What's new in RGS-AvaCam 3.7.0
Nov 12, 2014
- new: option to use Burst instead of one snapshot when motion is detected (when working in MotionSave mode)
- new: option to allow multiple recordings in Motion Detection Mode
- new: shortcut keys can be defined (ini file)
- new: Autosave function setting: Maximum Autosave interval can now be set up to one hour
- bug fix: in the viewer sometimes when opening an avi file the dialog "Error opening the file: " appeared
- Some issues with international time formats: fixed
- Bug fix in Viewer/Editor: video size now adjusted to fit viewer screen
- Other look when first installed (Flat and Windows default color; note: can be changed by user at all times)
- Default audio recording on
- The RGS Avance Yahoo group could not be accessed do to URL changes from Yahoo: fixed
- Uncompressed exe for faster loading time and preventing false positives
- New in Viewer: show progress of playing a video
- New in Viewer: double click on a picture opens Paint.
- New in Viewer: go to a specific frame in a movie
- New in Viewer: Save a frame out of a recording!! (Pro edition only)
- some other minor but practical changes and some issues fixed
New in RGS-AvaCam 3.6.5 (Feb 6, 2014)
- bug fix: motion save did not work; started motionrecord instead. Fixed
New in RGS-AvaCam 3.6.3 (May 21, 2013)
- bug fix in the date of the saved files: when the day was higher then the month the format YY-MM-DD was not respected: fixed
- Bug fix: Avacam did not always removed itself from the processes in Windows 7: fixed
- Before pressing Start and after entering Setup or Viewer you could not connect to the device ("No Connection to Video Device"): fixed
- Setup screen is center positioned on Avacam
New in RGS-AvaCam 3.6.2 (May 7, 2013)
- Setup screen is reduced in size to fit small resolutions, like for example on some netbooks which. The setup window will fit in a resolution of 800x600
- Bug fix: After recording a video the picture goes into true size (fullscreen) within the main window, when the Fit/Stretch option is checked: fixed
- Minor bug fix: "Burst" mode always took one picture too many. Fixed.
- Sometimes the video device wasn't found at first start: fixed
- One button (the tiny button under Setup-button) was not updated to a new style: fixed
- The Viewer button is now named Viewer/Edit
- New main icon, and includes a larger resolution icon AvaCamIcon.ico (Win7/8)
New in RGS-AvaCam 3.6.1 (Apr 22, 2013)
- Internally the AvaCam.exe file was not set to its proper version nr: fixed
- When saving a video the filename was named to Cam0001avi instead of Cam0001.avi: fixed
- Avacam default installation folder now set back to ...\Program Files\Avacam instead of c:\Avacam
New in RGS-AvaCam 3.6.0 (Apr 19, 2013)
- New: AviC! The Avi Creator wizard:
- Now Avacam comes with a build-in image compiler to make a time-lapse video from your pictures in easy 3 steps!
- You can set the frame rate (timing in ms), color depth and compression of the video.
