WM Recorder Changelog

What's new in WM Recorder 16.8.1

May 1, 2017
  • Improved YouTube video recording, bugs fixed
  • Added YouTube video/audio playlist recording and managing
  • Added automatic YouTube audio extraction
  • Improved Video Clone interface
  • Improved Video Clone screen recorder, multiple bugs fixed
  • Fixed Video Clone recording and playback on Windows 10

New in WM Recorder 16.7.1.0 (Sep 30, 2016)

  • Added backup registration

New in WM Recorder 16.7.0.0 (Jan 7, 2016)

  • Automatically updates the YouTube downloader
  • Background mode added to Video Clone
  • Second Monitor recording added to Video Clone

New in WM Recorder 16.6.0.0 (Nov 19, 2015)

  • Fixed UI automatic scaling on HD displays
  • Fixed a bug when detecting WMV streams (eliminates need for having WMR14 registry key)
  • Fixed a bug in processing WMV files (file asfprocess.exe)
  • Added system controls to the Download window (window can be moved, minimized, etc)
  • Added hotkeys to screen recorder
  • Added mini screen recording window

New in WM Recorder 16.4.0.0 (Oct 17, 2015)

  • Microsoft Edge browser compatibility.
  • Added monitor scaling options.

New in WM Recorder 16.3.0.0 (Sep 30, 2015)

  • Fixes YouTube downloading bug from last week’s update

New in WM Recorder 16.2.0.0 (Sep 26, 2015)

  • Windows 10 compatibility
  • Improved YouTube downloads
  • Bug fixes

New in WM Recorder 16.1.0.0 (Aug 13, 2015)

  • Improved YouTube downloader. YouTube downloads are now 100% free even in demo mode.

New in WM Recorder 15.2.1.0 (Dec 6, 2014)

  • Fixed an issue with YouTube HTTP downloads

New in WM Recorder 15.1.1.0 (Sep 17, 2014)

  • Clarified the welcome message
  • Fixed a registration check issue (Error 2 message)
  • Changed demo time to 2 minutes / 5 recordings for stream capture and 2 minutes for screen capture. the screen capture
  • Misc minor changes

New in WM Recorder 15.1.0.0 (Sep 17, 2014)

  • New SCREEN capture mode produces high quality, small file size recordings. Can be used simultaneously with stream capture.
  • Improved automatic video window detection.
  • Improved download speed for YouTube and similar videos (10x faster than the previous version)
  • Advanced scheduling options
  • New user interface.

New in WM Recorder 14.16.2.0 (Jan 8, 2014)

  • Fixed a timing issue with live Flash RTMP downloads

New in WM Recorder 14.15.2.0 (Sep 27, 2013)

  • Includes new WM Converter 5.5.
  • Fixed problems with YouTube recording and naming.

New in WM Recorder 14.12.3 (Mar 8, 2013)

  • Windows 8 compatibility.
  • Fixed compatibility issues with Flash 11.3 on 64 bit PCs.
  • Includes audio recording.
  • Includes custom browser -WM Browser.
  • New improved registration scheme.

New in WM Recorder 14.7 (Aug 2, 2010)

  • This version provides reliable download and processing of RTMP streams that usually are difficult to download (for example BBC radio shows, TV full episodes and live broadcasts).

New in WM Recorder 14.6 (Jul 2, 2010)

  • Improved network adapter detection and setup - version 14.6 automatically detects changes of IP address on networks with multiple computers (WMR can also monitor all computers in the network).
  • Improved RTMP parsing and FLV extraction - high speed download of RTMP on demand streams allows downloading at the maximum bandwidth (speed). Video/audio clips longer than 1 hour can be downloaded at full speed. A three hour sports event (www.espn3.com) for example can be recorded in less than 15 minutes on a cable connection.
  • Fixed problems with RTMP streams using server side for identification. Full TV episodes can be recorded more reliably.
  • Flash RTMP scheduling for live streams.
  • Improved/Fix HTTP URL detection.

