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Captura Changelog

What's new in Captura 9.0.0 Beta 4

Mar 26, 2020
  • Rewrote audio handling, audio+video recordings should be more stable.
  • Region picker
  • Fix: Negative Window handles not supported by CLI (#413)
  • Screen picker dialog
  • RGB to NV12 on GPU before sending frames to FFmpeg
  • Replay recording (record last X seconds), Steps recorder
  • Redesigned main window and settings ui
  • Preview on main window
  • Removed internal image editor. External image editor can be configured. Defaults to MS Paint.
  • Fix: Fallback to default path if output drive not present
  • Audio device peak level shown in audio settings page
  • Webcam overlay size specified as fraction of recording size
  • Option to force GDI instead of Desktop Duplicaton
  • Copy error to clipboard includes system info.
  • Webcam and mic are activated only when required.
  • Only runs a Single instance
  • x64 support

New in Captura 9.0.0 Beta 3 (May 3, 2019)

  • This release focuses on some performance improvements.
  • Screen and Full Screen modes use Desktop Duplication by default on Windows 8 and above.
  • The separate Desktop Duplication source has been removed.
  • Added MediaFoundation H.264 Hardware encoded writer. This has been made the default.
  • Also, added an around mouse recording mode.

New in Captura 8.0.0 Beta 5 (Oct 12, 2018)

  • Fix Cmdline Region capture

New in Captura 7.0.1 (Mar 20, 2018)

  • Fixed FFMpeg download link

New in Captura 7.0.0 (Mar 14, 2018)

  • Improved efficiency of specific screen capture.
  • The window is repositioned on startup if it is outside desktop bounds.
  • Handle errors when copying to clipboard.
  • Localization is done using JSON files.
  • Fixed full screen region size.
  • Refresh updates the full screen region size.
  • Desktop Duplication is now shown as a video source.
  • Reuse Image and Graphics objects without disposing to reduce CPU usage.
  • Better organisation in Settings file: Captura.json.
  • Prevent crashes when possible.
  • Fixed unability to precisely resize Region Selector on high DPI.
  • Option to Hide Region Selector during recording.
  • Lagarith codec support through SharpAvi (Install codec manually, disable Null Frames and select RGB as format).
  • Overlays:
  • Added support for Custom Text overlays. %elapsed% can be used as a replacement token for the time elapsed.
  • Opacity support for Webcam overlay.
  • Remember selected webcam.
  • Clicks & Keystrokes can be turned on/off during capture
  • Hotkeys to Toggle Click and Keystrokes overlays (Alpha)
  • FFMpeg:
  • Added Custom format for FFMpeg. Can be used by selecting encoder as FFMpeg > Custom and customizing arguments in Config > FFMpeg.
  • Alpha: Live Streaming
  • Alpha: NVENC support
  • Fixed unability to record multiple screens with total width or height indivisible by 2.
  • FFMpeg can be installed from the commandline.

New in Captura 6.0.1 (Nov 6, 2017)

  • Fix: High memory usage when recording a specific screen.

New in Captura 6.0.0 (Nov 1, 2017)

  • Improved consistency and animations in the UI.
  • fix: Prevent Variable Frame Rate GIF with Desktop Duplication.
  • Improve audio-video synchronisation.
  • fix: Screen recording with Desktop Duplication has an extra black region.
  • fix: Error after recording without Desktop Duplication after trying to record with when it is not supported.
  • fix: Error when Region Selector is taken out of visible bounds during recording.
  • Added a simple drawing canvas.
  • fix: Using Screenshot resize resulted in blank images.
  • Pause recording on Sleep/Hibernate.
  • Webcam:
  • fix: Webcam preview fails when Captura is run on dedicated graphics processor.
  • Webcam drawn as overlay.
  • Added Configure | Webcam for position and size of Webcam overlay.
  • Opening Preview window is optional.
  • Capture image button on header.
  • MouseKeyHook:
  • MouseKeyHook customizations embedded in Config menu.
  • Multipliers shown for repeated keystrokes.
  • History of selected no of previous keystrokes displayed in overlay.
  • fix: Corrected Keystrokes Center positioning.
  • Installation:
  • Moving to standard type of installer where you the user has control over options.
  • Chocolatey upgrade is now used again.
  • Translation:
  • Language selection moved to Configure tab.
  • Added lots of translations.

