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iShowU HD Pro Changelog

What's new in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.20 Build 2258

Oct 5, 2016
  • Changes:
  • Fixed up error that would cause HD to record only 1s of video under Sierra.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.18 Build 2180 (Mar 4, 2016)

  • Updated the code used to check displays. Trying to resolve the "validate display" problem on some laptops.
  • Updated CoreAudio utility code with latest version.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.17 Build 2019 (Sep 1, 2015)

  • Changes:
  • Updated for El Capitan. Includes a new version of Soundflower that works on El Capitan.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.15 Build 1961 (May 4, 2015)

  • Fixes: iShowU HD will now stop recording if a screen configuration is changed, for example: a display is connected or disconnected. This prevents the capture system sometimes hanging in these situations.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.15 Build 1961 Beta (Apr 30, 2015)

  • Fixes:
  • iShowU HD will now stop recording if a screen configuration is changed, for example: a display is connected or disconnected. This prevents the capture system sometimes hanging in these situations.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.14 Build 1953 Beta (Apr 20, 2015)

  • Changes:
  • Minimum requirement for HD updated to 10.8.x (Mountain Lion).
  • YouTube upload updated to use oAuth authentication. Welcome to 2015.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.13 Build 1888 Beta (Jan 22, 2015)

  • Changes:
  • Show the countdown timer only on the display being captured
  • Fixes:
  • Crash bug related to end of recording now squashed!

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.12 Build 1881 (Jan 22, 2015)

  • Changes:
  • Changed the way metadata is saved to the movie. This means the movie will now show the title as the filename, rather than saying 'screen'.
  • Fixes:
  • Added some safety around some recording code, hopefully fixing another crash issue.
  • Fixed a couple of possible crash bugs.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.12 Build 1878 Beta (Dec 30, 2014)

  • Changes: Changed the way metadata is saved to the movie. This means the movie will now show the title as the filename, rather than saying 'screen'.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.12 Build 1875 Beta (Dec 11, 2014)

  • Fixed a couple of possible crash bugs.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.11 Build 1863 (Dec 4, 2014)

  • Changes - OCP has been decomissioned, thus it's removed from the app.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.1005 Beta (Nov 10, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Added an option for Mavericks to re-enable AVF based mouse compositing (seems fixed in 10.9.5).
  • Added a message/notification re OCP going away on 1st Dec 2014.
  • Added back the ability to preview the mic for post 10.7.x systems. It's been tested in Mavericks.
  • Further changes to the capture area detection and mgmt for OSX 10.7.x onwards.
  • "Drop duplicate frames" now defaults to Off. This provides far smoother capture under Mavericks.
  • Many changes to the way selection area works. Now fixed for selection of "Display X x Y" from dropdown menu.
  • Recording now works on Yosemite.
  • Made selection windows disallow setting of the capture area on a non-accelerated display.
  • Removed non-accelerated displays from 'choose button' and associated drop down menu.
  • Better detection of non-accelerated displays and reset of the capture engine in that specific case.
  • Modified the start/stop procedure and improved the logging in the case where startup of the capture engine fails. This is in place to help me find out what is going on (so please do send in logs!)
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue that could cause poor performance in HD in general.
  • Fixed a crash issue that occurred sometimes when recording was stopped.
  • Fixed up the menu item text so that the "show/hide" part is correct for the media manager and performance windows, no matter how you close the window.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.907 (Nov 10, 2014)

  • Fixed up the shortcuts, which can now be edited properly via iShowU HD preferences.
  • Fixed crashing in 10.9.3.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.10 Beta (Jun 20, 2014)

  • Fixed up the menu item text so that the "show/hide" part is correct for the media player and performance window, no matter how you close the window.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.9 (Jun 18, 2014)

  • Fixed crashing in 10.9.3.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.9 Beta (May 8, 2014)

  • Fixed up the shortcuts, which can now be edited properly via iShowU HD preferences.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.8 (Feb 6, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Updated AVF implementation
  • Minimum OSX requirement now bumped to 10.7.x

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.7 (Jul 9, 2013)

  • Changes:
  • For OS X 10.8.4+: 5-10% better recording performance.
  • Fixed bug where preview overlay should show too large on Retina machines.
  • Added an option to drop late frames. It's enabled by default. Affects only OS X 10.7 and later.
  • Added better instructions on enabling support for assistive devices, for both ML and Mavericks.
  • Split out the 'advanced' options (iShowU HD Preferences) into their own tab.
  • Initial testing under Mavericks. Works with DP2, but you may experience performance issues.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.6 (Jun 4, 2013)

