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Captura v9.0.0-beta4
Requires .NET 4.7.2
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
Captura v9.0.0-beta3.1
FIX: Unable to start recording on some systems due to Direct3D errors in v9.0.0-beta3
Captura v9.0.0-beta3
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.
Captura v9.0.0-beta2
Refactor
Captura v9.0.0-beta1
New Crowdin translations (#366)
New Language: Korean
Captura v8.0.0
Audio / Video Sources
Stop Window capture when Window is closed.
fix: Mouse cursor position is wrong after moving region selector.
fix: Unable to resize Region Selector after stopping recording.
Desktop Duplication is supported with Variable Frame Rate Gif.
fix: Desktop Duplication recording does not crash when Screen enters non-recordable mode. e.g. Sign-in screen.
Added an option to playback recorded audio in real-time in Config | Extras.
Record and ScreenShot buttons on Region Selector.
Added Window picker and Screen picker which prompt for selector on starting recording or taking screenshot.
More than 2 audio sources can be simultaneously recorded.
Audio sources can be changed during recording. A checkbox next to the Audio heading determines whether audio will be recorded.
Shows Error Message when bass.dll or bassmix.dll is not present.
Hide when Recording option is configured on Region Selector itself.
Refresh retains selected Audio/Video sources/codecs and Webcam.
Basic drawing support in Region Selector.
Preview
Added option to Preview while recording.
Supports full screen view.
Overlays
Overlays are now configured on a separate window.
Overlays can be positioned by dragging boxes over a Background on the window.
Separate colors for Right and Middle mouse click overlays.
Support for custom image overlays.
Overlay customization from UI is used in Console.
Option to display Mouse Pointer Overlay to make easier to track Mouse Pointer.
Added minimal mouse click animation.
Elapsed is separated from TextOverlays and can be toggled from Main View.
FFmpeg
Option to resize FFmpeg output video size.
FFmpeg Log maintains multiple logs.
FFmpeg Log copies complete output to clipboard.
Multiple Custom FFmpeg Codecs.
Increased FFmpeg thread_queue_size
Ensure previous frame is written when writing asynchronously.
Hotkey Window
Separate window to manage hotkeys with option to add, delete or edit action and keys.
Image Editor
Added a minimal image editor.
Added a new ScreenShot target: Editor.
Image Cropper
Added option to crop images.
Audio / Video Trimmer
Added option to trim Audio and Video.
Translation
Added new translations:
Japanese
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Other
fix:captura shot failing for fullscreen screenshots.
fix: Main window webcam preview position on high DPI.
Duration is considered after Start Delay has elapsed.
Duration and Start Delay are stored in Settings.
Added option to use System Proxy.
fix: Mouse Cursor moves slowly when recording from Command-line
Webcam capture support from Command-line.
Option to Minimize to System Tray on Startup.
Option to Minimize to System Tray when Closed.
Add a Translator window to aid in translation. Can be opened from About tab.
More icons in the UI.
Multiple selectable Screenshot Save Locations.
Display Licenses in a Window.
Notification Stack
Added an Exception Dialog.
Stop Recorder when Frames are not being writen. This happens when either the FrameRate is too high or a codec is slow. No of frames to be written are checked with a maximum value to determine whether to stop recording. This helps prevent crash from 100% RAM usage and causing the system to hang.
Ability to delete uploaded images from Imgur
Captura v8.0.0-beta5
Fix Cmdline Region capture
Captura v8.0.0-beta4
v8.0.0 is now feature-complete. We are nearing a stable release!
Please help in testing this version. Hope you like the tweaked UI.
Captura 8.0.0 Beta 3
Audio / Video Sources
Stop Window capture when Window is closed.
fix: Mouse cursor position is wrong after moving region selector.
fix: Unable to resize Region Selector after stopping recording.
Desktop Duplication is supported with Variable Frame Rate Gif.
fix: Desktop Duplication recording does not crash when Screen enters non-recordable mode. e.g. Sign-in screen.
Added an option to playback recorded audio in real-time in Config | Extras.
Record and ScreenShot buttons on Region Selector.
Added Window picker and Screen picker which prompt for selector on starting recording or taking screenshot.
More than 2 audio sources can be simultaneously recorded.
Audio sources can be changed during recording. A checkbox next to the Audio heading determines whether audio will be recorded.
Shows Error Message when bass.dll or bassmix.dll is not present.
Hide when Recording option is configured on Region Selector itself.
Refresh retains selected Audio/Video sources/codecs and Webcam.
Basic drawing support in Region Selector.
Preview
Added option to Preview while recording.
Supports full screen view.
Overlays
Overlays are now configured on a separate window.
Overlays can be positioned by dragging boxes over a Background on the window.
Separate colors for Right and Middle mouse click overlays.
Support for custom image overlays.
Overlay customization from UI is used in Console.
Option to display Mouse Pointer Overlay to make easier to track Mouse Pointer.
Added minimal mouse click animation.
Elapsed is separated from TextOverlays and can be toggled from Main View.
FFmpeg
Option to resize FFmpeg output video size.