- AviC is added in the Viewer and as a separate stand-alone program
- Bug: always saved ftp file with name 'ftpImage.jpg' (bmp mode was ok, bug occurred in jpg mode only): fixed
- Now FTP filename can be a filename only or a filename with a complete path (example: avacam.jpg, c:\avacam.jpg)
- New: Embed Time/Date stamp Font size (in AvaCam.ini the font size of the time/date can be specified to be applied to the (ftp) image)
- New: Embed Time/Date stamp Font Bold (also to be set manually in Avacam.ini)
- New: Embed Time/Date stamp Font Name (also to be set manually in Avacam.ini)
- FTP mode is shown in the title bar of AvaCam (clearly specifying when you are in FTP mode)
- When installing a new version some settings were put back to their defaults: fixed
New in RGS-AvaCam 3.5.2b (Feb 23, 2013)
- minor bug fix: auto check for updates was disabled even if user enabled the option
New in RGS-AvaCam 3.5.2 (Feb 8, 2013)
- New in FTP: bmp format allowed (by renaming the file extension from .jpg to .bmp in the FTP setup window)
- Bug fix: Almost unreadable embedded time and date stamp in the FTP upload image: fixed
- New: automatically check for updates (menu Setup)
- Saving Setup is now done by simply pressing OK (making 'Save Setup' button obsolete)
- Some minor FTP related debugging
New in RGS-AvaCam 3.5.1 (Feb 1, 2013)
- Pro: Change the description of the time/date stamp (default caption is AvaCam)
- Bug fix: prevention of resizing AvaCam smaller then the minimal practical format
- IDEReadFout error is trapped when there is an error reading the file from disk in IDE mode
- Advanced: [TempBufferFileAndPath] in avacam.ini also allows drive specification only (example C:)
- Bug fix: When motion-recording was chosen the viewer did not automatically open the appropriate folder
- Bugs fixed when using Save As...:
- bitmap extension is added to the filename if non-existent
- last bitmap type is remembered
- bitmap extension is correctly changed if another bitmap type is selected
- New: a sequential file number is added to the filename if the same filename already exists
- Default the true size of the image is used when saving (can always be changed to Scaled Size in the File Dialog = size of Avacam screen)
- In manual tips for speed improvement when using IDE mode
New in RGS-AvaCam 3.5.0 (Jan 11, 2013)
- New: Record Video on Motion! (Pro-Edition)
- Avacam Settings: Section 'Initial Start Mode' Hide buttons is now named Mini Mode
- Section 'Avacam Folders' Motion recording folder added (Pro)
- Record On Motion: time to record when motion is detected (3...999 seconds)
- Faster start of the video device
- New: Separate button to activate 'Tiny Mode' (mode without buttons)
- Size of video that is shown on the button was not always the size of the selected CAM (switching between CAM's): fixed
- Error Message window would not be displayed unless AvaCam is on primary monitor (multiple monitors): fixed
- Paste bug partially solved (stream source buffer clipboard or IDE)
- Bug fix: option buttons stayed enabled even when no device is found: fixed
- New: right-click on Burst-button allows you to change number of frames/second in one burst
- New in Viewer : zoom button (was solely right-mouse click option in previous versions)
- Increased useful view (also for the zoom)
- Progress bar to indicate the progress of the filters
- Save button on files selection
- Blend function can be canceled (restore back to original image)
- Bug in Viewer: some options disabled the edit functions: fixed crash on some photorealistic filters when picture was too large: fixed
- Pause stream when Viewer is opened (speeds up photorealistic filters if applied)
- New: Select stream source buffer (advanced option; Clipboard, IDE)
- Extra buttons color (Windows default button color)
- Canceling in Setup did not always function: fixed
- Now including a manual in the popular PDF format
- And other general improvements and minor bug fixes
New in RGS-AvaCam 3.2.0 (Oct 13, 2010)
- Now supports most types of high resolution CAM's, alas not all yet.
- New in Setup: select the way that Avacam tries to find available high resolutions of a device
- New in Viewer: Zoom!
- Motion detection improved with: (pro)
- centre focus of movement now has higher accuracy
- trigger modes: 6 new focal points of preference in the image added (trigger modus)!
- noise reduction filter
- New: Snapshot shortcut key added: ctrl+alt+c and F3
- New: True size of the snapshot is shown in the Viewer
- Using "Save As BMP": could sometimes cause error 380; fixed
- JPG True size" : could sometimes cause no true size image to be saved when selected; fixed
- When no filename is used a default filename will be shown
- Last used bitmap type is remembered
- Sometimes a small copy of the picture was shown inside the "True Size" picture after saving; fixed
- Save date/time stamp default format removed space with underscore_ , and date format issues fixed
- Left Side Text logo issues fixed. Renewed Side logo and Pro users can add their own!
- Windows 7 compatible
- Deleting a file in the "Viewer" causes Avacam to freeze; fixed
New in RGS-AvaCam 3.1.0 (Jan 14, 2010)
- New: AvaCam Remote Monitoring: FTP access! Automatically upload images to any server on the Internet, LAN, etc. Ideal for remote monitoring and surveillance!! Remote viewing HTML-example is included (pro).
