HyperCam - SolveigMM Home Edition version history
10 April 2024 6.2.2404.10
Fixes:
- Unable to record audio only
- Unable to resume the recording after pause
- Multiple Media Editor instances on stop recording
- Crash on launch when specific Direct Show filters installed
- Memory leaks on enumerating audio capture devices
31 August 2022 6.2.2208.31
Fixes:
- Crash on closing the application when there are notices created
- Random video frame drops
- Random audio / video synchronization issues
- Freezes on some time-consuming functions
- Decreased duration of the MP4 recording stop
- Updates in activation system
Features:
- Added Turkish localization
05 June 2020 6.1.2006.05
Features:
- Added settings export and import (Business Edition only)
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue when Windows Media codecs settings did not save
15 April 2020 6.0.2004.15
Features:
- 'Voiceover' in Media editor that allows you to overlay any sound or voice comments to your video.
13 April 2020 6.0.2004.13
Features:
- 'Voiceover' in Media editor that allows you to overlay any sound or voice comments to your video.
06 March 2020 5.5.2003.06
Fixes:
- Fixes in activation system
06 February 2020 5.5.2002.06
Features:
- Activation system reports that the key is in use rather than the key is invalid when the key is correct but already activated
Fixes:
- Minor fixes in activation system
21 November 2019 5.5.1911.21
Features:
- Added MXF plugin activation (Business Edition)
15 November 2019 5.5.1911.15
Fixes:
- Out of sync in a recoding for XDCAM when output resolution resizing is enabled (Business Edition)
- Issues with HyperCam recordings import into Sony Vegas
11 November 2019 5.5.1911.11
Features:
- Added XDCAM file support in Business Edition, it's available as MXF plugin
08 October 2019 5.5.1910.08
Fixes:
- Crash on making a screen shot
- Issue when the main interface was not visible after launch
02 August 2019 5.5.1908.02
Features:
- "MP4 Safe Recording Mode" allows for recording recovery after an unexpected system crash
- The "Use Desktop Duplication API" (in the business edition only) delivers 2x higher FPS in recordings (requires Windows 8 and higher)
- Ability to reset a previous activation by deleting the license
- Update to HyperCam Media Editor with revamped timeline that blends easy-to-use controls from ver. 5 and ver. 6
Improvements:
- Optimization for capturing with resolution upscale up to 40%
- No activation required after update with next minor version
- Recent capture frame sizes popup menu near to "Custom" region selection mode button
- Optimization of HyperСam's launch duration
Fixes:
- Crash when selecting screen note's background color
- Unable to login with Twitch account for streaming
- Unable to login with YouTube account for streaming
- Recent capture frame sizes are not applied when selected
- HyperCam does not save WMV file when export size is set
01 February 2019 5.1.1902.01
Fixes:
- Fixed a chrash at the end of a recording
21 August 2018 5.1.1808.21
Features:
- Facebook's "Continuous Live Streaming" option which allows an unlimited streaming
Changes:
- Separate compressors options for streaming and recording
- Applying recommended video compressor's settings based on the capture resolution and famerate
Fixes:
- Inability to stream to Facebook
- Inability to stream to Twitch
- Crash after 20 minutes of a FullHD 60 fps video streaming using a camera device
- Unable to start recording when any video compressor's binary is missing
- Record area type selection buttons were visible if the screen capture device was not selected
- Fixed an issue preventing the mouse clicks capture when recording "audio only"
02 February 2018 5.0.1802.09
Features:
- WebCam recording and streaming.
- Twitch, Facebook and Youtube streaming of game session or video blogging
- WebCam and Screen combination with adjustable size, position and preview
- Revamped user interface with a modern look
- Recording to pre-set export size (resizing)
- Modernized good looking screen notes
- Detaching and extension of Recent records
- MP3 audio codec
- Custom DPI support
- Media Editor: Automatic preview of recorded video. After recording Media Editor is opened.