New in WM Recorder 14.0 (Dec 11, 2009)

  • Records: Flash radio AAC streams recording, live Flash streams. Can now pause and rewind during live Flash stream capture. Makes Flash recordings seekable, both live and on-demand. Offers high speed download and reconnect for recording longer streams (fix)

New in WM Recorder 12.5 (Jun 1, 2009)

  • Fixes some RTMP download problems.
  • Added a new URL capture method (WMRX).
  • Supports Windows 7.

New in WM Recorder 12.4 (Jan 16, 2009)

  • Added new WM Converter (3.0) included in the WM Recorder install package. Adds more conversion capabilities (for example H.264). Creates DVD ready files (ISO). The ISO file can be a single VOB file or VOB playlist including multiple video files.
  • Added a YouTube page save option.If this option is enabled in Settings all visited YouTube page links are saved. To access these links and open or record the videos again click YouTube on the View menu.
  • Few minor UI changes. The most important - added a "List" view. The button called "List" on the View window hides WM Recorder main screen and shows only the View window. Sometimes it is useful to show all captured links without recording them (AUTO OFF). You can later highlight and record only the desired links (without commercials for example).

New in WM Recorder 12.1 (Apr 10, 2008)

  • Added support for more Flash Video downloads. WM Recorder now can capture streams in RTMP protocol used by sites like Hulu.com.

New in WM Recorder 11.2 (Nov 6, 2006)

  • Improved network adapter detection on Windows versions prior to XP
  • Improved scheduler - daily recording
  • Added log file for scheduled recordings
  • New items added to Options menu

New in WM Recorder 11 (Jul 30, 2006)

  • New version includes scheduler, support for password protected sites, more capture formats, and other enhancements.

New in WM Recorder 10.2 (Jun 1, 2006)

  • Can now adjust the Connection Speed to accommodate slower connections.
  • New Turbo Mode- Turbo Mode allows recording at the highest bandwidth that your Internet connection can provide. How high the recording speed will go depends on the remote server available bandwidth. In most cases 3 to 5 Mbps can be achieved on cable connections. Turbo Mode works for On Demand (pre-recorded) streams and should only be utilized with cable connections or DSL connections higher than 256 Kbps.
  • New Mirror Recording Mode - This mode allows recording while mirroring the Real Player play. In this mode the Real Player needs to be active for the entire duration of recording. The Mirror mode should be used for overloaded web sites with reduced bandwidth capability, like Live broadcasts.
  • New Stream Info - This function allows you to get stream information from a recording in progress. In particular the number of lost packets and the current bandwidth show the integrity of the final recording. To access this option right click the file name in the Recording window.
  • New Reprocess File function - To fix recording errors use the Reprocess File option. File errors that can be fixed are offset, timing, codecs and indexing errors. This option should be used if the Real Player playback shows a continuous "Loading..." , when sound is missing or when it takes a long time to seek through a long file. To access this function right click the file name in the PLAY window.
  • Update RP Settings - This option should be used if you changed the Real Player settings after RM Recorder was installed. In particular the settings of interest are Connection Speed, Proxy and Network Transports found in Real Player / Tools / Preferences.
  • New Split function - To split one section of a file you select the start and the end times of the split. When splitting timed recorded files (files with a start time different than zero) you need to specify split times greater than the start time.
  • New Merge function - Two files can be merged at the time. When merging files, the first file is always the first highlighted file name in the PLAY list.
  • Audio Extraction - The audio track of a video file can be extracted in Real Player format. The extracted files can be split and merged.
  • Compatibility with RealMedia Producer and RealMedia Editor - The recorded files are compatible with RealMedia Producer and RealMedia Editor for On Demand (pre-recorded) broadcasts . For Live or timed recordings use the RM Recorder editing functions.
  • Now has an Always on Top option.
  • Now has resizable URLs and PLAY windows.