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CamStudio Changelog

What's new in CamStudio 2.7.4 r354

Aug 10, 2016
  • Assorted minor code refactoring in preperation for CS 2.8 (final version in 2.7.x branch)

New in CamStudio 2.7.3 r327 (Aug 10, 2016)

  • Fixed bug which displayed debug "0" and "1" dialog boxes when using Record/Pause keyboard shortcuts
  • Changed default setting for deleting AVI after SWF creation to "Off"
  • Fixed bug when Recording from a Window and pressing the Escape key didn't cancel the recording session but only hid the Select Window dialog
  • Region > Fixed Region > Added "round down to next even numbers" functions to stop "Could not record the AVI file using current compressor" error message when using video codecs that require height and width pixels to be divisible by 2 or 4 (eg Xvid, DiVX, x264)

New in CamStudio 2.7.2 r326 (Oct 23, 2013)

  • Added MP4 container support in preparation for AVI 2.0 functionality - changed output toolbar icon to single rotating one
  • Fixed sync issues when recording is paused and restarted

New in CamStudio 2.7.1 r320 (Oct 23, 2013)

  • Fixed bug in update notification routine to detect x.x.x minor version updates
  • Changed time elapsed during recording in main panel from 'xxxx seconds' to 'x hours xx mins xx secs'
  • Removed the "No camstudio.cfg found" notification routine to minimise confusion for new users
  • Fixed 'key polling' conflict with CamStudio recording during a Minecraft session
  • Fixed long-standing pixelation issue with CamStudio central panel and refreshed design
  • Removed unnecessary dialog box from appearing when update xml on CamStudio server not detected

New in CamStudio 2.7 r318 (Oct 23, 2013)

  • Fixed certain audio UI elements that didn't work with Vista and Win7 - now CamStudio autodetects OS My CamStudio Recordings)
  • Added new default temporary recording directory (My Documents > My CamStudio Temp Files)
  • Removed Use Application Directory as an option for temporary recording directory

New in CamStudio 2.7 r316 (Oct 23, 2013)

  • Added warning to Video Options > Capture rate informing of CPU/filesize increase
  • Added a warning dialog when "Locking" checkbox deselected.
  • Amended Installer to automatically detect and download VC++ 2010 dependencies from Microsoft if needed
  • and added OpenCandy advertising-during-install function

New in CamStudio 2.7 r314 (Oct 23, 2013)

  • Made Auto Adjust enabled by default with a new second checkbox (also enabled by default) above the slider bar locking the Capture Frame rate and Playback rate to only factors of 1000.
  • Also made Key Frame rate independant of Auto Adjust for finer control.

New in CamStudio 2.7 r312 (Oct 23, 2013)

  • Addition of update available notification box
  • Alter default save location from 'Use Windows Temporary Directory' to 'Use Application Installed Diretory'
  • CAMSTUDIO NOW SAVES TO 'VIDEOS' FOLDER IN THE APPLICATION INSTALLED DIRECTORY AS DEFAULT.
  • Removed link to CamStudio Blog from Help menu

New in CamStudio 2.6 (Feb 7, 2013)

  • Record from speakers feature returned
  • Tons of minor GUI improvements
  • Major code refactoring

New in CamStudio 2.5 (Feb 7, 2013)

  • Recorder:
  • Added recording region by window
  • Added left and right mouse button visual feedback when clicked
  • Added true multi-language support for Recorder, SWF Producer and Player
  • REMOVED recording audio from speakers due to lack of source code
  • Added recording for a preset amount of time
  • New Effects menu added with:
  • Add system time stamp to video
  • Add caption to video
  • Add watermark to video (transparency not supported, yet!)
  • SWF Producer:
  • Added redirect URL function so viewers can be taken to another URL immediately after the video has finished playing.
  • Added a cancel button to the "Converting to SWF" dialog so you can cancel an SWF conversion at any time. You don't have to wait until it's finished or force it to close with CTRL, ALT, DEL.
  • Fixed Firefox bug when playing a Flash SWF file (caused due to incorrect HTML)
  • Outstanding stuff:
  • When using another language, some menus and options are either missing or still in English.
  • Native Vista compatibility not supported, but workaround listed on the blog using XP Compatibility Mode.
  • Documentation not complete(still working on it)