- Added Effect Editor (beta 1): describe a visual effect in plain language, paste AI-generated canvas code, and preview it live over your video's waveform and duration
- Added export of effects as PNG sequence or transparent WebM, with streaming frame capture and a progress bar for long videos
- Added "Use as layer" option to save an effect into the project as a reusable, editable layer
- Added Layers tab showing the video track plus any saved effect layers, with edit/delete support
- Added support for burning saved effect layers directly into the final video export, composited alongside existing watermark/caption rendering
Changelog
What changed in Flixlar.
Release notes for new builds, fixes and workflow improvements.
- Added ffmpeg capability diagnostics in Settings
- Added MKV as selectable export format (capability-gated)
- Added inline prompt to import subtitle streams directly from Captions tab
- Added automatic preview generation fallback for problematic videos
- Improved video preview reliability with non-destructive transcode
- Added activate license workflow and license management panel
- Added remove Flixlar watermark option for licensed users
- Added timeline viewport and zoom controls
- Added caption timeline viewport navigation
- Added viewport centering controls
- Added editable caption timing directly from timeline bricks
- Added caption move, trim start and trim end interactions
- Improved caption editing workflow for precise subtitle timing adjustments
- Improved waveform and caption rail editing experience
- Added Whisper word timestamp support
- Added support for the Small Whisper model
- Added AI caption model selection
- Improved dependency manager
- Improved caption grouping
- Improved AI caption workflow
- Various fixes and improvements
- Added PCM waveform foundation
- Added waveform timeline to caption rail
- Added SRT export dialog
- Added Facebook/generic filename presets
- Added multilingual SRT export support
- Added audio analysis manager and shared WAV lifecycle
- Added Linux Whisper dependency download support
- Added experimental Linux runtime distribution workflow
- Added GitHub Actions runtime packaging support for Linux
- Improved future cross-platform Whisper deployment groundwork
- Improved auto AI caption duration and phrase length handling
- Improved startup screen with Whisper runtime and AI model install status
- Whisper foundations release.
- Added local AI caption generation.
- Added Whisper runtime and model manager.
- Added automatic language detection.
- Added multi-language caption support.
- Generated captions now map directly into editable Flixlar tracks.
- Added cross-platform Whisper packaging support.
- Added signed Windows installers.
- Improved runtime detection, diagnostics and stability.
- Added multilingual caption track workflow
- Added caption track selector and language management
- Added embedded subtitle stream importing
- Added import-all embedded subtitle support
- Improved export workflow clarity
- Added stream count indicators in the Streams tab
- Various UI, stability and workflow improvements
- Note: This release introduces the foundation for multilingual subtitle workflows and embedded subtitle track management inside Flixlar.
- Fixed export workflow stability issues
- Improved Windows signing and release pipeline
- Improved release packaging workflow
- General bug fixes and workflow cleanup
- Additional internal improvements
- Added multilingual embedded subtitle track support
- Added MP4 subtitle stream append and export workflow
- Added subtitle stream management panel
- Added embedded subtitle import support
- Added selective subtitle track export
- Added subtitle language and metadata handling
- Improved MP4 embedded subtitle compatibility
- Added MP4 embedded subtitle export
- Added WebVTT import and export support
- Added ASS subtitle export support
- Improved subtitle workflow and sidecar detection
- Improved export interface and export modes
- Added bundled Flixlar video runtime installer for FFmpeg and FFprobe
- Added automatic runtime detection and dependency management
- Improved export reliability and dependency validation
- Improved cross-platform release packaging for macOS, Windows and Linux
- Windows installer is now digitally signed
- Added export quality presets
- Added session log viewer and diagnostics groundwork
- Added automatic sidecar SRT detection for matching video filenames
- Improved watermark rendering with Flixlar logo support
- Improved feedback and bug reporting infrastructure
- Improved video compatibility validation
- Improved caption preview controls
- Improving drag support for by allow both mp4 and srt file at the same time
- Improving watermark adding Flixlar logo (switchable with text)
- Added video quality export settings
- Added visual caption timeline clips
- Added caption clip lanes for overlapping subtitles
- Added drag & drop support for video, SRT, and project files
- Added sample video and SRT downloads for new users
- Improved startup flow with splash screen and feedback reporting
- Fixed external links so they open in the default browser
- Improved file picker with file type filtering
- Fixed Windows installer, app icon, and export issues
- Added adding diagnostics info
- Added fixing report bug with log file
- Added fixing app icon on windows
- Improved export watermark
- Added public feedback forms
- Added bug reporting from the app menu
- Added local error logging for bug reports
- Added license section placeholder
- Added cross-platform builds for macOS, Windows and Linux
- Improved export watermark
- Added Export tab
- Added MP4 export progress
- Added clean / stacked caption modes
- Added Mac and Windows build pipeline
- Added SRT import
- Added SRT export
- Improved caption editing flow
- Added caption editing
- Added live preview
- Added video player
- Initial private beta release with core caption editing features.