  • Changes:
  • Added the option to 'force mic audio to mono'.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.6 Beta (Apr 10, 2013)

  • Fixes:
  • Fixed problem where the first video recorded in a session would replace subsequent recordings. This occurred in some cases when the "Mix all audio to 2ch Stereo" was enabled in the QuickTime tab, or used via the context menu.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.5 (Apr 6, 2013)

  • Changes:
  • iShowU HD disables LowCPU mode in the HD version (Pro version still has the option).
  • Better detection of accelerated renderers upon startup.
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed up the YouTube script - it wasn't filtering out deprecated categories.
  • Possible fix for the inability to record video (i.e: some users getting audio only)

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.5 Beta (Feb 27, 2013)

  • Fixes:
  • Provided error checking and automatic switching to PCM when the microphone device cannot be recorded directly into AAC.
  • Horizontal resolutions are automatically rounded up to a multiple of 32 when using Intel HD 4000 gfx cards.
  • Fixed typo in the user manual.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.4 Beta (Jan 30, 2013)

  • Changes:
  • Added a back-end feature to switch the ordering of registration checking (user vs shared) - useful if installing using images.
  • Added option to enable a more 'wordy' rendering of 'Tab', 'Option', 'Command', 'Control' and 'Shift' key presses.
  • Fixes:
  • Fix problem with HD where it won't start if an non-accelerated (e.g: USB -> DVI adaptor) display is attached.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.3 Beta (Nov 15, 2012)

  • Fixed crash due to not having SF installed (sorry bout that).
  • Made handling of SF switching better. Now it only resets/switches when it has to.
  • Fixed crash issue on Mountain Lion when switching presets.
  • Fixed a couple of deadlock issues when switching between presets quickly.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.3.2 (Sep 6, 2012)

  • Fixed issue on Mountain Lion whereby enabling/disabling microphone would cause a crash.
  • Fixed incorrect rendering of toolbar images on Mountain Lion.
  • Implemented a fix for the "1280x720 alternating" frame bug when using H.264 under Mountain Lion.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.2.6 (Oct 27, 2011)

  • Build 1305+:
  • Fixed hang when updating. Fix will work for subsequent updates.
  • Build 1290+:
  • Fixed small memory leak.
  • Bumped revision number to be same as iTunes AppStore version.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.2.5 (Sep 24, 2011)

  • Fixes:
  • Fixed record failure under Lion when single channel device (e.g: USB mic) was used.
  • Fixed up smoothness of 'follow mouse mode' under Lion.
  • Fixed Frame durations corrected under Snow Leopard. This resolves the issue whereby QuickTime would show a variable rate even though variable frame durations was unchecked.
  • Fixed Frame durations now available under Lion.
  • Fixed a crash bug when SF2ch was not installed.
  • Updated the manual.
  • ProRes now available under Lion.
  • Modified frame quantization for 23.98 and 29.97. If variable frame durations are turned off then frame quantization is now enabled.
  • Tidied up the ProRes presets and reduced to a handful of 23.98 and 29.97 variants.
  • Fixed default sound output being set incorrectly (Lion only)
  • New capture implementation for Lion. Read the gory details.
  • Fixed crash when stopping recording (read more)
  • Fixed "unable to stop recording".
  • Fixed "speed" issues with 23.98fps recording (it'd play back about 10x speed).
  • Thanks to Joseph Linaschke for persisting and helping me find a bug causing crashes during retakes / multiple in-a-row recordings. If he were in Wgtn NZ, I'd buy him a beer :).
  • Additional performance improvements to preview.
  • Complete re-write of the Lion capture engine with a focus on performance and stability. Read more here.
  • Color correction now enabled under Lion
  • Much better performance
  • Various stability fixes.
  • A number of stability improvements.
  • Capture of subrects (i.e: not the full screen) now quicker on the main display (the display with the Dock).
  • Fixed memory leak under Lion when using a movable capture area (this could cause crashing).

