Released Webcamoid 5.1.0 and going to the next step.

Yesterday, I've released Webcamoid 5.1.0. This release includes many improvements and changes, the most important changes are:

• From now on, Webcamod will be developed using Qt5. Qt4 can be considered as an obsolete technology.
• Dependency reduction. This makes the program easy to port to many platforms with minimal effort, reduces the bugs caused by 3rd-party libraries, and reduces the disk usage.
• Webcamoid born as a KDE plasmoid, but since KDE is in transition from Qt4 to Qt5, and Qt5 plugins aren't compatible with Qt4, I must remove the plasmoid. The development and survival of Webcamoid is a priority.
• Webcamoid for Windows is near. Only a few patches are needed. This is necessary because Webcamoid adoption in GNU/Linux is not going so well (people seems not to be interested and I don't know why), and this strategy can give a boost to the project.

And now let's see what comes for the next release (Webcamoid 6.0.0).
The most extreme change for the next release of Webcamoid will be, by far, it's UI, from the old classic widget style to the new more dynamic Qml based style.

The new main interface

In this new version, you'll have direct access to the camera settings, making webcam setup easier than before. Also, adding images and videos will be more intuitive.

Streams setup

You'll be able to add new recording formats in a more easy way.

Recording formats setup

And finally, the second most important change will be the video effects setup dynamic, you will be able to setup a maximum of 5 or 6, thats ok for current hardware technology. Also each video effect will provide its own setup menu.

Effects setup

Thats all for now. There are many other things that I want to implement like social sharing, scriptable plugins, and Video chat support, but this functions will available in future releases (7.0.0 and later).