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What's new in SplitCam 10.7.32

Feb 14, 2024
  • NEW:
  • Logged in user name is now displayed in stream settings dialog.
  • Clicking Logged in user message in Stream Settings dialog takes you to the user's stream channel on corresponding web page.
  • Added BGRA format support for NDI sources.
  • Added Accentuate micriphone option for a microphone audio source to reduce volume of other audio sources whenever the microphone detects audio input. Please note, that microphone in current version detects not only user's voice but any sound, so it is best to use this option while wearing a headset.
  • Added shadow button to source control bar for text layers.
  • Added new method of capturing display screen: Windows Graphics Capture.
  • New video effect: Spotlight. Find it in Effects' dialog Artistic category.
  • Added optional authentication and automatic stream key retrieval for Google and Twitch streams.
  • Added Scene Control Bar in addition to Source Control Bar. It is visible under the Scene when no layer is selected. Currently it has just a single control: Zoom button.
  • Zoom control added to Source Control Bar.
  • UPDATED:
  • YouTube video resolution changed to Variable to support multiple stream resolutions.
  • Better quality for recording videos.
  • Changed the way of searching for NDI sources in local network.
  • Audio volume indicators optimizations: processor load during volume controls update was significantly reduced.
  • NDI version updated to v5.6.
  • Program optimizations to prevent unresponsive UI when many audio sources are added to a scene.
  • Don't show settings dialog for those layers that have no settings.
  • Dynamically update layer display name in layer settings dialog.
  • Show and updated layer name in layer effect dialog.
  • When renaming a video layer also rename a corresponding audio layer and vice versa.
  • Source Settings dialog controls unified in regard to user interface.
  • Speed up a bit UI reaction to successful authentication by changing the order of processing events in the browser.
  • Cherry.TV server updated.
  • Optimized and fixed rebuilding source sontrol bar on layer selection.
  • Hide yellow border in window capture. Only works in Windows OS versions released after May, 2018.
  • Delete browser cache older than 1 month.
  • Update source control bar when a selected layer is deleted.
  • Fastest ingest server execution time optimizations.
  • Fatest ingest server is now being searched in background and the result is cached for faster retreival during current session.
  • Added recursive cache deletion when deleting stream settings.
  • Added loader placeholder picture for NDI sources.
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed non-repainting audio list items.
  • Fixed the issue when microphone stops working after the scene is paused and then resumed.
  • Fixed bug with screen capture open from loading project thread.
  • Fixed Text Source effects preview.
  • Source control bar frame fixed at 100% windows monitor scaling.
  • Added handling and fixed bugs with source control bar when selected layer is deleted.
  • Addressed some issues when pausing/resuming scenes and sources.
  • Verify installer package after downloading a new version update.
  • Account for bad internet connection while downloading online resources. With this change we also account for incomplete downloads during automatic program update.

New in SplitCam 10.7.20 (Oct 15, 2023)

  • NEW:
  • Option to display/hide tip notifications in stream.
  • Projector Window: now it is possible to open any layer in a separate window independent of other layers on the scene. The command Projector is available in layer's context menu.
  • Phone Camera: this is a new video source. Now it is possible to use your smartphone camera as a video source instead of or along with a webcam: just add a Phone Camera source to a scene, scan the QR code with your smartphone camera to open the web address and you are good to go!
  • UPDATED:
  • Auto selection of the fastest ingest server revisited.
  • Check internet speed once a day only to reduce traffic usage.
  • FIXED:
  • Addressed some issues with showing/hiding/updating source control bar when layers are selected, deselected, or deleted.
  • When exiting the app while the recording is in progress make sure current file recording is saved correctly.
  • Addressed crash in IP-Camera source which prevented starting up SplitCam when an IP-Camera is exists on an active scene.
  • Source control bar not always showing when an item is selected in the media layer bar.
  • Partially fixed: In case audio capture device (microphone) is removed from the system SplitCam becomes unstable and needs to be restarted we've managed to prevent SplitCam hanging on enumerating audio sources after mike has been deleted but this doesn't solve the problem completely and SplitCam still needs to be restared.

New in SplitCam 10.7.18 (Sep 12, 2023)

  • NEW:
  • Added Pause button to floating scene control bar.
  • New video layer Control Bar added: it is located below the scene and becomes visible whenever a layer is selected on the scene. The control bar includes most common layer actions.
  • Layer Shadow effect added to Frames group of the Effects dialog.
  • Face Tracking effect added to Background & Tracking group of the Effects dialog.
  • Blurring Face using mosaic effect added to the Masks group of the Eggects dialog.
  • UPDATED:
  • Twitch ingest server list updated.
  • All control bars embedded into layers on the scene have been removed. Now to control a layer you use the unified control bar located right below the scene. The exception is Text layers: they are still controlled using the Floating Control Bar.
  • Don't show roundness handles for text and timer layers.
  • Verify history file in About dialog after downloading it.
  • Mark project file as dirty whenever user changes a page in a PDF Document layer.
  • Info Bar have been moved above the scene and its font size slightly reduced to give place to the new Control Bar below the scene.
  • Show/Hide scene resolution and fps popup menus when clicking the corresponding button on the Info Bar.
  • StripChat ingest server updated
  • FIXED:
  • Whenever a microphone that has been added to a scene is disconnected from the system SplitCam becomes unstable and needs to be restarted. In this version the problem is partly addressed: SplitCam doesn't freez in situations where it was freezing before, but the issue still remains and will be further investigated and fixed in future versions of SplitCam.
  • The error with zoomed in video layers upon opening SplitCam projects or starting SplitCam program have been fixed.
  • Fixed memory leak in Simple Frame, Mirror and Flip effects.

New in SplitCam 10.7.16 (Jul 30, 2023)

  • NEW:
  • Added RGB32 format support to MMF webcam capture.
  • UPDATED:
  • Save credentials checkbox in SplitCam Cloud Login dialog is checked by default.
  • Auto login to SplitCam Cloud after registration code confirmation.
  • Ensure alpha channel not transparent in RGB32 format.
  • Make sure layers are not transparent when processing XRGB webcam capture formats.
  • Added an advise to check spam/junk folders for SplitCam Cloud confirmation emails.
  • Changed color of info messages in SplitCam Cloud dialogs.
  • FIXED:
  • Sometimes web source layers with static pages remain black after loading a project.
  • Updated failure reporting UI in Splitcam Cloud dialogs.
  • Added frame buffer size verification in webcam capture processing to avoid program crash in some rare cases.
  • An attempt was made to address the issue with buttons disappearing in cloud dialogs.
  • Restore Esc key in Add A Webcam dialog.
  • Fixed setting initial focus in some dialog boxes.
  • Restore DirectShow webcams in Add Webcam dialog.
  • Avoid crash when handling events while the event manager object is already destroyed.
  • Addressed some cases with webcam freezes.

New in SplitCam 10.7.13 (Jul 19, 2023)

  • SplitCam virtual web camera is not working
  • DirectShow capture sources stopped working
  • Addressed issues with program crash. Fix is not confirmed yet.