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.2.4 (Aug 4, 2011)

  • Fixes:
  • 1020+: Fixed crash in Lion when deleting a recording.
  • 1018+: Additional stability improvements.
  • 1014+: Fixed bug causing crash when switching screen resolutions.
  • 1011+: Lion Specific: Fixed QuickLook. Fixed sync of audio with frames.
  • 994+: Fixed regression on multi-display configurations.
  • 988+: Fixes to texture manager (fixing crash bugs).
  • 986+: Fixed up a thread leak.
  • 985+: Fixed up a crash that'd sometimes happen with the new resource manager.
  • Changes:
  • There's a new option to enable quantizing of frames to exact boundaries. This was the previous default behavior and was there primarily for FCP7 compatibility. By default it's off, but can be enabled in General iShowU HD Preferences.
  • Capture guide auto hides (if it's movable) when using Lion.
  • We figured out how to manipulate the space-time continuum and have made the UI significantly more responsive.
  • Fixed an evil memory leak (symptoms were: 'slows down after about 2.5hrs recording'). The world is now a better place.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.2.2 (May 25, 2011)

  • Fixes - Fix for camera sometimes not appearing in recorded video.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.2.1 (May 25, 2011)

  • Fixes:
  • Additional stability improvements.
  • We have reworked the underlying frameworks that make up the base of our products, eue to these new frameworks / reorganizations - all localizations have been temporarily removed. We will be working with our localizers to being complete localizations in future releases. We didn't want to have half-baked localizations, and so decided it'd be better to remove them temporarily. Watch this space!

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.2.0 (May 25, 2011)

  • Fixes:
  • A number of stability improvements.
  • Fixed a bug causing iShowU to crash sometimes during resume of movies.
  • Fixed bug where sometimes the background QT process wouldn't start up, so thumbnailing would not occur.
  • Fixed a bug whereby the UI would appear to hang if you deleted a recording mid-resume.
  • Additional fix to resume that was causing a crash in some edge cases.
  • Fixed bug where you could not ctrl-drag the movie link from iShowU immediately after publishing. Now as soon as the link appears, you can.
  • Fixed artifacts that could appear in Low CPU mode if the capture area was set to Fixed and exactly the same size as the underlying area being updated (case in point: capturing the inside area of the iOS simulator).
  • Fixed choppy capture - rate smoothing is now ... smooth!
  • Fixed regression where the upload progress bar wouldn't go away after the upload completed.
  • Fixed issue where a capture could sometimes not be stopped.
  • A number of performance and stability enhancements (background QT server). Getting ready for 2.2.0 release.
  • Fixed issue that could cause a crash on startup.
  • Fixed performance issue with 70+ items in the recordings view.
  • The recording of Keyboard keystrokes is more sensible, and has options to record mouse clicks and also further/expanded control/modifier keys.
  • Fixed regression whereby presets were not created on new install.
  • Fixed issue with smart naming of recordings under Leopard.
  • Fixed issue with publishing names and naming of files under Leopard.
  • Finally found and fixed the bug causing HD to crash when you unplug devices (USB mics, etc).
  • Fixed various problems/regressions under 10.5.8 (especially related to PPC machines).
  • Fixed muxing of audio into 2ch (for various upload services).
  • Fixed Drag&Drop into the Sequence panel for Final Cut. If this is a problem for you, please go into General prefs for iShowU and disable the "Allow Control+Drag for movies" option.
  • Now saves presets on Quit (regression).
  • OCP fix - the correct URL is now available for dragging from the OCP manager if you change the title before the upload is complete.
  • Preset editor column sorting now stored, and correct default applied.
  • Resolved issue (2nd time) with warning message ("no active renderers") when waking from sleep.
  • Fixed issues with Preset Editor (headers now sort correctly, duplication of presets now also copies video settings).
  • Resolved a number of issues that could cause crashes.
  • Major Thumbnail Rewrite: Due to excessive instability with QuickTime, the thumbnailer has been removed and put into another process.
  • Fixed issue where resizing the window while recording could sometimes cause the recording to stop (especially noticeable in 10.5).
  • Fixed bug in countdown timer that could cause a crash if you did a retake while counting down.
  • Undo now works for deleting watermarks.
  • Resolving issues related to the preview, switching between screens, and changing monitor configurations.
  • Fixed the Presets editor so it doesn't do "weird stuff" when duplicating presets, and renaming presets.
  • Additional safety and locking in Recording layers and Media Checkpointer.
  • Added additional safety to the MouseCompositor, addressing issues with changing mouse cursors in CS5 (again, I don't have CS5 so cannot test).
  • Placed additional locking around audio shutdown (hopefully fixes issues with MOTU devices - I don't have one so I can't verify).
  • Fixes to QuickLook under Snow Leopard.
  • Fixed issue in Disk Stage of Low CPU mode.
  • Fixed bug starting HD on 10.5.x systems that'd cause a failure upon startup.
  • Further locking fixes within audio, and some further tidy up's after thumbnailing.
  • Cleanups in the thumbnail renderer, lots of additional locking, much work around making capture lifecycle more robust.
  • Fixing registration system.
  • Fixed a serious problem that could cause out of memory errors and bad recordings.
  • Fixed the problem where compressing would never end.
  • Fixed color correction for Low CPU recordings.
  • Fixed recording in mono, so that it works correctly with other (non QT) players and also when uploaded to YouTube.
  • Sound recording is now more resilient if the sound source is interrupted often (as can be the case with digital inputs). A side effect is that recording will be more resilient under wider load situations.
  • Fixed issue with audio where devices with different sample rates could result in glitches when recording.
  • Changes:
  • Allow a user to change their One-Click publishing name (via the Menu in the OCP manager).
  • Easily edit the title/description when publishing. Enabled by default, can be turned off in prefs.
  • The recording list of HD and that of the One Click Publishing management window are now synchronized by default.
  • One-Click Publishing (Learn more here).
  • By default, movies are now named according to the window / document that you hover over most during recording.
  • Upgrades to registration system.
  • Capture is now automatically paused / resumed when the machine is put to sleep / woken up.
  • You can now toggle on/off the preview window.
  • Implemented ability to mix audio into 2ch AAC before uploading to YouTube.
  • Undo is now working.
  • Readers of iCreate magazine can now use version 2.1.5 as well as version 2.1.4.
  • Drastically improved performance within the video bar (no longer crashes with 150+ recordings either) and fixed various selection problems.
  • A few missing localized resources were found and added.
  • A check is made for accelerated renderers before the app begins. This prevents needless an unhelpful crashes if you've no display connected.
  • There is now an option in preferences that disables "sleep" while Low CPU mode is compressing a video (so you can ensure your machine doesn't go to sleep while it's compressing, but does after it's done)
  • Added Undo functionality to the video bar when deleting videos. It'll now move them back from the trash if that is where they were put (or just put them back into the video bar, if you didn't move them to the trash).
  • Added Abort option to the status menu, and Edit menus. The dialog now no longer pops up if you are holding the shift key at the time you choose to abort (this mimics the behavior of iShowU v1).
  • Added option to edit the capture area to the Edit menu.
  • The Upload dialog now remembers it's state (title, description, keywords and last chosen category).
  • Updated the Russian localization.
  • Updated the Japanese localization.
  • Updated German localization.
  • *New* Italian localization.
  • *New* Spanish localization.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.1.4 (May 25, 2011)