FFmpeg Log maintains multiple logs.
FFmpeg Log copies complete output to clipboard.
Multiple Custom FFmpeg Codecs.
Increased FFmpeg thread_queue_size
Ensure previous frame is written when writing asynchronously.
Hotkey Window
Separate window to manage hotkeys with option to add, delete or edit action and keys.
Image Editor
Added a minimal image editor.
Added a new ScreenShot target: Editor.
Image Cropper
Added option to crop images.
Audio / Video Trimmer
Added option to trim Audio and Video.
Translation
Added new translations:
Japanese
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Other
fix: captura shot failing for fullscreen screenshots.
fix: Main window webcam preview position on high DPI.
Duration is considered after Start Delay has elapsed.
Duration and Start Delay are stored in Settings.
Added option to use System Proxy.
fix: Mouse Cursor moves slowly when recording from Command-line
Webcam capture support from Command-line.
Option to Minimize to System Tray on Startup.
Option to Minimize to System Tray when Closed.
Add a Translator window to aid in translation. Can be opened from About tab.
More icons in the UI.
Multiple selectable Screenshot Save Locations.
Display Licenses in a Window.
Notification Stack
Added an Exception Dialog.
Stop Recorder when Frames are not being writen. This happens when either the FrameRate is too high or a codec is slow. No of frames to be written are checked with a maximum value to determine whether to stop recording. This helps prevent crash from 100% RAM usage and causing the system to hang.
Ability to delete uploaded images from Imgur
Captura v7.0.1
Fixed FFMpeg download link
Captura v7.0.0
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.
Captura v6.0.1
fix: High memory usage when recording a specific screen.
Captura v6.0.0
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.
v5.0.1
Added Spanish Translation.
Translations don't specify the country.
v5.0.0
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.
v4.2.2
Fix: Error notification after continuous recordings.
v4.2.1
Fix: Crash when Snap to Window is clicked without dragging. It now Snaps to the window below.
v4.2.0
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
v4.1.0
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.
v4.0.0
Known Issues
High memory usage when encoding Gif. Workaround: Use Variable Frame Rate.
What's New
Added Command-line support.
v3.5.0
What's New
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.
v3.4.0
Known Issues
Crash on recording stopped by Capture Duration.
Recording cannot start if delay is set.
Optional libraries don't load on Chocolatey.
What's New
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.
v3.3.0
Known Issues
App may crash on Startup
What's New
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 persisted.
v3.2.0
.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.
v3.1.0
bass.dll and bassmix.dll included in release.
v3.0.0
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.
v2.0.0
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.
Requires .NET 4.7.2
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
Captura v9.0.0-beta3.1
FIX: Unable to start recording on some systems due to Direct3D errors in v9.0.0-beta3
Captura v9.0.0-beta3
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.
Captura v9.0.0-beta2
Refactor
Captura v9.0.0-beta1
New Crowdin translations (#366)
New Language: Korean
Captura v8.0.0
Audio / Video Sources
Stop Window capture when Window is closed.
fix: Mouse cursor position is wrong after moving region selector.
fix: Unable to resize Region Selector after stopping recording.
Desktop Duplication is supported with Variable Frame Rate Gif.
fix: Desktop Duplication recording does not crash when Screen enters non-recordable mode. e.g. Sign-in screen.
Added an option to playback recorded audio in real-time in Config | Extras.
Record and ScreenShot buttons on Region Selector.
Added Window picker and Screen picker which prompt for selector on starting recording or taking screenshot.
More than 2 audio sources can be simultaneously recorded.
Audio sources can be changed during recording. A checkbox next to the Audio heading determines whether audio will be recorded.
Shows Error Message when bass.dll or bassmix.dll is not present.
Hide when Recording option is configured on Region Selector itself.
Refresh retains selected Audio/Video sources/codecs and Webcam.
Basic drawing support in Region Selector.
Preview
Added option to Preview while recording.
Supports full screen view.
Overlays
Overlays are now configured on a separate window.
Overlays can be positioned by dragging boxes over a Background on the window.
Separate colors for Right and Middle mouse click overlays.
Support for custom image overlays.
Overlay customization from UI is used in Console.
Option to display Mouse Pointer Overlay to make easier to track Mouse Pointer.
Added minimal mouse click animation.
Elapsed is separated from TextOverlays and can be toggled from Main View.
FFmpeg
Option to resize FFmpeg output video size.
FFmpeg Log maintains multiple logs.
FFmpeg Log copies complete output to clipboard.
Multiple Custom FFmpeg Codecs.
Increased FFmpeg thread_queue_size
Ensure previous frame is written when writing asynchronously.
Hotkey Window
Separate window to manage hotkeys with option to add, delete or edit action and keys.
Image Editor
Added a minimal image editor.
Added a new ScreenShot target: Editor.
Image Cropper
Added option to crop images.
Audio / Video Trimmer
Added option to trim Audio and Video.
Translation
Added new translations:
Japanese
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Other
fix:captura shot failing for fullscreen screenshots.
fix: Main window webcam preview position on high DPI.