- Media Editor: New flexible timeline. Ability to create projects with a multitude of input files by dragging them into any part of the timeline
- Media Editor: "Media” control for easy access to project source files
- Media Editor: Two editing modes for comfortable use: remove unwanted fragments - with "Cut”, and save desired fragments only - with "Keep”
- Media Editor: New UI controls for easy selection of fragments by placing "Begin” and "End” markers
20 December 2017 5.0.1712.20
Features:
- New Modern UI design
28 July 2017 4.0.1707.28
Fixes:
- Fixed the issue when HyperCam recorded empty files if Kaspersky Antivirus is installed
- Fixed possible crash when opening video options
- Fixed crash when trying to choose Uncompressed Video as a Video Compressor
- Fixed "Encountered an improper argument" error when the selected audio device removed from the system
- The selected Audio Device is not saved between launches
- Selecting a maximized window for recording results in restoring the window down
06 November 2015 4.0.1511.06
Fixes:
- Upgrade policy notification while checking the upgrades is not displayed
- Thumbnails constructing in Recent records window does not work sometimes for MP4 files
- The maximized recorded window is minimized after the recording start
- Pop up sound menu is enabled while the recording
- The window name is not displaying when window mode recording is selected
21 October 2015 4.0.1510.21
Features:
- Recording screen actions to MP4 files (with AVC video and AAC audio)
- Edit recorded MP4, AVI and WMV files with frame accuracy in HyperCam Media Editor
20 November 2013 3.6.1311.20
Features:
- Localization to Portuguese (Brazil) language
Fixes:
- Fixed sound loss while recording
06 October 2013 3.5.1310.06
Fixes:
- System hang-ups while running HyperCam
29 November 2012 3.5.1211.29
Features:
- Certified for Windows 8 compatibility
30 October 2012 3.5.1210.30
Features:
- Optimized startup speed
- Updated HyperCam Media Editor
Fixes:
- Hang-ups on the startup
- Copy version info button in the "About” dialog
- Wrong HуperCam Bar location in the vertical task bar
- Crashes when choose "System Audio + Microphone” if no headphones or speakers are plugged in
- Portable installation deleted the ordinary version if it was installed before
- "Encountered an improper argument" message if the SRS Audio Essentials installed with the multichannel output configuration
- "Line in” or "Stereo mix” selecting caused error
- HyperCam 3 didn’t save video settings for Windows Video 1 decoder
- Impossible to delete text in screen notes with "Delete” key
- New language is applied right away rather than after clicking "OK” button
- Unable to start recording to a network path
- Some applications crashed when closing HyperCam 3
- Optimized thumbnails generation
- HyperCam didn’t capture video from Overlay
- Bugs with buttons inscriptions in the Russian translation
- Skinned Activation dialog
04 June 2012 3.4.1206.04
Fixes:
- "Encountered an improper argument" message preventing the further work
- Crash if choosing WMAudio Encoder DMO when mouse clicks recording is enabled
- Inability to record the System Audio when no microphones enabled
23 May 2012 3.4.1205.23
Features:
- Automatic check updates feature
Fixes:
- Fixed web-links
14 May 2012 3.4.1205.14
Features:
- Skype session capturing for Windows Vista and higher ( Recording an audio capture device along with system audio )
- Sound level indicator
- Displaying multiple microphones in audio popup menu
- HyperCam Media Editor: updated interface
- HyperCam Media Editor: thumbnails generation feature and time format switching(time / time and frames)
Fixes:
- Deleted hotkeys F2, F3, F4 haven’t been saved after application restart
- Error after restart recording when mouse clicks recording is enabled
16 November 2011 3.3.1111.16
Features:
- Localization to Italian language
19 October 2011 3.3.1110.19
Fixes:
- Help file was updated
27 September 2011 3.3.1109.27
Fixes:
- HyperCam hangs when trying to stop WMV/ASF files recording.
- Possible crash when trying to choose the WMV9 video encoder.
