in presence of misbehaving third party apps * allow default microphone state to configured at runtime * improve error message when no display server is loaded
B6 Release Candidate 1 (B6-rc1) After many months of hard work from our team, I am pleased to announce Beta 6 Release Candidate 1 which again contains a huge amount of changes along with some very exciting new features. If you like this project and find it useful and would like to help out you can support this project directly by using the following platforms. * [GitHub](https://github.com/sponsors/gnif) * [Ko-Fi](https://ko-fi.com/lookingglass) * [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/gnif) * [Paypal](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=ESQ72XUPGKXRY) * BTC - 14ZFcYjsKPiVreHqcaekvHGL846u3ZuT13 * ETH - 0x6f8aEe454384122bF9ed28f025FBCe2Bce98db85 * XMR - 47xM4zG7b2tEj4mnSywHve4ydZzn3wzhf22snDRB7aSEcXrgUBpoT2Z4phTnyFMi1sMyQtHbdufMYRQ2PzMn3PGUJAE1dpc Up until this release getting audio from the Virtual Machine has always been problematic. Looking Glass now supports the audio transport via the SPICE protocol. Currently we support output via PulseAudio and PipeWire so this should just work out of the box for most people. See the documentation for how to configure your Virtual Machine to make use of this feature. For those that are not using SPICE for input or clipboard sync note that you can use just the audio component alone if you desire. Thanks to a new team member @spencercw the new audio support has also been enhanced with [audio skew compensation][1] which corrects for audio clock drift between the virtual machine and your physical audio hardware and makes it possible to achieve extremely low latency audio. Please note that there are still the usual limitations due to QEMUs implementation of the virtual audio hardare (Intel ICH), such as 48,000Hz 16-bit support only. Also the SPICE audio protocol does not support greater then two channels (stereo) output. With these changes we no longer recommend or support the usage of alternative solutions such as QEMU direct audio output, or the SCREAM network audio device. [1]: https://hci.rwth-aachen.de/publications/werner2005a.pdf Previously it was required to remove the virtual video device from the virtual machine leaving you blind if you have a VM issue, this is no longer the case. This update brings with it not only compatibillity with the virtual device being present, but also the abillity to use it. If you have a virtual video device present and the Looking Glass host service has not started/crashed or you have disabled the video feed, the client application will fall-back to the SPICE display feed and show an indicator in the corner to show it has done this. Please note that if the LG host application is not running or responding you will need to capture the mouse/keyboard (ScrollLock) to control VM via SPICE. * Installer now supports installing IVSHMEM drivers * Installer is now built with high DPI support * Audio via SPICE support added for PipeWire * Cursor scaling support added * Audio output & input via SPICE via PulseAudio and PipeWire added * Documentation has a new look based off of readthedocs * Refactored PureSpice and added logging * Enhance the KVMFR protocol to pass guest information to connected clients * If spice is in use, check that it's connected to the correct guest using it's UUID * Add LGMP memory corruption detection and recovery for more reliable startups * Added new message boxes when things go wrong * Playback and volume keys now supported in capture mode * Fixed incorrect drawing of masked color mouse pointers on EGL * Added the ability to specify a startup EGL filter preset (`egl:preset=Name`) * Audio stretching support was added thanks to @spencercw * Added forwarding of (Windows) guest window flashing to activation requests in hosts * Add microphone privacy features: prompt to allow/deny recording and input indicator glyph. * ScrollLock+Up/Down to simulate volume control keys and ScrollLock+M to simulate mute key in guest * Add new host side down-sample feature to DXGI D3D11 & NvFBC to reduce memory bandwidth & CPU load for DSR/VSR users. * Updated AMD FSR to v1.0.2 * The input:escapeKey option can now accept string values such as KEY_F1, and will print a list of valid values if an invalid value is provided. * [X11] Positioning the window and setting full screen via config or command line now works as expected * Docs layout update with straightforward Usage section * Implemented spice display support * Added spice display fallback status indicator * Unified the splash screen for the renderers into an overlay * Added new win:overlayDimsDesktop option for easier A/B filter testing/comparisons. * Allow microphone recording to be stopped/restarted at will * [EGL] Fix incorrect window letter boxing causing garbage on the bottom edge of the screen in some scenarios * spice cursor channel is implemented, allowing hardware cursors to be displayed with spice video * fixed a wayland protocol error when toggling capture mode at the same time as closing the options overlay * fix a clipboard-related wayland crash in presence of misbehaving third party apps * allow default microphone state to configured at runtime * improve error message when no display server is loaded