New in SplitCam 10.7.11 (Jul 17, 2023)

  • NEW:
  • FullHD resolution is now the default resolution in SplitCam. New projects will be created with 1920x1080 scenes, sources will use 1920x1080 size whenever possible, and recommended settings for live streams are also default to FullHD resolution. Existing projects will still be using the settings saved with those projects. The new defaults will apply only to newly created projects or newly added capture sources.
  • Added support for capturing more Games, including those having anti-cheat protection.
  • New setting: Enable/Disable WMF Frame Server. The option is located in SplitCam Settings dialog on the Additional tab.
  • Game capture sources are now saved with the project.
  • Restore capture of Game sources after the game or SplitCam is restarted.
  • Added partial support for H264 webcam format. This format is not fully supported yet.
  • UPDATED:
  • Dim instead of hide layers when editing tip notifications.
  • When a full screen capture source is added to a scene try to restore the capture in case the monitor is disconnected and then reconnected again.
  • Window capture source has a new option in layer's settings dialog: "Respect window opacity", which is enabled by default. With this option enabled those windows that have transparent or semi-transparent user interface will be correctly shown on the SplitCam scene.
  • Make sure to syncronize settings of all sources referencing the same webcam.
  • Correctly process XRGB image format.
  • Avoid dead locks when reinitializing webcams.
  • Reuse active webcams in the 'Add a webcam' dialog. This speeds up the appearance of the dialog.
  • FIXED:
  • Saved window capture source has a black screen right after SplitCam is started.
  • Some lottie animations had missing or incorrectly displayed elements.
  • IP-Camera preload image had incorrect zoom factor applied.
  • Make sure to display actualized information about current webcam source settings in the layer's Settings dialog.
  • Address SplitCam crash when relocating object collections in memory.
  • Fixed bug with game capture reinitialization when game window size or game texture size changed.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in SplitCam 10.7.7 (Jun 17, 2023)

  • NEW:
  • Tip notifications support for the following 6 streaming services:
  • BongaCams * Cam4 * Camsoda * Chaturbate * MyFreeCams * StripChat
  • New animated icon pack: Blondie.
  • Zoom layers to the location of mouse pointer.
  • Zoom/Pan canvas: use mouse wheel to zoom entire canvas in or out when no layer is selected.
  • Zoom-lock layers: when zooming entire canvas in or out preserve the position of locked layers. To lock a layer click the Lock icon of this layer in the media list.
  • Add necessary outbound firewall rules during SplitCam setup.
  • Tip notifications: Proxy support added.
  • Ingest servers verification.
  • Make sure hardcoded ingest servers are the same as those on SplitCam servers.
  • Optionally compare SplitCam ingest servers to those of OBS.
  • Streaming servers URLs revisited: configuration file is now located on three different servers for more reliable accessibility.
  • It is possible to add Lottie files to the scene by dragging and dropping them from Windows Explorer.
  • Lottie files are stored on the server in compressed format. Automatically uncompress them after downloading.
  • Add/Delete custom tip notification icons.
  • UPDATED:
  • Make additional scene snapshot in case the first one was made when not all scene sources were completely loaded yet.
  • Added switching game capture to window capture when hook-dll is not injected.
  • Tip notifications: Camsoda 18+ years old check.
  • Tip notifications: Changed browser cache location.
  • Don't delete local file in case an error occurred while downloading from web.
  • Use shared random proxy server.
  • Update proxies from SplitCam server.
  • Tip notifications: Show captcha window for notifications when needed.
  • Proxy authentication support for notification catchers.
  • Preserve commented lines in local.cfg file, parameters may be reordered during saving process.
  • Don't start notification catcher when notifications are enabled for a stream but no streaming session is open for it.
  • Toggle tip notifications for each individual stream.
  • Load proxy settings from local config file: 'proxy_server' parameter.
  • Tip notifications: Lower resource usage when chat capturing browser cefnoti.exe is running: don't load media and don't play video.
  • Added logging browser activity to %localappdata%/SplitCam/cefnoti.log. By setting debugging=1 in local.cfg file you can show cefnoti console window and browser windows.
  • When updating image resources skip those that already exist on user's computer.
  • Generalize rectangular fitting functions.
  • Use Lotties icon set as default for tip notifications.
  • Changed the way of passing path from consumers to Lottie Loader.
  • Exclude Lottie Grabber windows from application list when adding a Window Capture Source.
  • Resource management. Lottie initialization magic.
  • When adding images or lottie animations to the scene you can now select and add several items at once.
  • Float to string conversion works now independently of system locale.
  • Preserve lottie image quality when resizing lottie layer.
  • Optimized Lottie cache.
  • Don't save notifications options to common options file.
  • Added progress status on updating image resources.
  • Updated notifications icons with Lottie collections.
  • Lottie UI control optimization.
  • Added bottom line alignment to label controls.
  • Don't verify stream URL as it may have unpredictable format.
  • Add subtitle to tip notifications preset editor dialog.
  • Settings button in Tip notifications opens stream's notifications settings dialog.
  • Sync enabling/disabling notifications for a stream between Tip notifications panel and stream's Tip settings dialog.
  • Extended description of the Disable Frame Server option in the SplitCam installer.
  • Events API subsystem revisited.
  • Notification settings dialog removed from Program Settings and added to Stream Notifications dialog.
  • No need to hold down the Ctrl key when zooming in or out on a layer.
  • Web browser layer still requires Ctrl key to be pressed for zooming. Otherwise mouse wheel scrolls the browser window up or down.
  • CamPlace streaming service is deleted from SplitCam.
  • Exclude Notifications setup dialog from stream settings if the channel being edited doesn't support notifications.
  • FIXED:
  • Prevent numeric conversion errors when loading projects.
  • When editing existing stream corrently show the currently selected encoding preset.
  • Fixed crash when removing empty lines from proxy list.
  • Fixed bug with zero size game capture layers.
  • Fixed some lottie elements.
  • Fixed bug with stop lottie animation when splitcam is minimized.
  • Remove lottie consumer when a lottie playback is stopped.
  • In Lottie loader compare paths disregarding case.
  • Don't load icon preset if its name is empty.
  • Notificator size error fixed.
  • Restored effect thumbnails in Effects dialog.
  • Layer resizing is now handled correctly.
  • The error of zoomed in Lottie on program start up is gone.
  • Bug fixes. Memory leaks. Optimizations.
  • Restored saving notifications options: enabled and sound.
  • The title in stream tips popup is partly covered with controls at 100% windows display scaling.
  • Restored the pause dialog over scene.
  • Fixed scaling of animated notifications.
  • Fixed bug with emoji drawing when text scrolling.
  • Fixed bug with layer rotation.

New in SplitCam 10.6.54 (Mar 11, 2023)

  • HOT FIX:
  • Error initializing SplitCam Virtual Video driver after changing the default name of the virtual device.

