Release notes · 0.1.0

Lambent Server 0.1.0 for Windows

The first Windows release of Lambent Server: the same library server as on Mac, bringing your video library to Lambent on Apple Vision Pro over your local network.

What’s new

• First release for Windows (Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit).
• Watches the folders you choose and serves them to your headset: newest first, multipart videos shown as one title, per-title overrides, and resume positions.
• Fast local streaming over TCP and QUIC (“Turbo”) with automatic discovery on your network (Bonjour).
• Files your headset can’t play are converted automatically with lossless picture handling and audio conversion where needed (via ffmpeg).
• The installer can add the Windows Firewall rules for private networks; the app’s Transport panel can also add them later.

Requirements

• Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.
• Apple Vision Pro and the PC on the same local network. For best results, connect the PC over Ethernet and the headset over 5 or 6 GHz Wi-Fi.
• ffmpeg is required and is not bundled — for example, winget install ffmpeg. The app finds winget, Chocolatey, Scoop and C:\ffmpeg\bin installs on its own; a custom path can be set in Settings.

Install

1. Download LambentServer-Setup-0.1.0-x64.exe from the download page.
2. Run the installer. It is not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may show “Windows protected your PC”: choose More info → Run anyway.
3. During setup, keep the option to add the Windows Firewall rules for private networks. If you skip it, the app’s Transport panel can add them later.
4. Install ffmpeg if you haven’t — for example, winget install ffmpeg — then use Check again in Diagnostics or set the path in Settings.

Verify the download

In PowerShell, from the folder containing the installer:

Get-FileHash .\LambentServer-Setup-0.1.0-x64.exe -Algorithm SHA256

The output should match exactly:

File: LambentServer-Setup-0.1.0-x64.exe, about 10.7 MB. The installer is not code-signed yet; compare the hash before running it.

Known limitations

• No auto-update in this release. New versions are downloaded and installed manually.
• This is the first Windows release.
• “Enhance on PC” (live upscaling on the computer) is not included: it is planned for Windows PCs with an NVIDIA RTX GPU in a later release, as an extra enhancer component. This release plays with “Enhance on headset”, which runs on Vision Pro.