CamStudio

A Tutorial From Dai showing the settings he recommends
for producing a video for dial up.

(Click the graphic to go to Dai’s site)

Hi All

I haven’t heard from Marcus who’s currently working on 2.6 for 3 weeks now.

I don’t want development on CS to stall, nor do I want all the “pressure” on one person to deliver, so I’ve decided to make CamStudio 2.5 available and class it as a Beta 1 release.

You can download the binaries and full source code from here:

http://www.camstudio.org/dev

CamStudio.2.5.b1.bin.zip <- Binaries (download this if you want to use it)

CamStudio.2.5.b1.src.zip <- Source Code For CamStudio Recorder, SWF Producer and CamStudio Player

MultiLang.src.zip <- Source Code For the Multi-Language feature

Here’s a link to a quick video explaining which files are which.

Here are the changes and fixes:

CAMSTUDIO RECORDER

• Recording Region By Window – ADDED
• Left and Right Mouse Button Visual Feedback When Clicked – ADDED
• True Multi-Language Support For Recorder, SWF Producer, and Player – ADDED
• Recording Audio From Speakers – REMOVED DUE TO LACK OF SOURCE CODE
• Recording For A Preset amount of time – ADDED
• New Effects Menu added with:
  • Add System Time Stamp To Video
  • Add Caption To Video
  • Add Watermark To Video (Transparancy not supported, yet!)

SWF PRODUCER

• Added Redirect URL function so a viewer can be taken to another URL immediately after video has finished playing.
• Added Cancel button to “Converting to SWF” dialog so you can cancel a SWF conversion at any time. You don’t have to wait until it’s finished or force it to close with CTRL, ALT, DEL.

OUTPUT

• Firefox bug when playing a Flash SWF file – FIXED

OUTSTANDING STUFF

• When using another language, some menus and options are either missing or still in English.
• Native Vista compatibility not supported, but workaround listed on the blog using XP Compatibility Mode.
• Documentation (still working on it)

I haven’t included the documentation with this Beta release, but the additional features are extremely simple to use I’m sure you won’t have any problems (famous last words?)

If you’d like to help with any aspect of the CamStudio project, I’m currently looking for:

• Visual C++ and Macromedia Flash Coders [URGENT]
• Graphic Designers for the Flash Player Controls
• Moderators for the upcoming Forum.

If you’re interested, please email me at: info {at} instantsupersites {dot} com

Let me know what you think.

Cheers

Nick

UPDATE: If you get the following error message when trying to run the Beta  …

“This application failed to start because MFC71.DLL was not found. Reinstalling the application may fix the problem.”

do the following:

1. Go back to http://www.camstudio.org/dev and download the MFC71.dll file into the folder where you have the 2.5 Beta binaries and try running CamStudio again.

2. If that doesn’t work, copy the MFC71.dll to your “C:\Windows\System32″ directory and reboot your computer.

Thanks to Stacy for pointing this out.

Just a quick note to say I’m about to upgrade the CamStudio blog to the latest version of Wordpress, 2.2.2

If it all goes horribly wrong, I’ll try to minimize any possible downtime.

I’ve backed up the DB and current files, so if the worst happens it should be simple for me to recover.

Anyway, keep everything crossed for me …

UPDATE: It looks like everything works as it should. I also took the liberty of changing the theme to Cutline.

Hi All
This is a request for Vista users …

Ghosty121212 posted a comment on this page saying that you can get CamStudio working on Vista, doing the following:

Right click on the application > Select compatibility > then choose run compatibility with Windows XP SP2.

It runs just like XP now!

Can anyone confirm this?

Hi All

I know it’s been a while since I posted, and 2.5’s release has fallen behind again (yes, Dai I’m still on it) but I’ll have some good news for you in the next couple of days …

In the meantime, I thought I’d share the lovely letter I got from a charming individual called “Adolf” and my response to it …

[Read more →]

Hi All

Apologies for being a little behind in getting CS 2.5 out the door – all my time’s been taken up with paid work and personal problems [sigh]. I won’t bore you with the latter, but it’s done and dusted now, I hope.

Anyway … whilst I get back to CamStudio I just found this article from LifeHack.org revealing the 20 free applications that will increase your productivity … and CamStudio is #9 … w00t!

I’ll have Demo Video #2 to you soon.

Thanks for being patient everyone.

UPDATE: I forgot to mention, I found this article originally on Digg.com here:

http://digg.com/software/Top_20_Free_Applications_to_Increase_Your_Productivity

Hi All

I’ve received quite a few emails asking when 2.5 is being released. I’m redoing the documentation and so I’m aiming for next week – in the meantime, here’s a quick demo video showing some of the new features.

There’s nothing here that will change the world as we know it, but a few bits and pieces that should make CS easier and quicker to use.

Here’s Demo #1 on Google Video, YouTube and MSN Video.

Video: CamStudio 2.5 Demo Video #1

I’ll do another video showing some of the other new features some point in the next couple of days.

Let me know what you think so far.

Cheers

Nick

I’ve just had the final binaries and source code back from my programmer and so now … Version 2.5 is officially complete.

There is one small disappointment … the feature to Record Audio From Speakers won’t be included in 2.5 due to the fact that that particular piece of source code is missing from the original archive …

I did some digging and found some information on why …

The original webpage isn’t around anymore, but is still in Google’s cache for the page …

Here’s the full text …

CamStudio v2.0s

The source code for CamStudio v2.0s contains some slight difference from the binary version v2.0. To note, the code for the Record Audio From Speakers feature are absent from this release.

This incomplete release of code is due to the fact that the authors who contributed these portions are still uncomfortable sharing them with the public. We have, therefore, withhold these portions out of respect for these authors.

We are negotiating with the authors and we hope to resolve this issue soon.

Looks like it was never resolved – hence, no source code …

If the person(s) who coded this feature is/are reading this post, any chance of a copy of the code …?

Alternatively, if you know who wrote this code please point them to here … thanks!

On an upbeat note, I’ll upload a quick video to Google Video showing the new features in CamStudio 2.5 …

Keep ‘em peeled …

Some good news and some bad news …

First, the Bad News …

CamStudio 3.0 development has been put on hold …

There are a number of reasons for this but mainly because I don’t feel there’s a significant improvement over 2.0 for it to be a whole new version …

Now, the Good News …

Some of the new features from 3.0 have been transferred into V2 and so now I can announce that after nearly 4 years …

A new version of CamStudio is about to be released …

Say Hello to Version 2.5 …

I’ll post more soon …

Cheers

Nick

Hi guys

I’ve been contacted by a few people to bring my attention to this piece of software:

http://www.etrusoft.com/screen-recorder/screen-recorder-screenshot.htm

It does seem awfully familiar … does anyone know more about it?