Duration is considered after Start Delay has elapsed.
Duration and Start Delay are stored in Settings.
Added option to use System Proxy.
fix: Mouse Cursor moves slowly when recording from Command-line
Webcam capture support from Command-line.
Option to Minimize to System Tray on Startup.
Option to Minimize to System Tray when Closed.
Add a Translator window to aid in translation. Can be opened from About tab.
More icons in the UI.
Multiple selectable Screenshot Save Locations.
Display Licenses in a Window.
Notification Stack
Added an Exception Dialog.
Stop Recorder when Frames are not being writen. This happens when either the FrameRate is too high or a codec is slow. No of frames to be written are checked with a maximum value to determine whether to stop recording. This helps prevent crash from 100% RAM usage and causing the system to hang.
Ability to delete uploaded images from Imgur
Captura v8.0.0-beta5
Fix Cmdline Region capture
Captura v8.0.0-beta4
v8.0.0 is now feature-complete. We are nearing a stable release!
Please help in testing this version. Hope you like the tweaked UI.
Captura 8.0.0 Beta 3
Audio / Video Sources
Stop Window capture when Window is closed.
fix: Mouse cursor position is wrong after moving region selector.
fix: Unable to resize Region Selector after stopping recording.
Desktop Duplication is supported with Variable Frame Rate Gif.
fix: Desktop Duplication recording does not crash when Screen enters non-recordable mode. e.g. Sign-in screen.
Added an option to playback recorded audio in real-time in Config | Extras.
Record and ScreenShot buttons on Region Selector.
Added Window picker and Screen picker which prompt for selector on starting recording or taking screenshot.
More than 2 audio sources can be simultaneously recorded.
Audio sources can be changed during recording. A checkbox next to the Audio heading determines whether audio will be recorded.
Shows Error Message when bass.dll or bassmix.dll is not present.
Hide when Recording option is configured on Region Selector itself.
Refresh retains selected Audio/Video sources/codecs and Webcam.
Basic drawing support in Region Selector.
Preview
Added option to Preview while recording.
Supports full screen view.
Overlays
Overlays are now configured on a separate window.
Overlays can be positioned by dragging boxes over a Background on the window.
Separate colors for Right and Middle mouse click overlays.
Support for custom image overlays.
Overlay customization from UI is used in Console.
Option to display Mouse Pointer Overlay to make easier to track Mouse Pointer.
Added minimal mouse click animation.
Elapsed is separated from TextOverlays and can be toggled from Main View.
FFmpeg
Option to resize FFmpeg output video size.
FFmpeg Log maintains multiple logs.
FFmpeg Log copies complete output to clipboard.
Multiple Custom FFmpeg Codecs.
Increased FFmpeg thread_queue_size
Ensure previous frame is written when writing asynchronously.
Hotkey Window
Separate window to manage hotkeys with option to add, delete or edit action and keys.
Image Editor
Added a minimal image editor.
Added a new ScreenShot target: Editor.
Image Cropper
Added option to crop images.
Audio / Video Trimmer
Added option to trim Audio and Video.
Translation
Added new translations:
Japanese
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Other
fix: captura shot failing for fullscreen screenshots.
fix: Main window webcam preview position on high DPI.
Duration is considered after Start Delay has elapsed.
Duration and Start Delay are stored in Settings.
Added option to use System Proxy.
fix: Mouse Cursor moves slowly when recording from Command-line
Webcam capture support from Command-line.
Option to Minimize to System Tray on Startup.
Option to Minimize to System Tray when Closed.
Add a Translator window to aid in translation. Can be opened from About tab.
More icons in the UI.
Multiple selectable Screenshot Save Locations.
Display Licenses in a Window.
Notification Stack
Added an Exception Dialog.
Stop Recorder when Frames are not being writen. This happens when either the FrameRate is too high or a codec is slow. No of frames to be written are checked with a maximum value to determine whether to stop recording. This helps prevent crash from 100% RAM usage and causing the system to hang.
Ability to delete uploaded images from Imgur
Captura v7.0.1
Fixed FFMpeg download link
Captura v7.0.0
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.
Captura v6.0.1
fix: High memory usage when recording a specific screen.
Captura v6.0.0
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.
v5.0.1
Added Spanish Translation.
Translations don't specify the country.
v5.0.0
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.
v4.2.2
Fix: Error notification after continuous recordings.
v4.2.1
Fix: Crash when Snap to Window is clicked without dragging. It now Snaps to the window below.
v4.2.0
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
v4.1.0
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.
v4.0.0
Known Issues
High memory usage when encoding Gif. Workaround: Use Variable Frame Rate.
What's New
Added Command-line support.
v3.5.0
What's New
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.
v3.4.0
Known Issues
Crash on recording stopped by Capture Duration.
Recording cannot start if delay is set.
Optional libraries don't load on Chocolatey.
What's New
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.
v3.3.0
Known Issues
App may crash on Startup
What's New
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 persisted.
v3.2.0
.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.
v3.1.0
bass.dll and bassmix.dll included in release.
v3.0.0
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.
v2.0.0
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.