- New: sound when taking AutoSave pictures (pro)
- New: sound when motion detect (pro)
- New: enable/disable sound of Snapshot, Burst, AutoSave, MotionSave (pro)
- New: Viewer now has a quick access button to open "My Documentsfolder
- New: Slide show in Viewer (timing between images can be set from 10ms to 10seconds). To "rememberthe last timing setting you will need to go to Setup and save the settings.
- Tip: Ideal for viewing a large collection of saved pictures as a movie when using small intervals.
- New: in AvaCam.ini section [SaveConfirmation] when set to 1 a save confirmation dialog will be shown in 'MotionSave' when a motion is detected.
- New: in Avacam.ini section [NoInfoDialog] when set to 1 no dialog will be shown during SnapShot save (also during Burst Save, Ending Recording, Errors etc.)
- bug fix: minimizing Avacam in "tiny modewhilst enabling "minimizeshowed Avacam's titlebar only: fixed
- bug fix: AvaCam sometimes "forgotits size and position, hence not always recalling the correct dimensions even after saving: fixed
- bug fix: when capturing was stopped the current image was not copied into the Viewer
New in RGS-AvaCam 3.0.1 (May 13, 2009)
- Date format changed to YY-MM-DD to allow proper sorting according to saved date
- Bug fix: on some systems the recording stopped after 23 minutes. Fixed (unlimited)
New in RGS-AvaCam 3.0.0 (May 11, 2009)
- Major Bug fix: program freezes when it lost focus (switching to another application) during recording.
- Totally re-coded Recording module for smoother and much more stable recordings!
- New: Stay On Top > to allow AvaCam to stay on top on your desktop (ideal when using mini mode)
- New: Video size is shown in the Video Sizebutton
- New: Pressing Viewer-button places current screen into the Viewer automatically
- New: Disable/enable audio capture during recording (SetUp)
- New: Use last selected path when using Save As (unless other is specified in INI Pro-Edition)
- New: sounds:
- Play camera shutter sound when using Snapshot-button (can be disabled by deleting the file sound1.bin)Registered can copy user1.wav in the AvaCam folder to use their own sound effect.
- Play camera burst sound when using Burst-button (can be disabled by deleting the file sound2.bin)Registered can copy user2.wav in the AvaCam folder to use their own sound effect
- Print module totally recoded, debugged and improved with:
- Margins
- 5 paper formats (also letter and legal)
- shows portrait/landscape AND paper size in real-time preview
- save all print settings including the print window dimensions and position
- restore to default
- New in Viewer:
- run explorer with icon
- right-click options in Viewer
- two extra video control buttons: go to end of video, go to start of video
- properties, Refresh buttons added
- deleting a file selects the next file in the file List automatically (easier sequential deleting)
- re-arranged some buttons for easier usage
- bug fix: refresh/update when changing path/drive didn't always work
- Disable Confirmation on Delete
- Last folder or option used in main-screen opens associated folder in Viewer
- New during recording: recordingflashing
- New: The motion detection sensitivity levels are increased to 7 (instead of 4)
- Tooltip Burst mode now showing the correct total burst frames
- Setup options re-arranged for easier access
- Save As: type file 'AvaCam Screensize' is now named as 'Scaled Size'
- Improved error trapping and extensive debugging
- Bug fix: rarely failed to connect to the device at first start
- AvaCam shows 'No Connection to Video Device' if applicable
- Change recording thread
- Installation now includes an easy uninstall-icon in the program group
- Some cosmetic changes
- and debugged too many things to mention here
New in RGS-AvaCam 2.3.3 (Jan 31, 2009)
- New: "Save As" default folder can be specified (Pro-Edition -> Setup)
- New: "Save As" default way to save pictures: true size, AvaCam screen size (manual set in ini-file)
- New: quick access to Desktop and My Documents folders in the Setup browser
- New: set the maximum frames/pictures per second to be saved when activating "Burst" (all versions)
- Fixed the delayed "save-as" button issue: (image saved was the last captured, not the one when executing "Save As")
- Automatic detect upgrade: your settings are NOT lost when installing new version over the old one.
