Screen Recorder Version History

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1.0  7/7/2003

• [New]Support capture from full screen, region, window, or cursor area.
• [New]Support audio recording from any audio source, including microphone and speaker.
• [New]Support output to AVI format, with customized video codec and audio coded settings.
• [New]Tested to be the fastest screen video recorder, capable of capturing 4x more frames than nearest competitors.
• [New]Requires Windows XP Home, XP Pro, Windows 2000, Windows ME, or Windows 98SE.
• [New]Requires DirectX 8.0 and above.
• [New]Requires Windows Media Format 9.
• [New]30 day free trial period.
• [New]$39.95.

2.0  9/17/2003

• [New]Newly designed user interface, with timecode panel, and expandable setting panels.
• [New]Ability to pause recording.
• [New]Support TechSmith Screen Capture Encoder if the codec is installed.
• [New]Added Quality slider for video codec.
• [New]Provided download link for system and third party components.
• [New]Display recording status and recording time.
• [Change]Add watermark in trial version. Removed 30-day trial period.
• [Change]Changed the layout of the controls.
• [Change]Store the licensing information for all users on the PC instead of only the current user.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem to find MP3 encoder on some upgraded PCs.
• [Bug Fix]No longer align width and height to 8. Align to 4 for Indeo 4 and 5 Encoders, no alignment is needed for other Encoders.

2.1  11/21/2003

• [New]Re-arranged the setting panels. Audio Source panel is now located under the "Record audio" check box.
• [New]Double buffer mechanism to improve audio recording performance, especially when capturing from speakers.
• [New]Added tooltips to some of the buttons.
• [New]Sleeper code against pirated keys.
• [New]Added some error messages.
• [New]Added menu button to test driver other River Past software.
• [Bug Fix]Modified the Readme file.
• [Change]Changed default audio settings to uncompressed, stereo, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit.
• [Change]Internal anti-piracy change.
• [Change]Internal anti-piracy change
• [Bug Fix]Removed some error messages if some video codec are not installed.
• [Bug Fix]Changed one error message, when it should prompt the user to install the latest DirectX instead of WMF9.

2.5  11/25/2003

• [New]New company logo.
• [Change]Moved the registration information to the CURRENT_USER registry.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed flickering problem with the toggle buttons.
• [Bug Fix]Reduced screen flickering while setting panels are expanded or collapsed.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a long-standing bug which caused video and audio to be out-of-sync.

3.0  1/16/2004

• [New]Loads compatible video compressors and audio compressors dynamically.
• [New]Supports DivX/Xvid video compressors.
• [New]Supports DivX audio compressor.
• [New]Provides volume control for audio recording.
• [Change]Brought the code base to 2.5.1. No functionality changes.

3.1  3/8/2004

• [New]XP theme compliant user interface.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem with pause.
• [New]New protection against software piracy.
• [New]File path validation.
• [New]Now compatible with LAME MP3 ACM.

4.0  5/5/2004

• [New]Security measures. River Past DirectShow components can only be used by River Past software.
• [New]Ability to record audio from DV camcorder connected to 1394 port.
• [Change]Changed error message if unable to record.
• [Change]Put back restrictions on LAME ACM settings, given the finding that the last LAME ACM is still not completely reliable.
• [Change]Request more buffers from the sound card to improve audio recording performance, especially when recording from speakers.
• [Change]Removed restrictions on LAME ACM settings, given the latest LAME ACM is much more stable.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem where the video quality setting was not applied properly.

5.0  7/1/2004

• [New]Added scheduled to start and stop recording.
• [New]Option to overwrite existing file or record to a renamed file.
• [New]Added an option dialog to turn on/off soundcard hardware buffering.
• [New]minimize to system tray.

5.1  8/27/2004

• [New]Now allow the user to specify the video and audio codec, video size, frame rate, quality, audio sample rate, channel and bitrate when recording to WMV.
• [New]Now supports the upcoming MPEG-4 Booster Pack.
• [New]Now supports lame_enc.dll (extra download required).
• [New]Screen Recorder Pro can output to image sequence (bmp, gif, or jpg files) if Image Sequence Booster Pack is installed.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem which caused the software to crash when exiting, if the advanced settings for certain video codec is used..
• [Bug Fix]Screen Recorder Pro fixed a bug which disabled MKV and OGM output.