  • Fixed issue with some large mouse cursors not being recorded properly.
  • Fixed another bug that could cause a crash on startup.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.1.3 (Dec 15, 2010)

  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash on startup.
  • Fixed a possible registration problem (would prevent registration in some cases).
  • Fixes for blue/purple screen on some G5 machines.
  • HD (not HD Pro) now defaults to Low CPU mode off, and variable frame durations ON. This mirrors the behavior of iShowU v1.
  • Fixed a bug with "record application audio" that could cause delays (massive latency) in the audio.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.1.2 (Dec 15, 2010)

  • Fixes:
  • Improved startup time.
  • Now responds to Delete (key, and menu item) in a sane manner. Delete with a watermark or camera selected, deletes the watermark or disables the camera. Delete with a recording selected, is the same as pressing the X button on it's top right.
  • Fixed a bug whereby clicking in the file list to replace an existing recording would end up using the wrong name.
  • Fixed a problem showing CMYK colors with the capture guide.
  • Fixed the Soundflower installer for Snow Leopard (also now upgrades if required).
  • Fixed a problem with watermarks not being deleted correctly.
  • Fixed a bug causing the preview to not work on machines with more than one graphics card.
  • Resolved an issue that could cause a fault during loading of defaults.
  • Fixed bug with HD crashing upon startup on PPC machines.
  • Fixed capture not starting (just showing orange indicator in menu bar).
  • Fixed a number of bugs that could cause hangs.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash during recovery.
  • Application audio now correctly reduced to mono if final output is set as mono.
  • Fixed the capture guide in Low CPU mode.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a hang while quitting the application.
  • A number of general improvements and fixes (automatic stopping of recording, preview overlay).
  • Corrected a bug affecting the QuickTime video settings dialog, and setting of custom FPS values.
  • Changes:
  • Color correction now enabled only if hardware supports it (fixes purple color with GMA, ATI 9600).
  • Experimental Color Correction (can be enabled in General preferences).
  • Updated manual describing new countdown features.
  • You can now perform retakes (via shortcuts only).
  • Added option to turn of the sound played when recordings are completed.
  • Selection and customization of presets fixed (now selects correctly from the dropdown).
  • How replaces existing recordings correctly (thumbnails refresh correctly).
  • HD will now behave correctly if you move/rename existing recordings using Finder (it'll keep track of the changes).
  • Keyboard compositor no longer shows pause, stop or camera toggle shortcuts.
  • Soundflower updated to 1.5.1.
  • Added Howcast upload script.
  • Changed the way application shutdown operates again (this I've fixed the crash on quit bug this time).
  • You can now turn off the warning message re 'Enable support for assistive devices' in Universal Access (useful if you are not able to turn it on). See the Display Preferences.
  • You can now move back to a non-beta without resettings configuration files - HD does 'the right thing' (tm).
  • You can now specify the color of the capture guide.
  • Added presets for iPhone Simulator.
  • You can now specify the capture size and video output size directly (see the "gear" dropdown menus).
  • You can now change the color of the mouse animations.
  • Screensaver and Energy Saving now disabled during recording (no settings are changed).
  • Added option to monitor (or not) the application audio.
  • Checkpoint time increased from 5s to 60s. This drastically reduces overhead in longer H264 movies.
  • Added an indicator in the timer window, showing when the camera is active.
  • Added some additional validation around output video size.
  • If you're using HD Pro, and you've not removed the example watermark, you'll be prompted when you record so that you have the chance to remove it before doing a long record without realizing that it's there.
  • Updated the YouTube and Blip.TV defaults.
  • Updated Russian, French, Japanese and Simplified Chinese localizations. Localizers: The advanced panel will now auto size it's width based on your translations (thanks to Michael Krekin, Roland Leroux, Koichi Matsumoto and He Yunxuan).

