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SwitchCast v1.2.1

Improved media source activation across switching modes, enhanced Floating Presenter Dock with direct source removal, fixed mixed-source queue navigation, and updated application branding.

What's New in v1.2.1

  • Improved image and video source activation across different presentation switching modes.
  • Enhanced Floating Presenter Dock with direct source removal and smoother window switching.
  • Fixed Next/Previous navigation across applications, monitors, images, and videos.
  • Updated Windows application branding and improved presentation button feedback.

Official Windows Package

How to Run SwitchCast

01
Download ZIP

Download the standalone SwitchCast-v1.2.1-win-x64.zip archive.

02
Extract Anywhere

Extract the archive to any folder on your computer.

03
Open SwitchCast.exe

Run SwitchCast.exe directly (no runtime or installer required).

Full Release Documentation & Details▾

SwitchCast v1.2.1 — Release Notes

Release Date: October 10, 2026

Target Platform: Windows 10 (version 1809+) & Windows 11 (x64)

Binary Package: SwitchCast-v1.2.1-win-x64.zip

Creator: John Christopher King Zamora

Repository: https://github.com/jczamora-git/SwitchCast

🚀 Overview

SwitchCast v1.2.1 is a focused usability, stability, and branding release. It delivers dedicated Presentation Output activation for media sources under Active + Live and Active Only modes, updates the official application icon with authentic multi-resolution Windows ICO branding, enhances Floating Presenter Dock focus handoff, fixes mixed-source queue navigation, and introduces direct source unqueuing from the dock.

✨ What's New & Fixed in v1.2.1

🖼️ Media Source Presentation Output Activation

  • Active + Live for Media: When an imported Image or Video source is taken live in Active + Live mode, SwitchCast starts media playback and automatically activates the existing Presentation Output window (restoring if minimized and bringing it to the desktop foreground via Win32 SetForegroundWindow). No external media players (e.g. VLC or Photos) are launched.
  • Active Only for Media: Navigating to an Image or Video source in Active Only mode advances the selection cursor and activates the Presentation Output window without altering the On-Air stream, without starting video playback, and without replacing the current audience-facing frame. If closed, the output opens in Standby mode.
  • Live Only Preserved: Switching media sources in Live Only mode takes them live without stealing focus or requesting foreground focus.
  • Ordinary Window & Monitor Semantics Preserved: Win32 window sources retain standard application activation, and display monitors retain display capture semantics.
  • Presentation State Continuity: Reuses the active output instance without recreation, repositioning, or disrupting fullscreen presentations.

🎨 Authentic Multi-Resolution Application Branding

  • Official App Icon: Packaged high-resolution source icon into standard multi-resolution SwitchCast.ico embedding 16x16, 24x24, 32x32, 48x48, 64x64, 128x128, and 256x256 resolutions.
  • Windows Shell Integration: Seamless integration across Windows Explorer, taskbar, Alt+Tab, and WinUI 3 title bars.

🎛️ Floating Presenter Dock Enhancements & Stability

  • Focus Handoff Coordination: Popup dropdown menu closes and detaches before executing source transitions, preventing dock teardown from stealing focus away from the activated presentation window.
  • Double-Click Maximize Prevention: Subclassed dock HWND (WMNCLBUTTONDBLCLK on HTCAPTION, SCMAXIMIZE interception, WM_GETMINMAXINFO clamping) to guarantee the dock remains a compact, floating companion toolbar without accidental maximization.
  • Direct Source Unqueue: Presenters can remove individual items directly from the "Queued Sources" dropdown using interactive checkmark checkboxes without stopping live presentations.
  • Dock X Dismissal Dashboard Activation: Clicking the X button on the Floating Presenter Dock automatically restores and brings the Control Dashboard to the foreground while keeping live presentations and video playback completely running.

🔄 Mixed-Source Queue Navigation Fix

  • Repaired Next/Previous queue cycling between Window, Monitor, Image, and Video sources by traversing a single authoritative ordered queue across all source types.

⏯️ Dynamic Presentation Button Glyphs

  • Main Dashboard button icon dynamically synchronizes with presentation state, updating between Play (\uE768) and Stop square (\uE71A) in lockstep with the button label.

📥 Download & Installation

Windows x64 Standalone Package

  • Package Archive: SwitchCast-v1.2.1-win-x64.zip
  • SHA-256 Checksum: SwitchCast-v1.2.1-win-x64.sha256

How to Run:

1. Download SwitchCast-v1.2.1-win-x64.zip.

2. Extract the archive to any folder on your PC.

3. Launch SwitchCast.exe.

4. Zero external .NET runtimes or Visual Studio installations required (Self-Contained package).

🧪 Quality & Verification Summary

  • Unit & Integration Tests: 281 tests passed (100% pass rate).
  • Target Platform Alignment: .NET 8 (net8.0-windows10.0.19041.0) on Windows App SDK 1.5.
  • Privacy & Telemetry: 100% offline, zero network telemetry, zero frame persistence.
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