New in SplitCam 10.6.36 (Mar 8, 2023)

  • NEW:
  • Added setup parameter FRAMESERVER=1 to prevent changing WMF EnableFrameServer registry value during program setup.
  • Don't automatically show About dialog on version change if 'HKLMSOFTWARESplitCamDisableAutoAboutDialog' key exists and is not 0.
  • Don't check for program updated if 'HKLMSOFTWARESplitCamDisableUpdateCheck' key exists and is not 0.
  • Don't run SplitCam after installation if RUN=0 or /quiet installer command line option is provided.
  • UPDATED:
  • Disabled Chat button in the main application window.
  • Added file verification when updating ingest servers.
  • Now slideshow layer size is calculated by the maximum image size in array.
  • FIXED:
  • Addressed the mini window out of sceen bounds issue.
  • Scene transitions not working when any canvas effects are applied.
  • Enabling "Avoid body" option in a floating layer crashed SplitCam.
  • SplitCam sometimes crashed when the Record button is clicked.
  • Fixed crash when working with application audio capture.
  • Fixed bug with open/close mikegrabber on all scnenes when scene is changed.
  • Fixed logging in to unconfirmed account.
  • New cloud user registration was not working.
  • On some systems it was impossible to change the name of SplitCam Virtual Camera driver.

New in SplitCam 10.6.36 (Dec 16, 2022)

  • NEW:
  • Officially dropped support of Windows versions below 1809 released prior to October 02, 2018. Please update your Windows system and hardware drivers regularly.
  • Added new audo source: Application Audio. User can now capture sound directly from any another application, like Chrome or Edge web browser, for example.
  • Added new media source: Existing Scene. You can add any existing scene to another scene as a separate layer.
  • Web browser layers now can play LIVE broadcasts.
  • UPDATED:
  • Dim layer name when the layer is locked or hidden.
  • DirectShow webcams support updated: it is now possible to use the same DirectShow webcam on the same scene.
  • Show effects info for media layers only.
  • New implementation of context menus.
  • Save currently loaded URL address of Web-browser Source on program exit.
  • Added Pause Settings panel to SplitCam Settings dialog.
  • Reduce the font size of edit controls.
  • Vertically align text in edit controls.
  • Added scrolling to selection lists in different dialogs: Window selection, Application selection, Game selection, Cloud Project selection, etc.
  • Optimized options: start minimized, minimize to system tray, start with Windows.
  • Optimized processing of layer events: position and text change.
  • Decrease the lowest speed of floating layers.
  • If cloud user nick name is not set, then use alternative title when popping up cloud context menu.
  • Added STREAM title to statistics button. Changed font and size of statistics buttons in the mini window.
  • The first mouse click on an unselected browser layer selects it but doesn't generate a click in the browser itself.
  • Decrease the minimal size of Timer layer.
  • Give visual feedback when mouse hovers over selected UI elements.
  • Hide Scene Pause Settings dialog when it looses focus.
  • Layer list scrolling revisited. Auto scroll into view when selected.
  • Hide Web Browser preload image as soon as page is ready or when timed out.
  • Audio playlist items displayed truncated.
  • Addressed break of a/v synchronization.
  • FIXED:
  • When Window Capture layer is paused or the layer containing it is paused the layer disappeared from the scene.
  • Don't select another layer when trying to resize or change corner radius of partly covered layer.
  • Edit control in text layer looks incorrect when editing text.
  • Fixed incorrect presentation of edit controls in the Layer Properties dialog.
  • Make Text and Timer layers non-pannable.
  • Switching to another video in Video Playlist sometimes caused program to crash.
  • Clicking non-command item in context menu causes a command execution.
  • Fixed SplitCam crash when Video Playlist is deleted.
  • When a second audio source is added the scrolling position in the audio list is incorrect.
  • On program start up the sound volume is not restored correctly.
  • When Edit control is disabled its layout and drawing is incorrect.
  • Fixed incorrect scene ordering after scenes have been rearranged.
  • Fixed errors with multiple floating layers.
  • Fixed mono and different sample rate audio files playback.
  • Fixed text layer redraw after disabling scroll effect.

New in SplitCam 10.6.25 (Sep 8, 2022)

  • NEW:
  • Keyboard navigation in dialog boxes. TAB, SPACE and ENTER keys are handled. For slider controls also added handling of left and right ARROW keys.
  • Layer position can be fixed or floating with additional settings. From the layer context menu select Position->Float, then select the floating parameters such as speed and direction.
  • Added new floating layer type: Random. The layer disappers and then is shown in random palces on the scene.
  • UPDATED:
  • Change Scene Pause notification icon color from yellow to blue.
  • Reduce flickering when resizing the main application window.
  • Better mask and background effects memory menagment: lower RAM requirements, free resources after an effect have been disabled.
  • Tidy up layer properties panels: text, timer and webcam.
  • Tidy up the previews in the Add a webcam dialog.
  • Tidy up the Pause settings dialog.
  • Preserve settings of a togglable effect when the effect is disabled in the quick access panel.
  • Iris Color effect updated with better precision and better performance.
  • Disable Cloud Open hamburger menu command when user is not logged in.
  • Special treatment for text selection frame when managing layers.
  • Bongocam servers updated.
  • General optimizations of effects for better performance.
  • Lips Size effect updated.
  • UI elements presentation updates: match the background color and text size of controls to the background of their parent UI elements.
  • Changed colors of resource panel values.
  • Only check for program update once every 24 hour independent of previous check result.
  • Only update ingest and restream servers once every 24 hour independent of previous update result.
  • Reduce program startup delay by lazy downloading of cloud projects.
  • New version of WinSDK v10.0.22621.0 is used to build projects.
  • (AMD) Force High Performance GPU usage for SplitCam. Requires driver v.13.35 or higher.
  • (NVIDIA) Force High Performance GPU usage for SplitCam. Requires driver v.302 or higher.
  • Show first frame of a video file when it is added to scene in paused state.
  • On SplitCam close reset virtual SplitCam camera image to default for all supported resolutions.
  • Clear layer selection when clicked empty space on the scene.
  • Croma Key effect has been updated.
  • Limit the max value of blur setting in the scene pause params.
  • FIXED:
  • Update layers view if part of the main window is hidden off the screen when the layers are changed.
  • Correctly redraw scene controls after the main app window is resized.
  • Prevent layer from moving a tiny bit when it is selected for the first time.
  • Hitting Escape key when combobox is in focus closes dialog.
  • Display correct symbol of 'degree' when drawing current layer rotation angle.
  • Fixed resizing just added layer.
  • Fixed pause button of the Slide Show source.
  • Restored pausing video by pressing Spacebar on the selected layer.
  • Not all canvas effects are visually updated when their settings are changed in the Effects dialog.
  • Scene thumbnails generation.
  • Wrong PDF layer size after adding to a scene.
  • Positioning of some main window elements when the main window is resized.
  • Media lists are not updated when a new layer is added and the main window is partly off the screen.
  • When the main window is resized and part of the main window is off the screen then the hidden part is not updated.
  • Address flickering and spontaneous disappearance of Colors button and Resources panel.
  • Duplicate characters when entering text in the the browser source layer.
  • Copy and paste functionality in the web browser source layers.
  • When working with web browser source the pragram UI was being frozen for short periods of time.
  • When web browser source layer was cropped and resized the mouse events were treated incorrectly in regard to their position.
  • Layer transparency effect.
  • Make cropping to work correctly with zoomed in layers.
  • Prevent detection of fantom faces by floating layers.
  • Fixed program crashing when some of effects with face detection are enabled.
  • Rounding layer corners was not working on cropped layers.
  • Flickering image in video driver clients.
  • Background Blur and Aura effects cannot be disabled from the layer's Effects panel
  • Broken layer selection on the scene after rearranging media source items
  • Web camera was stopped when scene transition is running.
  • High CPU load with paused image source layers.