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.1.5 Beta (Jul 20, 2010)

  • Fixes:
  • Fixed issue with camera discovery causing crash on startup.
  • Major Thumbnail Rewrite: Due to excessive instability with QuickTime, the thumbnailer has been removed an put into another process. This should fix the majority of crash issues.
  • Fixed issue where resizing the window while recording could sometimes cause the recording to stop (especially noticeable in 10.5).
  • Fixed bug in countdown timer that could cause a crash if you did a retake while counting down.
  • Further locking/hang fixes.
  • Undo now works for deleting watermarks.
  • Resolving issues related to the preview, switching between screens, and changing monitor configurations.
  • Fixed an issue cleaning up the preview when it's reset (could have caused a crash).
  • Fixed the Presets editor so it doesn't do "weird stuff" when duplicating presets, and renaming presets.
  • Additional safety and locking in Recording layers and Media Checkpointer.
  • Added additional safety to the MouseCompositor, addressing issues with changing mouse cursors in CS5 (again, I don't have CS5 so cannot test).
  • Placed additional locking around audio shutdown (hopefully fixes issues with MOTU devices - I don't have one so I can't verify).
  • Fixes to QuickLook under Snow Leopard.
  • Fixed issue in Disk Stage of Low CPU mode.
  • Fixed bug starting HD on 10.5.x systems that'd cause a failure upon startup.
  • Further locking fixes within audio, and some further tidy up's after thumbnailing.
  • Cleanups in the thumbnail renderer, lots of additional locking, much work around making capture lifecycle more robust.
  • Fixed lock conflict in Camera Compositor that could cause a crash.
  • Fixed possible crash upon startup (GetCodecList and detection of cameras were walking over each others toes).
  • Fixed a potential problem with media checkpointer (it was possible for it to crash - which might be the source of a couple of crashes recently).
  • Fixed bug in the SSL initialization that could cause a crash at startup.
  • Fixing registration system.
  • Further improvements to stability (fixing rare crash during start of recording).
  • Fixed a serious problem that could cause out of memory errors and bad recordings.
  • Fixed the problem where compressing would never end.
  • Fixed color correction for Low CPU recordings.
  • Fixed crash when recording directly over the top of a previous recording (while prompting for recording names) - also fixed a potential crash when checking storage preferences.
  • Fixed recording in mono, so that it works correctly with other (non QT) players and also when uploaded to YouTube.
  • Sound recording is now more resilient if the sound source is interrupted often (as can be the case with digital inputs). A side effect is that recording will be more resilient under wider load situations.
  • Fixed issue with audio where devices with different sample rates could result in glitches when recording.
  • Fixed problem that could cause a crash when stopping recording.
  • Changes:
  • You can now toggle on/off the preview window.
  • Implemented ability to mix audio into 2ch AAC before uploading to YouTube.
  • Undo is now working.
  • Readers of iCreate magazine can now use version 2.1.5 as well as version 2.1.4.
  • Drastically improved performance within the video bar (no longer crashes with 150+ recordings either) and fixed various selection problems.
  • A few missing localized resources were found and added.
  • A check is made for accelerated renderers before the app begins. This prevents needless an unhelpful crashes if you've no display connected.
  • There is now an option in preferences that disables "sleep" while Low CPU mode is compressing a video (so you can ensure your machine doesn't go to sleep while it's compressing, but does after it's done)
  • Added Undo functionality to the video bar when deleting videos. It'll now move them back from the trash if that is where they were put (or just put them back into the video bar, if you didn't move them to the trash).
  • Added Abort option to the status menu, and Edit menus. The dialog now no longer pops up if you are holding the shift key at the time you choose to abort (this mimics the behavior of iShowU v1).
  • Added option to edit the capture area to the Edit menu.
  • The Upload dialog now remembers it's state (title, description, keywords and last chosen category).
  • Updated the Russian localization.
  • *New* Italian localization!