New in Captura 5.0.1 (Sep 15, 2017)

  • Added Spanish Translation.

New in Captura 5.0.0 (Aug 10, 2017)

  • Include Cursor cannot be changed during capture.
  • Default hotkeys made simpler.
  • Authenticated Proxy support.
  • Settings saved in APPDATA/Captura/Settings.json. Recent Items and Hotkeys saved in separate files.
  • fix: Variable Frame Rate Gif delay between frames.
  • fix: Pausing with Variable Frame Rate Gif.
  • fix: Region highlight borders not cleared after snapping.
  • Shows error when unable to register hotkeys on start.
  • Copy as Path option on Recent Items.
  • Added support for using Desktop Duplication API.
  • Removed Folder Writer due to high system resource consumption.
  • Dropped frames are compensated with duplicated frames.
  • MessageBox shown and Log file created on crash.
  • Update Check
  • UI:
  • Tabbed Configure page with Hotkeys and Extras embedded.
  • Number Boxes to specify size of Region Selector.
  • Added a Dark Theme.
  • Removed Minimize to Tray checkbox.
  • Removed selection of Topbar color.
  • Added a Minimize to Tray button.
  • Change in Audio/Video Sources:
  • [Desktop] under Window changed to Full Screeb under Screen.
  • Screen kind is always visible.
  • No Video renamed to Only Audio.
  • Audio alone Codecs shown under Only Audio source.
  • WebCam is selected on the Main Window.
  • Window recording is of the initial size of window. Any resizing of the window is scaled to fit.
  • Console:
  • fix: Video dimensions made even when capturing region from console.
  • fix: Error running console with input redirected.
  • fix: Use culture invariant string to represent region rectangle in console.
  • ScreenShots:
  • ScreenShot Save Location and Format options on Main Tab.
  • Support for uploading ScreenShots to Imgur.
  • Option to hide MainWindow on Full Screen ScreenShot.
  • FFMpeg:
  • FFMpeg is the default encoder.
  • Audio and Video muxed in Realtime in FFMpeg capture.
  • Added FFMpeg Downloader.
  • Added FFMpeg HEVC Intel QSV encoder.
  • FFMpeg is always shown in encoders list.
  • A message with actions to take shown when trying to use FFMpeg in its absence.

New in Captura 5.0.0 Beta 2 (Aug 7, 2017)

  • Window recording is of initial size of window, instead of whole screen. Any resizes in the window are scaled to fit.
  • Added a Minimize to Tray button on top bar.
  • fix: Takes too long to start. Updates check is done asynchronously.
  • Desktop Duplication can be used for Full Screen ScreenShots.
  • fix: Already hidden window shows up after Full Screen ScreenShot.

New in Captura 5.0.0 Beta 1 (Aug 7, 2017)