B5 After many months of hard work from our team, I am pleased to announce Beta 5 which brings with it a huge number of improvements. If you like this project and find it useful and would like to help out you can support this project directly by using the following platforms. * [GitHub](https://github.com/sponsors/gnif) * [Ko-Fi](https://ko-fi.com/lookingglass) * [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/gnif) * [Paypal](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=ESQ72XUPGKXRY) * BTC - 14ZFcYjsKPiVreHqcaekvHGL846u3ZuT13 * ETH - 0x6f8aEe454384122bF9ed28f025FBCe2Bce98db85 Annoucement and Rundown Video: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DHp74s3Smw Changelog: **B5** * Documentation improvements * Allow EGL usage with dmabuf on platforms without GL_EXT_buffer_storage suport. * Fixed cursor grab retry logic (fixes issues on i3/awesomewm) * Don't allow in-source builds. * Wayland curor and keyboard related crash fixes * jitRender performance optimizations on x11 * Added EWMH event support for better window focus tracking on x11 **B5-rc1** * removed SDL displayserver * reduced amount of GPU buffer allocations in DMABUF import path * implemented frame damage tracking, used to reduce amount of data copies needed * added frame damage display mode in EGL backend * added cimgui/imgui to the project * added frame timings collection and display * improved LGMP cursor performance by releasing the memory faster * implemented eglSwapBuffersWithDamage for X11 * don't allow the mouse to trigger redraws if the video feed is disabled * New "Overlay Mode" which allows interaction with imgui windows/widgets * Allow the FPS display to be moved * Observe XDG_CONFIG_DIR when looking for the configuration * Added EGL texture import timing graph * Alerts are now rendered using ImGui * Added high DPI support * add JIT rendering mode for wayland * improve fractional scaling for wayland * made numbering of IVSHMEM devices consistent * Added guest cursor warp support to the KVMFR protocol * Added the ability to have post-processing filters * Added AMD FidelityFX CAS post-processor * Added AMD FidelityFX FSR upscaling post-processor * add DMABUF import support in OBS plugin * add keyboard LED synchronization * fix EGL backend not being detected on some systems (e.g. mesa without libglvnd) * fix cursor blinking issue on certain hardware (e.g. old Intel integrated graphics) * Guest cursor is now aligned to the local cursor on window entry using guest cursor warp (Fixes mouse acceleration issues) * add ability to reorder post-processing filters * add ability to load and save post-processing filter presets. * add ability to capture via xdg-desktop-portal+PipeWire on Linux * windows host installers are now distributed as 64-bit executables
[release] B5-rc1 After many months of hard work from our team, I am pleased to announce Beta 5 Release Candidate 1 which brings with it a huge number of improvements. If you like this project and find it useful and would like to help out you can support this project directly by using the following platforms. * [GitHub](https://github.com/sponsors/gnif) * [Ko-Fi](https://ko-fi.com/lookingglass) * [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/gnif) * [Paypal](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=ESQ72XUPGKXRY) * BTC - 14ZFcYjsKPiVreHqcaekvHGL846u3ZuT13 * ETH - 0x6f8aEe454384122bF9ed28f025FBCe2Bce98db85 Changelog: **B4-rc1** * removed SDL displayserver * reduced amount of GPU buffer allocations in DMABUF import path * implemented frame damage tracking, used to reduce amount of data copies needed * added frame damage display mode in EGL backend * added cimgui/imgui to the project * added frame timings collection and display * improved LGMP cursor performance by releasing the memory faster * implemented eglSwapBuffersWithDamage for X11 * don't allow the mouse to trigger redraws if the video feed is disabled * New "Overlay Mode" which allows interaction with imgui windows/widgets * Allow the FPS display to be moved * Observe XDG_CONFIG_DIR when looking for the configuration * Added EGL texture import timing graph * Alerts are now rendered using ImGui * Added high DPI support * add JIT rendering mode for wayland * improve fractional scaling for wayland * made numbering of IVSHMEM devices consistent * Added guest cursor warp support to the KVMFR protocol * Added the ability to have post-processing filters * Added AMD FidelityFX CAS post-processor * Added AMD FidelityFX FSR upscaling post-processor * add DMABUF import support in OBS plugin * add keyboard LED synchronization * fix EGL backend not being detected on some systems (e.g. mesa without libglvnd) (edited) * fix cursor blinking issue on certain hardware (e.g. old Intel integrated graphics) * Guest cursor is now aligned to the local cursor on window entry using guest cursor warp (Fixes mouse acceleration issues) * add ability to reorder post-processing filters * add ability to load and save post-processing filter presets. * add ability to capture via xdg-desktop-portal+PipeWire on Linux * windows host installers are now distributed as 64-bit executables
[host] app: always send the cursor position to the client If the guest VM is not showing a cursor when it starts such as on the Windows login screen, the client never gets the current position of the cursor, which prevents the client from attempting to send mouse movements. This change ensures the client gets the mouse location on startup.