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.1.2 Beta (Jul 16, 2009)

  • Fixes:
  • Fixed the capture guide in Low CPU mode.
  • A number of general improvements and fixes (automatic stopping of recording, preview overlay).
  • Corrected a bug affecting the QuickTime video settings dialog, and setting of custom FPS values.
  • Changes:
  • You can now change the color of the mouse animations.
  • Checkpoint time increased from 5s to 60s. This drastically reduces overhead in longer H264 movies.
  • Added an indicator in the timer window, showing when the camera is active.
  • Added some additional validation around output video size.
  • If you're using HD Pro, and you've not removed the example watermark, you'll be prompted when you record so that you have the chance to remove it before doing a long record without realizing that it's there.
  • Updated the YouTube and Blip.TV defaults.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.1.1 Beta Build 1642 (Mar 9, 2009)

  • Fixes:
  • Fixed bug whereby pressing space to QuickLook a completed recording would edit the width/height if you had the QT tab open in the Advanced panel.
  • Fixed the YouTube script (uploading now works again).
  • Fixed a couple of issues that could cause HD to hang.
  • Fixed bug that could cause recording of system audio to fail sometimes.
  • Greatly reduced tearing that could occur over the mouse, watermarks or camera when under load.
  • Fixed a possible crash bug when deleting the video while it was compressing.
  • Fixed recent error with Camera (QTCaptureVideoPreviewOutput crashes)
  • Fixed a hang condition (yay!).
  • Fixed some bugs in Low CPU mode.
  • Fixed a bug in the upload service that could potentially cause a crash (when discovering services).
  • Changes:
  • Fixed the compositors when drawing into negative space (left hand monitors).
  • Made a change to allow more keyboard types to work for shortcuts.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when reporting an problem with Audio (would only happen if there was a problem with Audio in the first place).
  • Fixed weird aliasing bug that was sometimes visible on the top / right of a full screen capture.
  • Fixed bug that would cause a corrupted movie if absolute silence was recorded in Low CPU mode (blame QT!).
  • Further enhancements to Low CPU mode.
  • Rate limiting smoothing enhanced (again). This kicks in if your computer can't keep up with the recording.
  • You can now use either delete key to delete a watermark.
  • Audio is now kept in sync over time properly.
  • Added Compress Rate to the performance monitor. This is the number of frames per second being sent to the compressor (excluding duplicates).
  • iMovie 06 HDV 720p capture size changed to 1280x720.
  • Added Intermediate - SD PAL. 768x576 30fps.
  • Widescreen formats removed from Final Cut presets (960x720 and 1440x1080). Not required when using square pixels.
  • Support for beta releases. You can now enable a check for beta releases in Software Update. This will keep you up to date with beta builds.
  • You can now start the capture from the menu bar menu.
  • Key press overlay no longer shows spaces as symbols, doesn't show the shift key as often, no longer collects modifier keys together, and includes support for F17-F19 function keys.
  • YouTube high quality resolution now 852x480.
  • YouTube normal resolution now 640x360.
  • Added a menu bar item "show window" that lets you bring up the main UI window. Useful for those people who have turned off the "Show icon in dock" option in preferences.
  • Soundflower 2ch removed from the list of available input devices.
  • Updated the German localization.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.1.1 Beta (Dec 6, 2008)

  • Fixes:
  • Fixed error handling within compressor so that it doesn't crash if certain errors are received.
  • Fixed bug where keyboard compositor would sometimes draw itself into the first frame of the movie even when no keys were pressed.
  • Fixed crash while stopping recording.
  • Fixed bug that could cause a crash when changing watermarks, camera or other compositors.
  • Fixed bug causing texture leaks in the capture pipeline.
  • Fixed a number of audio bugs (causing crashes). The system will now warn you if it can't do something (like set the default output device back to what it was before).
  • Changes:
  • About box, menus and window title now show 'iShowU HD Pro' if you are using the Pro version.
  • Increased the height of the key press overlay.
  • Control characters (sp / esc) removed from the key press overlay.
  • Capture rate now limited to the refresh rate of the display (smoothes things out if you're running a low refresh rate).