  • Include Cursor cannot be changed during capture.
  • Default hotkeys made simpler.
  • Authenticated Proxy support.
  • Settings saved in APPDATA/Captura/Settings.json. Recent Items and Hotkeys saved in separate files.
  • fix: Variable Frame Rate Gif delay between frames.
  • fix: Pausing with Variable Frame Rate Gif.
  • fix: Region highlight borders not cleared after snapping.
  • Shows error when unable to register hotkeys on start.
  • Copy as Path option on Recent Items.
  • Added support for using Desktop Duplication API.
  • Removed Folder Writer due to high system resource consumption.
  • Dropped frames are compensated with duplicated frames.
  • MessageBox shown and Log file created on crash.
  • Update Check
  • UI:
  • Tabbed Configure page with Hotkeys and Extras embedded.
  • Number Boxes to specify size of Region Selector.
  • Added a Dark Theme.
  • Removed Minimize to Tray checkbox.
  • Removed selection of Topbar color.
  • Added a Minimize to Tray button.
  • Change in Audio/Video Sources:
  • [Desktop] under Window changed to Full Screeb under Screen.
  • Screen kind is always visible.
  • No Video renamed to Only Audio.
  • Audio alone Codecs shown under Only Audio source.
  • WebCam is selected on the Main Window.
  • Window recording is of the initial size of window. Any resizing of the window is scaled to fit.
  • Console:
  • fix: Video dimensions made even when capturing region from console.
  • fix: Error running console with input redirected.
  • fix: Use culture invariant string to represent region rectangle in console.
  • ScreenShots:
  • ScreenShot Save Location and Format options on Main Tab.
  • Support for uploading ScreenShots to Imgur.
  • Option to hide MainWindow on Full Screen ScreenShot.
  • FFMpeg:
  • FFMpeg is the default encoder.
  • Audio and Video muxed in Realtime in FFMpeg capture.
  • Added FFMpeg Downloader.
  • Added FFMpeg HEVC Intel QSV encoder.
  • FFMpeg is always shown in encoders list.
  • A message with actions to take shown when trying to use FFMpeg in its absence.

New in Captura 4.2.2 (Jul 7, 2017)

  • Fix: Error notification after continuous recordings.

New in Captura 4.2.1 (Jul 5, 2017)

  • Fix: Crash when Snap to Window is clicked without dragging.
  • It now Snaps to the window below.

New in Captura 4.2.0 (Jul 3, 2017)

  • Fix: Fix thread exceptions when showing MessageBox.
  • Fix: NullReferenceException happening with Notifications.
  • Fix: High CPU usage in Recording and Paused states.
  • Option to Customize Clicks and Keystrokes overlay.
  • Better default style for the Clicks and Keystrokes overlay.
  • Added Window capture Background Color.
  • Added Opus support for FFMpeg audio alone capture.
  • Improved Folder Browser Dialog (Contributed by @armujahid).
  • Added a circle around the Cursor, Clicks and Keys toggle options to improve accessibility.
  • Gif Variable Frame Rate setting defaults to True.
  • Added FFMpeg Logging. Openable from About tab.
  • Resize/Rotate/Flip transforms now only for ScreenShots.
  • Extras:
  • A new window openable from About tab for additional settings:
  • Accent Color
  • Top Bar Color
  • Setting Region Border Thickness
  • Setting ScreenShot Notification Timeout
  • Selecting Video Background Color
  • Copying output file to Clipboard
  • Making Main Window always to Top

New in Captura 4.1.0 (Jun 19, 2017)

  • Fix: Region Selector on High DPI.
  • Fix: Selected Video Writer Kind null if FFMpeg folder is removed when currently selected as Video Writer Kind.
  • Fix: Restores in normal state from Minimize to Tray.
  • Added a Close button on Region Selector. When closed, Selected Video Source Kind changes to Window.
  • Using MUI as a library.
  • Output FileName support for start and shot commands.
  • CommamdLine support for Transparent ScreenShots.
  • New Encoder: Encode to Folder.

New in Captura 4.0.0 (Jun 6, 2017)

  • Added Command-line support.

New in Captura 3.5.0 (Jun 6, 2017)

  • Fix: Crash when Recording stops automatically on reaching Duration.
  • Fix: Recording cannot start if Delay is set.
  • Fix: Optional libraries don't load on Chocolatey.
  • Localization using RESX files. Translations are welcome.
  • Scroll to change values in Number boxes.
  • Removed NAudio support.
  • Items in the Recent list are persisted only if the files exist.