- Installation option: clean install
- General revision
New in RGS-AvaCam 2.3 (Oct 23, 2008)
- New: Burst mode = save 10 frames in one click (take a 10 frame snapshot and saved in snapshot folder. Example: 'Burst19-08-08 14.44.09_frame0001.jpg)
- ...........Burst has replaced the copy button (copy still available in right-click options)
- New: in Viewer-> delete files with DEL-button (no confirmation dialog allowing fast deletion of sequential files)
- New: in Viewer-> size in KB is also shown next to the size in pixels
- New: Disable video compression dialog (shown when recording so user can choose the compression format). When disabled the raw (uncompressed= largest but best quality) format is used.
- New: right click options enables user to start Recording (ideal if Avacam is in Hidden Buttons mode)
- New Pro Edition feature: Write system date & time direct onto the images (JPG/BMP) that are being saved (except in Save As...). Option in setup: "Embed Date & Time onto images"
- bug fix: prevent (right-click) popup-menu options to freeze
- bug fix: forces the main viewscreen to fit the size of the window if larger then default (after restart)
- bug fix: when closing AvaCam when it was maximized the position and viewscreen was not restored
- bug fix: always showing logo after leaving Setup, even if size of screen was too small
- bug fix: resized window does not fit video screen after restart:
- bug fix: Viewer-> bug in showing the duration of the video
- bug fix: Viewer-> Clipboard copy -> did not always copy the contents of the viewer
- core enhancements allowing smoother actions
- and other minor changes and fixes
New in RGS-AvaCam 2.0.0 (Dec 5, 2007)
- Motion detection! Takes snapshots when motion is detected.
- Record Video with any available compression!
- Viewer improved and enhanced
- Saving edited images in Viewer
- One-click photo effects: de-speckle/smooth, sharpen, invert, flip horizontal, flip vertical, greyscale, brighten, darken, colorize plasma, Enhanced Gamma Blending (drastically improve image quality by merging two or more of the same images = Astronomers tool)!!
- Shows in a label the original image size in pixels
- Open selected file with IrfanView in Viewer
- open folder in viewer of last used save option
- view saved and/or recorded videos (AVIs)
- If Irfanview is installed on your PC, Avacam enables option to copy to Irfanview automatically implemented (also in right click mouse options too)
- Right-click Copy-button will copy image to IrfanView AND Clipboard
- Button to quickly select between available video devices
- Audio format setup
- Enable/disable/change side logo, picture, text with a gif-image when viewing enlarged or full screen
- Filenames saved by AutoSave- and MotionSave features can be changed
- Autosave and MotionSave snapshots filenames optional with counter instead of date/time stamp
- Confirm setup changes to save first time you change something to the settings
- New button styles (8 styles), new slate blue color and improved default colors
- Save As: as image seen on screen (stretched): Select option in Save As dialog: BMP Bitmap Files AvaCam Screensize & JPG Picture Files AvaCam Screensize
- Added shortcut keys
- Improved control multiple cams
- Title bar shows active mode (autosave, timer save, motionsave, recording etc...)
- Message when saving snapshot, edited picture in viewer and saving setup
- Fit/size/stretch switching gave sometimes unexpected results: fixed
- During resize to full screen and restore gave flickering: fixed
- Refresh (framerate) can be now be set lower then 10ms (25ms default instead of 100ms)
- General debugging and improved error trapping for increased stability
- New in Pro-Edition only: Increase/decrease contrast (steps of 10% ,right-click = decrease by 10%)
- New in Pro-Edition only: Set sensitivity of motion detection and focus range
- New in Pro-Edition only: Activate autosave or motionsave with start and stop times (all automatic)
- New in Pro-Edition only: Hide title bar in full screen view
- New in Pro-Edition only: Set maximum and minimum pictures save limit up from 1 to 99999 instead of 9999
- New in Pro-Edition only: All AvaCam paths/folders can be changed with ease using build in explorer