19 September 2011 3.3.1109.19
Features:
- Display of duration of the recorded file
- Recording audio-only files in WAV/WMA/MP3 formats
- Display of filetype of the recorded file in the recent files window (for video, screenshots, a sound)
- Portable installation
- Upload to YouTube
- Option of editing WMV files with frame accuracy in HyperCam Media Editor
- Context menu on recent records was added
- To each message box a characteristic icon was added
Fixes:
- Incorrect display of HyperCam panel if Windows Aero is enabled
- Wrong mapping coordinates in the Start X, Start Y, Width, Height fields when selecting the region to be recorded
- Assigning hot key if it is already assigned to another action
- Open the last records folder and log files, even if these folders are empty yet
- Add a macro screen labels after the language switching
- Creating a backup copy of the HyperCam license key
- Translation of "Uncompressed video" and "Uncompressed audio" strings
- Sometimes wrong size of the region to be recorded was shown
08 July 2011 3.2.1107.8
Features:
- German language support
Fixes:
- Recording didn't operate sometimes after pause/resume actions
15 April 2011 3.1.1104.15
Fixes:
- Crash during some video codecs initialization
05 April 2011 3.1.1104.5
Features:
- Localization into Russian language
- Possibility to set the speed of recording and playback
- Support Windows Media audio codecs that helps to improve sound recording
- Support HuffYUV and Lagarith codec that helps to get more high quality records
Fixes:
- Red frame, indicating the area to screen capture, falls in record
- Problems with sound recording with some codecs settings. Fixed, now in the list of available codecs only those that should work
- The size of red frame could be changed. Was fixed
- The deleted records remove without placing to the basket
- Errors with recording from two screens
03 December 2010 3.1.1012.03
Fix:
- Some fixes to satisfy Compatible with Windows 7 program
23 November 2010 3.1.1011.23
Feature:
- Ability to use Microsoft Screen Codec and write WMV files with further editing
- Ability to use some other third party codecs to be pre-setup at PC like MPEG-2, ACV/H264, etc. and put them to ASF files.
- Implemented adjustable audio time shift feature, to fix 'out of sync' problem
- Now a border follows a moving window in 'Select Window' mode
- Implemented drag and drop feature for 'Recent Records' window
- Detection of necessary DirectX and Windows Media runtime while installing
Fix:
- Recent record sorting sometimes did not work well
- Artifact were produced if to drag some application at overlay video to be recorded
- Artifact were produced if grabbed video window was resized
- Win 7 DPI changing to 150% caused grabbing region troubles
- Some fixes about incorrect border and notices behavior
Change:
- Some settings in Extras in Interface tabs are now unlocked in Run/Pause mode
10 June 2010 3.0.1006.10
Feature:
- Added command line interface recording and managing
Fix:
- HyperCam was unable to operate under non-administrative account, upon recording stop an error message was delivered
- Fixed memory leaks arisen with multiple start/stop recordings
- Upon F1 help file was not opened
Change:
- Installation and binaries signed by Comodo certificate
- Screen notes menu added to HyperCam task bar context menu
- Increased frame rate and K-frame distance thresholds. Now the values unrestricted
- Added ability to log HyperCam actions (for debugging purposes)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Solveig Multimedia\HyperCam 3\ use_logger should be set to 1
12 March 2010 3.0.1003.12
Feature:
- Minor component updates and installer improvements
18 December 2009 3.0.912.18
Change:
- Minor components updates
07 December 2009 3.0.912.7
Feature:
- Some more major and minor bugs have been fixed.