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.1.0 (Dec 1, 2008)

  • Noteworthy changes:
  • Upgrade note - If you run this version you won't be able to use a previous version of iShowU HD without first making some changes. Please see this post for details.
  • Recording Recovery - Normally if you have a crash or other terminal event during recording your work is lost (and that's BAD). shinywhitebox humbly preset: recovery. Restart iShowU HD and it'll now recover as much of your movie as is possible.
  • Low CPU mode is now more efficient - up to 35% depending on the size of your recordings (larger recordings see a greater efficiency boost). This means up to 35% less CPU and around the same reduction in disk bandwidth per second.
  • New: Now upload to blip.tv
  • New Low CPU modes - Now you can replicate iShowU Classic functionality and have variable length durations for your video frames (this'll break Final Cut compatibility - but at least you get the choice now). This option is available in pro mode only.
  • Thank you to everyone who installed Smart Crash Reports and submitted reports.
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed recording at 29.97 fps. Now imports correctly into Final Cut.
  • Fixed crash that could occur (audio related) when shutting down.
  • Fix for potential crash situation between grabber and preview.
  • Fixed crash on startup if screen not accelerated.
  • Fixed error where capture preview wouldn't restart upon un-hiding the app from the dock
  • Better detection of compatible screen types and cards at startup.
  • Fixed errors that were occurring when recording audio at high sample rates (96khz+).
  • Pause now ... pauses.
  • Upload scripts are now upgraded if necessary.
  • Fixed issues with HD (non Pro mode) when recording. Recording rate (fps) is now smoothly limited to what the compressor can achieve in realtime (since HD doesn't have a Low CPU mode). This results in movies that are considerably smoother than they were in previous versions (e.g: recording Google Earth).
  • All preset tooltips now have correct tooltips.
  • Now presents a warning dialog if an attempt to upgrade a persistent store fails.
  • Changes:
  • Mono option now forced in non-Pro mode (all channels are in mono now).
  • Improved audio capture (no longer get any pops/clicks when under load).
  • Extra checking around sound device manipulation.
  • Countdown timer can now be moved during the countdown (and doesn't overlay the entire screen any more).
  • More presets for Final Cut (Apple Intermediate versions of the ProRes presets).
  • Various registration system updates.
  • Default preview rate set to 12 fps (reduces preview load while idle).
  • Fixes and enhancements to the audio recorder.
  • Updated instructions on the Capture area display (Return - confirm capture area).
  • Update the manual with information about recovery mode, and the new Low CPU mode options (Off, Auto, On).
  • Added additional help items to the Help menu.
  • Added Brazilian Portuguese localization.
  • Added French translation.
  • Translators - updated xibs: RegistrationController.xib; CaptureSettings.xib; MainUI.xib

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.1.0 Beta (Nov 26, 2008)

  • Fixed recording at 29.97 fps. Now imports correctly into Final Cut.
  • Mono option now forced in non-Pro mode (all channels are in mono now).
  • Improved audio capture (no longer get any pops/clicks when under load).

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.0.6 Beta (Nov 24, 2008)

  • Fixes:
  • Fixed crash that could occur (audio related) when shutting down.
  • Fix for potential crash situation between grabber and preview.
  • Fixed crash on startup if screen not accelerated.
  • Better detection of compatible screen types and cards at startup.
  • Fixed errors that were occurring when recording audio at high sample rates (96khz+).
  • Pause now ... pauses.
  • Upload scripts are now upgraded if necessary.
  • Fixed issues with HD (non Pro mode) when recording. Recording rate (fps) is now smoothly limited to what the compressor can achieve in realtime (since HD doesn't have a Low CPU mode). This results in movies that are considerably smoother than they were in previous versions (e.g: recording Google Earth).
  • All preset tooltips now have correct tooltips.
  • Now presents a warning dialog if an attempt to upgrade a persistent store fails.
  • Changes:
  • Extra checking around sound device manipulation.
  • Improved audio capture (no longer get any pops/clicks when under load).
  • Countdown timer can now be moved during the countdown (and doesn't overlay the entire screen any more).
  • More presets for Final Cut (Apple Intermediate versions of the ProRes presets).
  • Various registration system updates.
  • Default preview rate set to 12 fps (reduces preview load while idle).
  • Fixes and enhancements to the audio recorder.
  • Updated instructions on the Capture area display (Return - confirm capture area).
  • Update the manual with information about recovery mode, and the new Low CPU mode options (Off, Auto, On).
  • Added additional help items to the Help menu.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.0.5 Beta (Nov 20, 2008)

