Kap: Native Apple Silicon support

[sungkhum]

On my new Mac mini with the M1 processor, encoding videos is super slow with Kap. I was wondering if there were any plans to support the new M1 processor. If there are, I would be happy to beta test and give feedback. Thanks!

[sindresorhus]

Yes, but it's probably not happening soon. Some pieces need to fall into place first:

• [ ] https://github.com/kribblo/node-ffmpeg-installer/issues/50
• [ ] New version of https://github.com/wulkano/Aperture that includes an Apple Silicon slice in the binary.
• [ ] Upgrade to Electron 11, which is blocked by https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/23757.
• [ ] Configure electron-builder to also do an Apple Silicon build.

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All the other binaries we use don't need an Apple Silicon build yet as they wouldn't benefit from it.

[sungkhum]

Thanks for the update @sindresorhus - totally makes sense. But glad that it could be possible! Kap is a great tool!