Fix:
- Fixed wrong behavior of a frame which arisen and remained: by pushing ctrl+shift keys (pan lock default key combination); if HC3 was iconized and then restored; by changing options Region/Fullscreen/Windows
- HC3 could crash while opening depending on some particular codecs installed. Fixed
- Radio buttons - Anchor to the Top/Bottom in Screen Note Setup window could not be switched off
- DV Encoder (and some other) settings did not apply. Fixed
- Fixed wrong behavior of macros updates in notices
- Alt+PrntScrn of HC3 windows did not operate. Fixed
- HC3 was unable to grab overlayed video from VLC player. Fixed
- Some more major and minor bugs have been fixed
17 August 2009 3.0.908.17
Feature:
- Added correct workflow of mouse clicks sound insertion. It is mixed to any "Source” channel with volume according to the settings
Fix:
- In two monitor configuration sometimes the coordinates were drawn out of HC3 controls
- Turning of "Show recording bounds” feature did not work
- Now if some being encoders enumerated delivers any message it should arise after splash hiding
- Changed buttons with border sync behavior. Now if the border closed a button should get to unpushed state
Change:
- Enhanced border width/height multiplicity behavior Now if to minimize HC3, it goes to "HyperCam Bar” if "Minimize to HyperCam Bar mode” is switched in
04 August 2009 3.0.908.4
Feature:
- Added delete keyboard button handler to "Recent Records" section
Fix:
- Alt + F4 did not close HC3
- Upon run, if "Options" or "Screen Notes Setup" windows were open and "Hide" or "Minimize to HyperBar" mode was chosen, the windows mentioned did not hide
- Notice text copied/pasted from Notepad sometimes was spoiled
- HC3 icon was not shown in Alt + TAB replacement
- Audio/Video problems in Pause/Resume mode
- Using "Select windows" feature highlighting border did not match to the selected border which sometimes included window headline
- Making screenshot from HyperBaR left a border within an output BMP files
Change:
- Enhanced windows choosing behavior in multi-monitors configuration
14 July 2009 3.0.907.14
Feature:
- Non-integer time of Screen Notes update.
Fix:
- Fixed problems with HotKeys
- "Key Frame Every.." parameter availability check remade.
- Full screen screenshots' thumbs are displayed in Recent records section.
- HC3 now produces output file with correct frame dimension.
- Some registry keys were not removed during uninstallation
Change:
- Red frame behavior changed.
03 July 2009 3.0.907.3
Fix:
- problem with capture video data with incorrect frame rate. Resulted file played back faster than necessary
- changing text in edit boxes accompanied by some garbage arising
- codec settings managed vie codec properties were not applied correctly to an output file
- key frame number parameter applied not to all codecs. Now it can’t be set to some codec it gets disabled.
08 June 2009 3.0.906.8
Fix:
- crash in Recent Record section caused sometimes by pushing left/right arrows with empty section.
- audio capture error. If "Record Sound" was selected sometimes "Video Compressor failure" error message arose
- after recording with sound, system volume was muted
- file names ware shown truncated in recent records (without resolution info)
- some crashes that occurred while overlaid video grabbing
- some improvements with audio/video synchronization
Change:
- added prefixes to screenshot that were rewritten if to make them faster than one per second
11 May 2009 3.0.905.11
Change:
- Added a resolution to output file names
- A context help hints added Representation of BMP screenshots along with AVI files in the "Recent Records" section added
04 May 2009 3.0.905.4
Feature:
- Recording state is indicated by "Pause" button blinking in Leave Opened and "HyperCam Bar" HC3 modes
- A note text may be edited by a double click on this note in HyperCam list.
- First version of the command line implementation. HC2 command line format has been kept
- Saving "Region", "Fullscreen" or "Window" button states upon HC3 close/open
- Ability to close the recording borders by double click on the frame label (left-top gray rectangle)
- Ability to close the recording borders (red frame) by pushing out corresponding "Region", "Fullscreen" or "Window" button
Fix:
- In full screen mode borders were not shown despite "Show recording borders" settings
- Sometime recording borders were overlapped by some windows, now they should be topmost
- Arranged default hot-keys according to be the same as in HyperCam 2
- If one selected a recorded file and pushed "browse", the explorer window that opens would not always highlight the same AVI file
- Some improvements to video/audio synchronization causing 100% CPU load during recording
Change:
- Disable the ability to get negative coordinates by dragging a border out of a screen bounds
- Disable edit boxes while recording to prevent unpredictable behavior
20 April 2009 3.0.904.20
Change:
- automatically uninstall any older version of HC3 before installing a new one
Fix:
- captured screenshot left a red border
- record/stop/screenshot Defaults hot keys were not set upon clicking "Defaults"
- crash when starting to record with a hot key, if recording area was not selected