B3 **NOTE** - B3 may have cursor issues with interaction with the WM, these have already been addressed but did not make it in time for the B3 release. **Additional Note** - The LG host log has been moved to `%ProgramData%\Looking Glass (host)\looking-glass-host.txt` A big thank you to the contributors that have helped to get Looking Glass to where it is today! Your support is greatly valued! If you like this project and find it useful and would like to help out you can support me directly using the following platforms. * [GitHub](https://github.com/sponsors/gnif) * [Ko-Fi](https://ko-fi.com/lookingglass) * [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/gnif) * [Paypal](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=ESQ72XUPGKXRY) * BTC - 14ZFcYjsKPiVreHqcaekvHGL846u3ZuT13 Changelog: * OBS: Added full cursor support * All: Added HDR RGB16 support * Client: show system strerrr for failure to open shmem file * All: added frame format version field and format change events to avoid checking on every frame. * Client: new option `win:dontUpscale` to prevent upscaling. * Client: new shortcut, <kbd>ScrLck+V</kbd> to toggle the video feed when using a dedicated monitor. * Client: reworked event logic fixing several stutter issues * Host: service won't start if there is no IVSHMEM devices available. * Client: **Direct DMA Upload from IVSHMEM** for VM-VM configurations using the KVMFR module. (Removes a CPU memory copy). Note: Will not work with NVidia Linux GPU binary drivers due to lack of DMABUF support. * Host: increased the cursor shape buffer size for large cursors (you may need to increase your ivshmem memory size!) * Client: EGL only - Added Color Blind support for Protanope, Deuteranope and Tritanope (option `egl:cbMode`) as per http://www.daltonize.org/search/label/Daltonize * Client: added large clipboard transfer support * Client: now defaults to grabbing the keyboard when focused (shortcuts are now passed to the VM), can be disabled with `input:grabKeyboardOnFocus=n` * Client: Spice input handling has been re-designed and is far improved. * Cilent: Fixed bug with EGL initialization which prevented front-buffer rendering when doubleBuffering is disabled (default). * Host: Installer much prettier thanks to @JJRcop * Host: Fixed issue with launching on pre-windows 10 systems (note: I am not testing on anything older then Windows 10, YMMV) * VM-VM Module: fixed building on 5.10 (note, `/dev/uio0` is now gone, use `/dev/kvmfr0` instead) * Client: New option `input:ignoreWindowsKeys` to work around WMs that bind the key * Client: New keybind <kbd>ScrLck+Windows</kbd> to passthrough the key to the guest for WMs that bind this key. * Client: Now processes mouse input via XInput, giving access to raw mouse input while in capture mode (enable with `input:rawMouse`). * Client: New `autoCapture` mode (disabled by default, enable with `input:autoCapture`), **tries** to keep the mouse captured without entering full capture mode when a game/application in the guest also has captured the mouse. Note this is NOT full capture mode and as such will not benefit from `input:mouseSens` or `input:rawMouse`. (please no bug reports for failure to hold onto the mouse, this is best effort only). * Client: New `input:mouseSmoothing` option (enabled by default) which applies basic integration on the mouse movements when not in raw mode (capture enabled and `input:rawMouse` on). This helps to reduce aliasing artifacts in movements on the guest. * Client: New `input:captureOnly` feature (default disabled) to only enable input via SPICE while in capture mode. * Client: New `win:rotate` feature to rotate the display output (EGL only at this time). * Client: New hotkey <kbd>ScrLck+R</kbd> to rotate the display on demand. * Host: Now properly supports rotated display outputs. * Client: Thanks to xyene and quantum on the VFIO discord, Wayland is mouse support is greatly improved and clipboard sync is now working. (NOTE: this is not an announcement of general Wayland support, Xorg is still the preferred platform due to Wayland limitations). * Host: when installed as a service it is now able to capture the windows login screen. * Host: Numerous QOL NvFBC fixes. * Host: The service will now terminate if the application reports a fatal error, or the application is closed by the user via the tray icon. * Host: Log moved to `%ProgramData%\Looking Glass (host)\looking-glass-host.txt` * Host: Improvements to NvFBC cursor location tracking on startup * Host: Stack trace is now logged if the Windows host application crashes * Host: fix NvFBC sometimes not initializing during system boot
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