New in SplitCam 10.6.13 (Jul 19, 2022)

  • HOTFIX:
  • Crash in x86 version on program startup.
  • Low FPS after adding a webcam.
  • Issues with selecting overlapping layers using mouse on the canvas.
  • UPDATED:
  • Make SplitCam overcame the 2GB memory limitation in x86 version.
  • Lower CPU usage when Virtual SplitCam Webcam has connected clients.

New in SplitCam 10.6.12 (Jul 18, 2022)

  • NEW:
  • Added Hair Color effect.
  • Mark enabled effects and tabs with enabled effects in the Effects dialog.
  • Move layers on the scene using keyboard arrow keys (keyboard keys must be enabled in program settings).
  • Now you can enable layers management using keyboard in the Program Settings dialog.
  • UPDATED:
  • Optimized resize algorithms when preparing images for virtual SplitCam web camera.
  • Size layer proportionally when it is being added as a first layer on the scene.
  • Revisit layer management.
  • Disable keyboard layer management keys in browser mode.
  • Prevent layers from being dragged using mouse beyond canvas limits. It's still possible to move a layer beyond canvas using keyboard arraw keys.
  • Optimized Skin Smoother effect to give less GPU load.
  • Correctly set the initial layer size when adding a new capture source.
  • Stop the streaming session when the last stream is deactivated in the stream list dialog.
  • Let turn on/off the Skin Smoother effect from the layers Active Effects panel.
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed video file recorder.
  • Fix bug with webcam showing black screen.
  • Fix FPS drop down after deleting first scene.
  • Open PDF file when its file name contains non-ASCII characters.
  • Fixed crash on deleting webcam.
  • Fixed Speed Test privacy request.
  • Fix: can't write to a video file - file error occurs.
  • Fixed bug with timer, it did not work for more than one minute.
  • Fixed clearing the recommended URL function.
  • Fixed sudden stop of the streaming session when CPU or GPU load is too high for short periods of time.
  • Fixed memory leak in Layer drawing procedure.
  • Fixed Chromakey effect not working.

New in SplitCam 10.6.5 (Jul 2, 2022)

  • NEW:
  • Select next/previous layer by hitting TAB/Shift-TAB keyboard key.
  • Fit selected layer to canvas and remove any cropping by hitting the Enter keyboard key.
  • Delete selected layer by hitting Del or Backspace keyboard key.
  • Run SplitCam after installation.
  • Added unhandled exception handling with stack trace logged to file.
  • Added human readable processor name to log file.
  • Added days counter to log file.
  • Open a project in the running instance of SplitCam by clicking the project file in Windows Explorer.
  • Added SplitCam projects propriatory file extension (*.scproject).
  • Automatically rename existing xml projects by giving them the new extension.
  • Open SplitCam projects from Windows Explorer with double-click.
  • Added the option to reset SplitCam Cloud password.
  • UPDATED:
  • Prevent warnings at the beginning and at the end of a streaming session.
  • Remove separator from the cloud user context menu in the title bar.
  • Grayout the "Cloud->Open..." command during streaming session.
  • Many improvements to the Skin Smoother effect. Better quality and less stress on the hardware.
  • Allow editing stream settings during streaming session but warn that the changes will be applied only after restarting the stream.
  • Save the fastest found ingest server for the duration of SplitCam session.
  • Enhanced overall program stability and robustness.
  • Updated SplitCam Cloud UI dialogs.
  • FIXED:
  • Correctly show and hide hidden part of a cropped image on pressing Ctrl key right after the program startup.
  • Addressed the memory leak problem in DirectShow webcam capture.
  • Stop showing cropped parts of all layers when the Ctrl key is pressed.
  • Fix error when opening encrypted cloud project.
  • Fixed program crash on start up when no last project file is saved to the registry.
  • Fixed crash when a frame is read from a video file when the file source is already deleted.
  • Fixed layer flip effect.
  • Create local.cfg if it doesn't exist yet.
  • Fixed loading last open project file when the last project was the SplitCam's default.xml.
  • When canvas effects are changed in the effects dialog they are not updated in the quick adjust window.
  • Update layer's Fx icon when Skin Smoother effect is changed in the Quick Adjust dialog.
  • The Quick Adjust icon wasn't updated when switching scenes.
  • Try to reinitialize webcam in case of a hardware error. It helps to prevent frozen webcam image. Also added handling of some special media source capture flags: error state and skipped frames.
  • Fixed playback of video files (E_AGAIN when decoding a video packet).
  • Fixed webcam dialog hanging when closing cam previews.
  • Fixed program sometimes crash when showfps local config parameter is set to true.

New in SplitCam 10.5.92 (Jun 14, 2022)

  • NEW:
  • Added Lips Color Effect.
  • Added the option to reset SplitCam Cloud password.
  • Added functionality to crop layers in SplitCam: hold down CTRL key on your keyboard and drag the layer's sizing handles to crop it the way you want. Press CTRL key to show the cropped out part of a layer.
  • Check if GPU configuration of the system has changed and recalibrate SplitCam processing powers.
  • Hash user passwords and encrypt sensitive data when working with cloud projects.
  • Added status text to splash screen during program start up.
  • Added setting to browser layer.
  • UPDATED:
  • Updated SplitCam Cloud UI dialogs.
  • Lower stream log output to fatal errors only.
  • Cloud project name must not contain special characters now.
  • Updated the way of detecting GPUs available on the system.
  • Lower down system requirements for Skin Smoother effect.
  • Disable multiple same log errors and warnings when decoding MJPEG webcam images and in case of failed video effects.
  • Don't show Driver Properties menu item for webcams that don't support it.
  • Disable usage of Jasmin virtual webcams since they crash much too often.
  • Restore browser scroll position when loading saved project but only in case the browser layer is cropped.
  • Updated and extended browser source scroll functionality.
  • Change build toolset to v142, change SDK to 19041.
  • Apply audio track volume before aplying any filters.
  • In the main window title bar clearly identify when cloud project is loaded into SplitCam.
  • Remove bitrate limitation during recording to file.
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed ALL CAPS characters in web browser layer.
  • Fixed error with entering international characters in web browser layer.
  • Prevent loading local default.xml from cloud server on program startup.
  • Fixed webcam loading error when switching scenes.
  • Fixed slow webcam adding and black screen after adding a webcam.
  • Fixed turn recording on/off by pressing Ctrl-R hotkey.
  • Webcam driver properties dialog was opening only once a session.
  • Added exception catcher and error output to log file when video file cannot be opened. Previously program crashed there.
  • Fixed program crash when using Enlarge Lips effect.
  • Fixed error with incorrect server selection in stream settings.
  • Fixed some SplitCam Cloud projects synchronization issues.
  • Fixed loading layers from older projects.
  • Correctly handle focused frames when layers are selected on the scene. Restore focus to the last focused window after switching apps.
  • Prevent layers from showing cropped out parts on Ctrl press when the layer is not selected.
  • Fixed layer size of not 16:9 video when being added to a scene.
  • Restored audio effects (filters). They stopped working in one of previous versions.
  • Fixed broken title layout with some Windows display scaling settings.