5.2  11/9/2004

• [New]Support MOV Booster Pack to output QuickTime MOV audio. (Screen Recorder Pro)
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem loading new audio codecs.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem after recorded a window, recording a region will have the wrong size.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem when lame_enc.dll is used for audio compressor for AVI file, its sample rate and bitrate get reset by the AVI multiplexer when recording starts.

5.3  12/9/2004

• [New](Pro) Added "MPEG-4 Video" as a codec option for MOV Booster Pack.
• [Change]Use XML file for data storage instead of INI, eliminate problem caused by data corruption.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a small memory leak when "Capture Cursor" is on.
• [Bug Fix](Pro) Fixed a compatibility problem with MOV Booster Pack which doesn't apply the audio sample rate settings.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a small memory leak when lame_enc.dll is used.

6.0  4/25/2005

• [Change]New Architecture.
• [Change]Faster startup.
• [Change]Allows the user to choose which codec to load when new codecs are found.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem where lame_enc.dll's bitrate setting doesn't stick.

6.1  5/19/2005

• [New]Added ability to control bitrate for some QuickTime video codecs.
• [New]Added ability to control bitrate for some Windows Media video codecs.

6.5  7/14/2005

• [New](Screen Recorder Pro) Support MPEG-4 Booster Pack for MP4 output.
• [New](Screen Recorder Pro) With MOV Booster Pack, allow user to set additional QuickTime video settings with the "More..." button.
• [New](Screen Recorder Pro) With MOV Booster Pack, allow user to select QuickTime codec which are not in the codec list by using the "More..." button.
• [Change]Trial version limits recording to 2 minutes in additional to the watermark.

6.6  10/11/2005

• [New](Screen Recorder Pro) Support 3GP Booster Pack for 3GPP/3GPP2 output.
• [New](Screen Recorder Pro) Support RealMedia Booster Pack for RM output.
• [New]Detailed online explanation when the user enters a wrong key.
• [Change]Requires 3GP Booster Pack 1.1 for 3GP/3GP2 output, MPEG-4 Booster Pack 1.1 for MP4 output.
• [Change]New user interface for 3GP, 3GP2, MPEG-4 and RealMedia output.
• [Change]3GP2 is now a separate output format.
• [Bug Fix]More reliable 3GP, 3GP2, and MP4 output in general.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a problem with OGM output.
• [Bug Fix]Fixed a startup problem with 6.5 when earlier versions of QuickTime (prior to 6.5) is installed.

6.7  10/20/2005

• [Change](Screen Recorder Pro) MPEG-4 output requires MPEG-4 Booster Pack 1.2 when QuickTime 7 is installed.

6.9  12/15/2005

• [New](Animated GIF Booster Pack) Now the quality setting is available. The number of color in the GIF is determined by the quality setting.
• [New](Image Sequence Booster Pack) Now the quality setting is available. The number of color in the GIF is determined by the quality setting.
• [Bug Fix](Image Sequence Booster Pack) The quality setting for JPG was not applied.
• [Bug Fix]Fix a problem with some codecs' advanced settings are not applied.

6.10  1/5/2006

• [Change]Rewritten MOV Booster Pack for better reliability.
• [Change]Rewritten MPEG-4 Booster Pack for better reliability.
• [Change]Rewritten 3GP Booster Pack for better reliability.
• [Change]Rewritten RealMedia Booster Pack for better reliability.

6.12  5/9/2006

• [New]Add the option to automatically add date and time to the file name.

7.0  9/18/2006

• [Bug Fix]Changed lame_enc.dll support so samples with bad timecode won't be dropped.

7.2  1/12/2007

• [Change]Improved compatibility with third party codecs.
• [Change]Compatible with Windows Vista.

7.5  8/30/2007

• [Bug Fix]Fixed an installer problem which caused the installation to fail on some Vista computers.

7.6  10/15/2007

• [Change]Code base update.

7.7  4/3/2008

7.6.9  3/19/2008

7.7.1  4/11/2008

7.7.2  5/27/2008

7.7.3  6/19/2008

7.7.4  6/24/2008

7.7.5  7/2/2008

7.7.6  7/10/2008

7.7.7  7/17/2008

7.7.8  7/18/2008

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