New in Captura 3.4.0 (May 28, 2017)

  • Fix: App crashes on Startup in Release builds.
  • Expanded/Collapsed state is persisted.
  • Added MessageBoxes for showing some errors.
  • Fix: Cache Images in ScreenShotBalloon. Fixes the unability to delete files.
  • Unconstrained Gif renamed to Variable Frame Rate.
  • Confirm RecentItem deletion.
  • Fix: After recording tasks can run before saving is completed.
  • Asks before Exit during Recording.
  • Fix: Hide Keystrokes and Clicks capture buttons when MouseKeyHook library is not present.

New in Captura 3.3.0 (May 25, 2017)

  • Fix: h264 (FFMpeg Mp4) encoder requires video dimensions to be even.
  • Webcam Support: Not as a Video Source but as a standalone window which can be captured using standard methods.
  • Redesigned RegionSelector.
  • Implemented RegionSelector Snap to Window.
  • Fix: Prevent appearance of RegionSelector in Window list.
  • Fix: Prevent RegionSelector from being Maximized.
  • Fix: Heavy memory usage with FFMpeg.
  • Collapsed/Expanded state of Main Window is persistence.

New in Captura 3.2.0 (May 23, 2017)

  • .Net 4.6.1 is required.
  • Remembers last used Audio/Video Codecs and Sources.
  • Remembers Window Location.
  • Remembers ScreenShot Save target and Image Format.
  • Experimetal Gif encoding using FFMpeg.
  • Rotate/Flip/Resize Transforms for ScreenShot/Video.
  • fix: FFMpeg Command-line args when encoding both audio and video.
  • fix: WASAPI Format error on loopback.
  • Recent List:
  • Recent List persists items (max items can be configured).
  • Added Recent list Clear button.
  • fix: Scolling in Recent List.
  • System Tray:
  • Icons in Context menu.
  • Double click to show/hide MainWindow.
  • Improved notifications.
  • ScreenShot notification displays the image.
  • Tray icon changes depending on the Recording state.

New in Captura 3.1.0 (May 19, 2017)

  • bass.dll and bassmix.dll are included

New in Captura 3.0.0 (May 19, 2017)

  • New Colors
  • Added a button to reset hotkeys
  • Hotkeys can be disabled.
  • Expanded State on Launch.
  • Hotkeys for ScreenShot of Desktop and Active Window.
  • Option to disable system tray notifications.
  • NAudio fallback if BASS is not present.
  • Implemented Audio and Video Quality for FFMpeg.
  • Fix errors in NumericBox.
  • Remove Video BackgroundColor.
  • Added Taskbar Thumb buttons.
  • Keystrokes displayed on lower left.
  • Embedded the Screna.* Extension libraries’ code.
  • Multiple output formats for Audio only recording.

New in Captura 2.0.0 (May 19, 2017)

  • Only Screna.dll is a required dependency.
  • Manually assignable Hotkeys for Starting/Stopping or Pausing/Resuming Recording and ScreenShot.
  • IncludeCursor defaults to True.
  • Recent List shows latest items first.
  • Improved MouseKeyHook Overlay.
  • Added Fallback when Transparent Window ScreenShot fails.
  • Added Taskbar Overlay while Recording or Paused.
  • Disable Configuration during Capture.
  • Alpha support for Localisation.
  • Recording both Microphone input and Speaker output.
  • System Tray:
  • Video/Audio Recorded, ScreenShot Taken notifications.
  • Notifications can be clicked to open corresponding file.
  • Start/Stop/Pause/Resume Recording or Take ScreenShots or Exit from Tray.
  • Added Minimize to System Tray option.
  • Video/Audio Writers:
  • Video Witers grouped by Kind.
  • Added FFMpeg encoding support (using ffmpeg.exe) (optional) (realtime when audio or video alone, post-processing when both).
  • Dropped SharpAvi LAME Mp3 encoding support.
  • Mp3 encoding supported using FFMpeg.
  • Region Capture:
  • Region as Video Kind.
  • Removed functionality of using RegionSelector in Window Video Kind.
  • RegionSelector is more visible.
  • Region Selector displays only when selected kind is Region.
  • Region Selector can be moved but not resized during capture.
  • Borders and Header of Region Selector are ignored in Region capture.