New in SplitCam 10.5.80 (May 8, 2022)

  • NEW:
  • Cloud projects added:
  • Save, Open cloud projects commands in "Burger menu" - Login to cloud server - Display current cloud login status - Delete projects from cloud server - Synchronize projects between local computer and the cloud
  • Added unintrusive messages which are shown above canvas. They are indended to give user some hints and tips, informational messages, warnings, etc. A sound is played when such message is displayed and user attention is desirable.
  • Added an option during SplitCam installation to disable usage of Frame Server by Windows Media Foundation. Frame Server is a Microsoft's way of providing more secure access to webcams. Unfortunately it also breaks some existing functionality of Windows when working with web-cameras. Set this option during SplitCam installation process to disable Frame Server and restore multiple applications access to connected webcams. This is a system-wide setting. SplitCam will not try to change it when the option is not checked and it will not change it during uninstall process.
  • Added processing of TAB key in some UI dialogs. Full TAB key support will be added in later versions.
  • Measure internet upload speed and advise user to turn on or off the usage of restreaming service. Speed test is performed once on program startup and is saved until SplitCam is restarted. Testing takes up to a few minutes and runs in the background. Whenever user starts streaming a message will appear above the canvas if Restream setting is not optimal.
  • Dynamically update the list of restream servers to the verified version during program startup.
  • UPDATED:
  • Removed undesirable galo around cut out object when applying background removal or replacement effect.
  • Added an option to make snapshots every 5 seconds.
  • New algorithms to detect face in Skin Smoother effect.
  • Highly optimized resizing methods when processing canvas before sending the picture to stream or to the SplitCam video driver. GPU is used wherever possible. This change allowed to decrease processor load by several times in many use cases.
  • Added 60 fps mode to SplitCam driver.
  • Speed up scene switching when full screen capture layer is present on the scene.
  • Verify project file format before opening it. Skip loading unsupported file formats.
  • Disable editing or deleting stream settings during a streaming session.
  • Skin Smoother filter update
  • Auto save project file whenever a stream is enabled or disabled.
  • Auto save project file whenever Restream option is changed.
  • FIXED:
  • Minor fixes to SplitCam Virtual Webcam driver.
  • Disabled flashing canvas when taking a snapshot - this caused snapshots to be dark quite often.
  • Changed snapshot logic and naming to make it possible to take snapshots in time intervals less than 1 second, when user clicks the button quickly.
  • Fixed issue with global hotkeys being registered even when they were disabled in program settings.
  • Fixed on timer scene switching in the mini window.
  • When restarting timer source start counting seconds from maximum timer duration instead of the zero value.
  • Fixed full screen capture source zoom factor when loading a project file.
  • Corrected handling of Restream option saving and loading.
  • Refresh stream list view when loading another project.
  • Fixed memory leak when switching scenes containing full screen capture layer(s).
  • Fixed guf with user button on title bar when app resizing.

New in SplitCam 10.5.62 (Jan 12, 2022)

  • NEW:
  • New layer type: Automation Timer.
  • Added webcam video format selection.
  • Localize effects names and params.
  • Added scene pause button to the main SplitCam window.
  • UPDATED:
  • Added droplist placeholder text in layer properties dialog.
  • Changed method of switching scenes on timer event.
  • Disabled saving project when switching scenes on timer event.
  • Timer sound changed.
  • Timer: notify about scene name changes.
  • Disabled fastest server search detailed output to log file.
  • Added GPU usage statistics to log file.
  • Multithreaded realization for all effects working with background processing effects. Quality and speed of processing notably increased.
  • Updated camera format selection code. New implementation.
  • Only allow users to select supported webcam parameters.
  • Added functions to find the best match among supported webcam parameters.
  • Avoid unnecessary camera restarts when working with camera source settings.
  • Changed method of restoring webcam format param from saved project file.
  • Audio sources' volume slider updated to logarithmic scale - it's easier to control volume in the lower range.
  • Disable streamer's ffmpeg debug output while connecting to stream servers.
  • New audio mixer realised.
  • Background Remove and Background Blur are now two separate effects.
  • Set audio source volume indicator to zero when the source is muted, the scene is paused or the global mute button is clicked.
  • Action button on scene pause was changed to yellow color.
  • Enlarge Eyes effect now more reliably detects eyes.
  • New neural library for face detection.
  • Automatically disable effects that cannot be initialized.
  • For not togglable effects reset all params to zero when the effect is disabled.
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed crash during program exit when timer switches scenes.
  • Fixed bug with gif animation delay.
  • Fixed audio mute bug reproduced in video source: 1) mute 2) pause 3) unmute 4) play - sound remains muted.
  • Update an audio track volume indicator when the track is muted.
  • Changed identification of webcams by their paths. This allows for correct processing of two or more identical webcams.
  • Fixed random crash when deleting webcam source.
  • Addressed crash in video context destructor.
  • Restore muted tracks when loading from saved project file.
  • Fixed applying audio sources volume settings during project load process.
  • Fixed sending audio data to stream.
  • Fixed deleting unused tracks in audio mixer.
  • Fixed: stop audio mixer when inactivating paused scene.
  • Fixed bug with context menu.
  • Fixed bugs with video, webbrowser and ipcam audio tracks.
  • Fixed bugs with audio and video playlists removeAllItems method.
  • Fixed pause mode in audio capture sources.
  • Fixed some errors in Chromakey effect.
  • Fixed bugs with start delay of image source (image, gif, slideshow)
  • Fixed search for the fastest server in case when the servers list exceeds 64 items.
  • Fixes related to all capture sources.
  • Fixed bug with video pause.
  • Fixed bug with loaders gif pause.
  • Fixed pop color effect: was not woring without enabled blur effect.
  • Fixed file recorder. Often times the recording would stop by itself right after start.

New in SplitCam 10.5.38 (Sep 27, 2021)

  • UPDATED:
  • Enable Chroma effect for Image sources.
  • Optimized detection of key color in Chroma effect.
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed crash when adding a webcam. Crash occurred in alpha blur filter.