  • Upgrade note:
  • If you run this version you won't be able to use a previous version of iShowU HD without first making some changes. Please see this post for details.
  • Recording Recovery - Normally if you have a crash or other terminal event during recording your work is lost (and that's BAD). shinywhitebox humbly preset: recovery. Restart iShowU HD and it'll now recover as much of your movie as is possible.
  • Low CPU mode is now more efficient - up to 35% depending on the size of your recordings (larger recordings see a greater efficiency boost). This means up to 35% less CPU and around the same reduction in disk bandwidth per second.
  • New Low CPU modes - Now you can replicate iShowU Classic functionality and have variable length durations for your video frames (this'll break Final Cut compatibility - but at least you get the choice now). This option is available in pro mode only.
  • Fixes:
  • Pause now ... pauses.
  • Upload scripts are now upgraded if necessary.
  • Fixed issues with HD (non Pro mode) when recording. Recording rate (fps) is now smoothly limited to what the compressor can achieve in realtime (since HD doesn't have a Low CPU mode). This results in movies that are considerably smoother than they were in previous versions (e.g: recording Google Earth).
  • All preset tooltips now have correct tooltips.
  • Now presents a warning dialog if an attempt to upgrade a persistent store fails.
  • Changes:
  • Countdown timer can now be moved during the countdown (and doesn't overlay the entire screen any more).
  • More presets for Final Cut (Apple Intermediate versions of the ProRes presets).
  • Various registration system updates.
  • Default preview rate set to 12 fps (reduces preview load while idle).
  • Fixes and enhancements to the audio recorder.
  • Updated instructions on the Capture area display (Return - confirm capture area).
  • Update the manual with information about recovery mode, and the new Low CPU mode options (Off, Auto, On).
  • Added Brazilian Portuguese localization.
  • Added French translation.
  • Translators - updated xibs; RegistrationController.xib; CaptureSettings.xib; MainUI.xib.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.0.4 Beta (Oct 2, 2008)

  • Pause now ... pauses.
  • Upload scripts are now upgraded if necessary.
  • Fixed issues with HD (non Pro mode) when recording. Recording rate (fps) is now smoothly limited to what the compressor can achieve in realtime (since HD doesn't have a Low CPU mode). This results in movies that are considerably smoother than they were in previous versions (e.g: recording Google Earth).
  • Countdown timer can now be moved during the countdown (and doesn't overlay the entire screen any more).
  • More presets for Final Cut (Apple Intermediate versions of the ProRes presets).
  • All preset tooltips now have correct tooltips.
  • Various registration system updates.
  • Default preview rate set to 15 fps (reduces preview load while idle).
  • Fixes and enhancements to the audio recorder.
  • Added Brazilian Portuguese localization.
  • Translators: RegistrationController.xib has been updated.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.0.3 Beta (Sep 19, 2008)

  • Performance improvements to the Low CPU mode.
  • Watermarks, keyboard compositor and camera are now centered correctly.
  • Fixed the inverted mouse cursor that would appear when using some applications (Word 08, TextWrangler for example).
  • German and Russian localizations.

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.0.2 Beta (Sep 6, 2008)

  • While the X3100 no longer crashes, it's much slower than we would like. We are working with Apple to solve this issue.
  • Updated the manual.
  • Fixed issue causing the Display preferences icon to not show in Preferences.
  • Fixed issue with 8800GT and capture output sizes greater than 1024 (we've reverted the 8800GT performance enhancements while we deal with the correctness issue).

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.0.1 (Sep 6, 2008)

  • While the X3100 no longer crashes, it's much slower than we would like. We are working with Apple to solve this issue.
  • Performance enhancements to capture. Most noticeable on machines on Intel NVidia 8xxx graphics hardware.
  • Fixed hang bug with X3100 and MacBook.
  • Preview now limits its frame rate to that specified in the video capture settings.
  • Fixed crash in mouse movement.
  • Fixed bug causing preview window not to resume after being hidden.
  • Fixed keyboard compositor crash.
  • 1:1 capture now clearer.
  • Support for multiple graphics cards (e.g: X1900 & 8800GT in a MacPro).
  • "Open Settings" has been changed to "Open Presets".

New in iShowU HD Pro 2.0 (Sep 1, 2008)

  • First Public Release