LogGate Pro v1.2 is now live on the App Store for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS. This release adds an Audio mode picker in Settings and rebuilds the per-item progress display in the queue. Defaults are unchanged for existing workflows.
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What’s new
Audio mode picker
Settings now exposes an Audio picker with four mutually-exclusive modes. Your selection is recorded in each item’s processing log alongside the existing video parameters.
- Pass through (stereo) — re-encodes the source’s audio track to AAC at 192 kbps, 48 kHz, stereo. This is the default. The bitrate was lowered from 256 kbps in v1.1 to a social-media-friendly value that remains transparent for typical content.
- Mono — single channel — true 1-channel AAC at 128 kbps, 48 kHz. AVFoundation downmixes L+R during decode. Smallest file with audio retained; ideal for voice, dialog, and podcast cuts.
- Mono — duplicated stereo — sums L+R per sample frame and writes the average to both channels of a stereo AAC track at 192 kbps, 48 kHz. Solves the “voice was only on the left mic, but I want it on every speaker” case — lavalier on one channel, single shotgun plugged into the L input, etc.
- Remove audio — output has no audio track at all. Smallest file overall; useful for muting B-roll or stripping unwanted ambient.
When to use each mode
- Pass through (stereo) for general delivery and any clip where the source mix is already correct.
- Mono — single channel for voice, dialog, and podcast-style cuts where stereo adds no information.
- Mono — duplicated stereo for single-mic interview footage where one input is silent and you want the dialog to play on every speaker.
- Remove audio for silent B-roll, montages, or anywhere the source audio is not wanted.
Smarter per-item progress
The progress display in the queue used to climb to 100% and reset for every aspect ratio, so a single source with four ratio variants would appear to start over four times. v1.2 maps the entire run — every smart-crop scan plus every aspect-ratio export — onto a single 0–100% curve, and adds a live activity label under each item.
- One smooth fill per source. A four-ratio item fills the bar once, not four times. A two-ratio item finishing its first export sits at 50%, not back at 0%.
- Live activity label under the file metadata while processing, e.g. Converting 16:9 (2 of 4).
- Smart-crop saliency scans now surface as their own status (Analyzing for smart crop (9:16)), so the brief pause before each encode is no longer silent.
- The step counter
(N of M)only appears when an item has more than one variant; single-ratio items show just the activity label.
No setting controls this — it’s how every queue item now behaves.
Compatibility
The audio default is Pass through (stereo), so existing queue items and saved workflows are unchanged unless you opt into a new mode. The new progress fields are runtime-only and not persisted, so re-running a v1.1 item picks up the new behavior on the next pass without any migration.
System requirements
- macOS: 26.0 or later, Apple Silicon (M-series) recommended, Intel supported
- iOS / iPadOS: 26.0 or later, A13 or later (iPhone 11 / iPad 2020 and newer)
Thank you
Thanks to everyone who reported single-mic interview workflows after the v1.1 release — the duplicated-stereo mode exists because of that feedback. For support, feature requests, or issues: github.com/sk8er02/LogGate-Pro/issues.