New in SplitCam 10.5.35 (Sep 21, 2021)

  • NEW:
  • Added effect "Remove background" (x64 version only). Applies to video file and webcam sources only.
  • Added effect "Blur background" (x64 version only). Applies to video file and webcam sources only.
  • Added effect "Dynamic contrast".
  • Submenus added to context menus.
  • New capture source: Video playlist. Add several video files which are to be played consecutively.
  • New capture source: Audio playlist. Add several audio files which are to be played consecutively.
  • You can control playback and edit a playlist in a separate windows: click the "..." (for video playlist) or "Gear" (for audio playlist) button and select the "Playlist" command.
  • Added MJPEG support into DirectShow capture.
  • Added pause source on space key. (VideoFileSource, SlideshowSource)
  • UPDATED:
  • Chromakey filters group renamed to Background.
  • Background processing filteres are all moved to the Background group.
  • Filter names and parameters prepared for translation to other human languages.
  • In the "Add new source layer" menu: display sharing commands moved to "Share display" submenu.
  • In the "Add new source layer" menu: audio source capture commands moved to "Audio Source" submenu.
  • The Effects dialog is not movable. Click-and-drag in any space uncovered by other controls to move it.
  • When a checkbox state is changed show/hide controls associated with it. This is currently used in Chromakey effect when enabling/disabling automatic key color selection.
  • Color picker of a color control is now automatically disabled as soon as a color is selected. To keep the color picker active hold down Alt key on the keyboard when making a selection.
  • Reworked audio mixer and a new implementation of audio/video synchronization in stream is done for now. Known problems: the stream is not stable - audio/video packets seem to gradually divert in their PTS values which causes stream reinitialization on the receiving side, also the audio track changes tempo and plays back either faster or slower every next few seconds.
  • Audio/video synchronization in stream is greatly enhanced.
  • Audio/video frame rate is now more accurate.
  • Video driver updated to support 60 fps output.
  • Better support for 60 fps scenes.
  • Some filters performance enhanced by moving code execution to GPU.
  • Only automatically show About dialog when a newer version is run for the first time.
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed bug with LUT loading from project.
  • Fixed bugs with adding video into audio playlist.
  • Fixed color palette not being updated with a picked color in Color Control UI elements.
  • Fixed crash when opening Add Webcam dialog when some webcam models are connected to computer.
  • Fixed switching scenes with the same webcam on each of them.
  • Fixed GIF-loader for IP-camera preload.
  • Fixed errors with handling file paths containing international symbols.
  • Safely handle international symbols during Skin Smoother initialization.
  • Added missing shader files to setup file.
  • Create file path before actually saving a file.
  • Fixed crash on fast effect parameters change.

New in SplitCam 10.5.28 (Jul 17, 2021)

  • NEW:
  • Added scrolling tolltips. If a tooltip is too long to fit into standard size window, the text within automatically starts scrolling up.
  • Added interact mode button into webbrowser layer bar. Use the 'interaction' mode for working with text in the browser layer.
  • UPDATED:
  • Hide control bar in browser layer when in interaction mode.
  • Browser control bar icons updated.
  • Effect names and parameters can now be translated in other languages. The translations will come with future updates.
  • Renamed Skin Tone parameters.
  • Save program settings to file every time the Settings dialog is closed with the OK button. In earlier versions the settings were saved only on successful program exit.
  • FIXED:
  • 'Auto select key color' state of the Chromakey effect was not saved with the project.
  • Sometimes video file sources stopped working when fast forwarded or rewinded. The problem was addressed in this version.
  • Skin Toner effect didn't work in previous version.
  • Fixed Mirror and Flip effects.

New in SplitCam 10.5.12 (Feb 24, 2021)

  • NEW:
  • Resizable main SplitCam window
  • Scrolling of stream list, layer list and scene list
  • Drag & drop support in stream list, layer list and scene list
  • Added direct Edit Effect button for each active effect in layer's Fx panel
  • Added option in Settings dialog to disable hotkeys
  • Added new stream channel ChatHostess
  • Added new stream channel Visit-X
  • Added a new option to show or not to show the popup preview window when splitcam is minimalized
  • Added a new speed option to Transition effects
  • Options to auto detect best (fastest) ingest server if there is a choice of multiple servers
  • Added Lock button to media layers to prevent their resizing and moving
  • New options for text layers to set up the scrolling direction: left to right, bottom to top, etc
  • Save window share sources between SplitCam sessions
  • Restore window share sources as soon as they become available
  • Added automatic selection of the fastest restream server
  • Added dynamic Twitch ingest servers list update
  • Added settings for video recordings
  • Added scenes drag&drop
  • Added drag&drop to layer lists
  • Added drag&drop to stream lists
  • Added saving/restoring position of floating panels
  • Added more effects to IP-Camera sources
  • Streams dialog made detachable
  • Adjust SplitCam main window size according to available screen space
  • UPDATED:
  • Auto update ingest servers in a separate thread to shorten SplitCam loading time
  • Changed SplitCam standard checkbox icon to toggle switch icon
  • Changed notification button icon
  • Rearranged Snapshots tab controls in the Settings dialog
  • Changed the snapshots series label
  • Changed checkbox controls in the program settings dialog to standardized implementation
  • Reposition controls n the general tab in the settings dialog
  • New gif loader code
  • Changes to statistics graphs view
  • Changed background color of Custom channel in channel selection dialog
  • Enhanced sticking logic in floating panels
  • Optimized UI redrawing when main window is resized
  • Added position checks when creating popup preview window
  • Updated game capture methods
  • Updated naming scheme for auto generated new and duplicate scene names
  • Disable warning about minimum recommended screen resolution
  • Dynamically adjust stream list size to always keep it within main window: need this on smaller resolution
  • Reduced context menu vertical size
  • Changed layout and name of the Stream Channels dialog to take up less space on screen
  • Disable hiding Quick Adjust dialog when Stream list dialog is shown
  • Smooth drawing of scroll bars
  • Adjust stream list dialog size to the desktop resolution when sizing of moving the main app window
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed inaccuracies in statistics panels
  • Fixed bug with lost selection frame when layer corners are rounded
  • Addressed instability issues with canvas FPS
  • Fixed crashing when bringing up settings for a removed webcam
  • Addressed the issue with mute state of audio sources not being saved between SplitCam sessions
  • Fewer reconnections to stream server: don't treat missing ping requests as an error
  • Fixed bug with crush frames in some GIF files
  • Fixed bug with corner radius in layer
  • Removed flickering when clicking the media bar in a layer on the scene
  • Avoid accidental selection of underlying layer at the end of selection frame resizing
  • Fixed bug with text rotation
  • Fixed setting audio volume
  • Fixed position of selection frames after scene switching scenes and resizing main window
  • Update selection frame size and position when main window is resizded
  • Fixed redrawing issues with some UI elements
  • Fixed FPS format in webcamera settings
  • Fixed scrolling text
  • Fixed sorting of capabilities in webcam settings
  • Fixed resizing of floating panels
  • Fixed close button on statistics panel
  • Fixed camera crash after changing settings
  • Fixed project loading error when processing a scene with a saved shared window layer
  • Hide tooltips window from alt-tab switcher
  • Fix error with scrolling by dragging a scroll bar from non-zero initial position
  • Optimized redrawing child window during scrolling: prevent child windows from painting to each other
  • Fixed layer's LUT effect saving and restoring to/from project file
  • Fixed frozen layer after rearranging scenes
  • Fixed activating a layer after rearranging scenes

New in SplitCam 10.4.96 (Jan 20, 2021)

