Recorder
SWF Producer
Outstanding stuff
Flash (.swf) output - you can now produce small, stream-able Flash files with lossless compression (in perfect quality) with CamStudio. This is made possible with the introduction of a new module - the SWF Producer - that is distributed with the CamStudio package. What the SWF Producer basically does is to convert AVI files to Flash (.swf) files. It can convert almost all AVI files to Flash, including those not produced with CamStudio. The SWF Producer can operate in 3 modes:
Standalone mode
The SWF Producer runs like a normal program. You can launch it by selecting the Tools -> SWF Producer command inside the CamStudio Screen Recorder, or by simply double clicking the Producer.exe file in the installed directory.
Record Directly to Flash
You can set the CamStudio Recorder to record directly to Flash.
Command-line mode (silence mode)
The Producer can also be launched on the command line (in DOS Prompt) by typing Producer.exe -b filename.avi
When Producer is launched this way, it opens the file "filename.avi" when it starts, automatically converts the AVI movie to Flash, and then exits. It will not issue any error messages during conversion. You can convert multiple AVI files this way.
With the auto-naming feature you can now avoid giving a name to every AVI you record. (Options -> Program Options -> Name of AVI file) The name of the file is automatically formed using the system's date and time of recording and is saved in CamStudio's installed directory.
playplus -a filename.avi
This will launch the AVI file (filename.avi) and play it automatically.
playplus -x filename.avi
This will launch the AVI file (filename.avi) and play it automatically. The player will exit when the playback is completed.
Screen Annotation
Allows you to display screen captions on your desktop while recording. These captions are anti-aliased, high quality images that can display text in multiple languages. You can also make a caption transparent and create a cutout region for it.
Video Annotation
Allows you to stream the contents of your web-cam onto your desktop. With this feature, you can add a personal touch to your recordings by including a movie of yourself into the AVI. The video annotations window, like the screen annotations, can be made transparent (Win XP) and assigned a cutout region.
You can now pan the fixed region of recording by dragging any of the four corners around it.
With the new Audio and Video Synchronization feature, you can now shift the video stream slightly to make the audio and video streams be in phase.
Bugs are fixed for keyboard shortcuts that may not function properly in previous versions.