  • NEW:
  • Added Romanian language
  • Added Italian language
  • Added Spanish language
  • Added restart query on UI language change
  • UPDATED:
  • Changed eyedropper cursor
  • Update code for UI translations
  • Changed color of the progress bar in video selection frame
  • Updated naming scheme in snapshot series
  • Added additional error handling to project loader to skip scenes which load with errors but keep on wit
  • Webcam name fix in log output on capabilities enumeration
  • Added required runtime dlls to setup project
  • Added error check in GIF loader to account for non-existing files
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed bug with UI statistics
  • Fixed erroneously closing main window when hitting Esc or Enter key while a floating panel is active
  • Fixed bug with some gifs delay
  • Fixed bug with black background in slideshows
  • Fixed threads syncing in webcam preview initialization
  • Fixed errors working with webcams selection frames used for moving and resizing layers
  • Addressed the wrong tooltips appearing from ransom controls
  • Fixed disappearing name of an audio source layer list item when the item is close to the bottom
  • Fixed leaking user object system resource (static selection frames were not deleted properly)
  • Fixed error with disappearing text in UI elements
  • Modified some text strings in translation files
  • Fixed crashing when deleting video sources having audio tracks with the same name and path
  • Fixed memory leaks in layers management code
  • Fixed webcams FPS selection not always working
  • Fixed web browser layer not always working
  • Overall program stability enhanced

New in SplitCam 10.4.23 Beta (Aug 18, 2020)

  • NEW:
  • Added hotkeys. View all hotkeys assignments in the Settings dialog.
  • Added pause mode activated by pressing the space key on the keyboard.
  • Users having admin rights can change SplitCam virtual camera name.
  • Added histogram to the Quick Adjust window. Use the histogram for fast and easy correction of
  • the overall image lightning: adjust bright and dark areas as well as the mid-point.
  • Added control tooltips. Hover your mouse pointer over a control to see its description. The
  • tooltips can be turned off in the Settings dialog.
  • Added command line switches for testing purposes. Use the /? command line switch to see the list
  • of available switches.
  • Added audio sources volume level indicators. Volumes over 75 dB are marked with yellow color and
  • volumes over 85 dB are marked with red color.
  • Show About dialog when a new version of SplitCam is started for the first time.
  • Added OS version output to log file.
  • Added a button to duplicate a scene.
  • Added Opacity setting to most of scene effects.
  • UPDATED:
  • Don’t select a layer when its visibility state changes.
  • Unselect the layer when its state changes to invisible.
  • Text layer command bar icons updated.
  • Slight but noticable increase in CPU performance when preparing video for streaming.
  • In restreaming mode use the FPS set for the restream server instead of the maximum FPS among
  • individual streams.
  • When selecting text or stroke color for text layers correctly set the initially selected color in
  • the ChooseColor dialog. Add a new custom color automatically if necessary.
  • The minimal view window, activated when SplitCam is minimized, can now be resized by clicking and
  • dragging its border on any side. Keep holding the Alt key to temporarily disable proportional
  • resizing.
  • In case of an error during GPU detection a message will be recorded to the program log file.
  • Changed look of UI check box element.
  • Text layer command bar icons updated.
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed incorrect proportions when zooming out a layer at frame edge.
  • Fixed random webcam freezing when switching scenes.
  • Fixed crash when selecting desktop region for capturing.
  • Fixed random crashes during network activity on program exit.
  • Fixed RGB24 webcam source processing. Includes fix for VISIT-X Video Splitter virtual webcam.
  • Fixed video file recording.
  • Fixed error: stream wouldn’t start if file recording is in progress.
  • Fixed random picture freezing during captured frame processing.
  • Fixed potential error of creating thumbnail for a web browser or ip-cam source which has already
  • been deleted.
  • Fixed error with detecting available GPUs when there are no streams set up yet.

New in SplitCam 10.4.22 Beta (Aug 18, 2020)

  • NEW:
  • Added hotkeys. View all hotkeys assignments in the Settings dialog.
  • Added pause mode activated by pressing the space key on the keyboard.
  • Users having admin rights can change SplitCam virtual camera name.
  • Added histogram to the Quick Adjust window. Use the histogram for fast and easy correction of
  • the overall image lightning: adjust bright and dark areas as well as the mid-point.
  • Added control tooltips. Hover your mouse pointer over a control to see its description. The
  • tooltips can be turned off in the Settings dialog.
  • Added command line switches for testing purposes. Use the /? command line switch to see the list
  • of available switches.
  • Added audio sources volume level indicators. Volumes over 75 dB are marked with yellow color and
  • volumes over 85 dB are marked with red color.
  • Show About dialog when a new version of SplitCam is started for the first time.
  • Added OS version output to log file.
  • Added a button to duplicate a scene.
  • Added Opacity setting to most of scene effects.
  • UPDATED:
  • Don’t select a layer when its visibility state changes.
  • Unselect the layer when its state changes to invisible.
  • Text layer command bar icons updated.
  • Slight but noticable increase in CPU performance when preparing video for streaming.
  • In restreaming mode use the FPS set for the restream server instead of the maximum FPS among
  • individual streams.
  • When selecting text or stroke color for text layers correctly set the initially selected color in
  • the ChooseColor dialog. Add a new custom color automatically if necessary.
  • The minimal view window, activated when SplitCam is minimized, can now be resized by clicking and
  • dragging its border on any side. Keep holding the Alt key to temporarily disable proportional
  • resizing.
  • In case of an error during GPU detection a message will be recorded to the program log file.
  • Changed look of UI check box element.
  • Text layer command bar icons updated.
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed incorrect proportions when zooming out a layer at frame edge.
  • Fixed random webcam freezing when switching scenes.
  • Fixed crash when selecting desktop region for capturing.
  • Fixed random crashes during network activity on program exit.
  • Fixed RGB24 webcam source processing. Includes fix for VISIT-X Video Splitter virtual webcam.
  • Fixed video file recording.
  • Fixed error: stream wouldn’t start if file recording is in progress.
  • Fixed random picture freezing during captured frame processing.
  • Fixed potential error of creating thumbnail for a web browser or ip-cam source which has already
  • been deleted.
  • Fixed error with detecting available GPUs when there are no streams set up yet.

New in SplitCam 10.4.8 Beta (Aug 17, 2020)

  • NEW:
  • Added Frames canvas effects.
  • Added fast webcam switching between scenes when both scenes have the same webcam with identical
  • paramters.
  • Mini window: account for multiple monitor setup. Mini window now maximizes to full screen on the
  • current monitor. Mini window is restored to the same monitor it was last visible on.
  • UPDATED:
  • Changed look of UI check box element.
  • Initial text layer size calculated according to current screen resolution and Windows scaling.
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed UI scaling at some Windows scaling settings.
  • Fixed IP-camera not working with an on-board Intel GPU.
  • Fixed flip and mirror effects.
  • Addressed issues with forced program termination in case of GPU errors.
  • Fixed text layer visibility toggle.
  • Fixed bug with switching between blink and scroll in text layer.
  • Text layer font sizes in display and edit modes revisited.
  • Stream library updated. Fixed handler of user initiated closing stream in direct conection mode.

New in SplitCam 10.3.78 Beta (Jun 4, 2020)

  • NEW:
  • Optimized video file processing: 4K videos at 60 fps are now supported.
  • Added system sound capture source.
  • UPDATED:
  • Disable unavailable sources in ‘Add source’ popup menu.
  • Mouse clicks on media progress bar are made easier for user: click above or below the progress bar to change video playback position.
  • Release memory resources when a scene is inactive or a layer becomes invisible.
  • Reviewed handling of live and static previews on scene buttons.
  • Paused and hidden layers states are correctly saved when switching between scenes.
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed bug with disappearing static layers when switching scenes.
  • Fixed wrong canvas FPS saving to project file.
  • Fixed memory handling issues in GIF player.

New in SplitCam 10.3.77 Beta (Jun 4, 2020)

  • NEW:
  • Added global reset button for canvas effects.
  • Transition effects added: fade-out, cross-fade, swap.
  • Added button to apply transition to all scenes.
  • Added frames effects.
  • Added reset button to effect settings.
  • Support for 48 kHz audio in video files.
  • Optimized code for playing video files: 60 fps support, more video formats are now supported.
  • Added restream settings button: user can now set her own restreaming params.
  • Added full screen mode in miniwindow.
  • Added support for LUTs in PNG format.
  • UPDATED:
  • Stream submodule updated to address high memory load when streaming with poor internet connection.
  • Cleaned up logging: removed unnecessary output from log files.
  • Updated code to apply canvas resolution to all scenes and to newly added scenes.
  • When loading plugins skip those that have already been loaded.
  • Additional plugin directory to be searched for plugins on program start.
  • Effect previews now use JPG format instead of PNG to save disk space.
  • Disabled autosaving project during the first few seconds after it’s been loaded.
  • Changed Gamma effect processing.
  • Mini Window updated icons are now dynamically resized according to the window size. They are easier to view this way.
  • Main window Minimize and Close buttons updated.
  • Audio driver updated.
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed issues with webcam preview when adding a webcam to a scene.
  • Fixed bug with text layer disappearing after being edited.
  • Fixed broken canvas when zooming in on a picture moved to (0,0) position.
  • Optimized full screen capture code.
  • Some rare issues addressed in web browser source.
  • Fixed an orphaned selection frame after deleting a webcam layer.
  • Fixed crash when restream dialog is summoned before any streams were added.
  • Fixed bugs with LUTs.

New in SplitCam 10.3.66 Beta (Jun 4, 2020)

  • IMPORTANT NOTE:
  • This version includes SplitCam virtual device drivers updates! We cannot guarantee complete removal of previous device driver files which can be used by Windows operating system. Thus it is highly recommended to do a clean install: uninstall previous version of SplitCam; reboot your computer; install this version.
  • NEW:
  • New virtual microphone device driver.
  • Removed virtual output device driver as it is no longer needed.
  • Added check for prooperly installed virtual microphone device. User sees a
  • warning message if the driver for the virtual microphne cannot be loaded.
  • In case of driver error the program can continue to run but the micriphone will
  • not be available.
  • Video effects added and can be applied to each scene independently.
  • Added 3D Lookup Table video effect support: CUBE format.
  • Added 3D Lookup Table video effect support: PNG format.
  • Program title now shows currently opened project file path.
  • Added Alt-F4 handler which correctly closes the application.
  • Added Gamma effect to canvas.
  • Program settings dialog added with General Settings, Snapshot settings and
  • Video recorder settings. More options are to be added in future versions.
  • User can now change canvas size and FPS in program settings.
  • Layers can now be selected by directly mouse-clicking them on the scene.
  • UPDATED:
  • Added hilite to the name of selected scene.
  • Updated handling of project (un)loading: project dirty flag added, autosave
  • code changed, changed logic of saving projects under different file name:
  • project saved by Save as… command becomes current project, if autosave
  • option is disabled then user is queried to save the dirty project on exit or on
  • switching projects.
  • Setup updated to address the issues when running installer while the program
  • is running.
  • Updated monitor source saver with a parameter for saving multiple monitor
  • sources.
  • Optimizations to video encoders during streaming. Processor load
  • noticeably reduced.
  • Disabled starting streamer when there are no active streams.
  • Paused source state is now saved when switching scenes.
  • CamPlace web site stream url updated.
  • Video encoder updated with additional parameters to address possible
  • audio/video sync problems.
  • Project saving code updated to reduce file size and omit certain defaults.
  • Additional checks added to catch and treat errors while loading projects from
  • files.
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed loading local files in Web Browser Source layers.
  • Fixed distorted sound from mike when mike is used in multiple scenes.
  • Fixed addressing non existing active scene object in CIpCameraSource.
  • Fixed errors related to closing first canvas.
  • Fixed bugs with full screen source.
  • Fixed crash when streaming on NVIDIA in x64 release version.
  • Reset zero effect parameter value to its default when loading project from file.
  • Fixed errors when working with full screen source on different scenes.
  • Fixed errors with window grabbing in window source layers.

New in SplitCam 7.6.4.1 (May 29, 2017)

  • New:
  • New internal codec.
  • Broadcast(live stream) for Facebook.com.
  • Broadcast for Youtube.com.
  • Added the Paste button to the Broadcast control.
  • In Help added details for Broadcast for each TV server.
  • New scrolling control for the Effects.
  • Sound optimization in the Audio mixer.
  • Added the option Show start info.
  • Optimization for record finish.
  • Fixed:
  • DirectShow::GetListResolutions – m_pCaptureBuilder->FindInterface() error – hr=0x80004003 m_pSrcFilter=0x0 m_pAMStreamConfig=0x0
  • Did not work the log for switch of Video Source.
  • Failed to load ffmpeg.dll.
  • Crash after play of video without an audio track.
  • Broadcast bug: Error while decoding stream #0:0
  • Recording bug: Error while opening encoder for output stream.
  • Output corrupted frames for 512×384 resolution.

New in SplitCam 6 (Nov 30, 2015)

  • New features:
  • Modified Video capture methods
  • Broadcast mode
  • Video quality in Options
  • YouTube uploading up to 2 GB
  • Security feature: Move Detect
  • Updated local Help
  • New version of FFDSHOW codec (June, 2013)
  • Refreshed IP camera lists
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Error: CDirectShow – Problem on line 2651
  • Custom effect error in MS Windows Vista/7/8/8.1
  • Did not work YouTube uploading
  • Skype did not see SplitCam filter
  • No fonts (#Empty) after auto start with Windows
  • Did not install SplitCam Video Driver to Windows 8.1
  • Start button did not work with IP Cameras
  • SplitCam Video Driver did not capture video 1280×720

New in SplitCam 5.4.3.5 (May 5, 2011)

  • Different video resolutions (including HD): go to Options and select needed resolution. In one of the next posts we’ll describe work with this feature.
  • New cool effects added. Just check them.
  • Video sources structure redesigned for more usability
  • Few other less significant improvements

New in SplitCam 5.4.3.2 (Mar 1, 2011)

  • Windows 7, Vista compatibility
  • Proper work with x64 operating systems
  • New program interface design
  • Webcam effects:
  • Video filters
  • Face items (masks, hats, eyes, wigs…)
  • Background change
  • Frames
  • Avatars
  • Flags
  • Holidays and fun objects
  • Text over video
  • Date&time
  • Your own webcam effects
  • Different video sources support:
  • Webcam
  • Desktop (full desktop, partial or selected desktop area)
  • Image file
  • Video file
  • Video record feature
  • Upload to YouTube option
  • Playlist and Slideshow features improved
  • Updated snapshot manager
  • Full screen mode