Change History
 
Version 2.0.1

Many improvements, feature additions and fixes.

 

Version 1.5.5
  • Fixed problem with exporting to SWF using default settings.
  • Simplified uninstall page shown when installer detects existing installation of TA.
  • Windows Vista information is now correctly stored in PC Information and usage data.
  • New check for updates system implemented.
  • 48 kHz and 96 kHz sample rates are now supported.
  • Fixed 'close at end' feature in EXE exports.
  • Problem with 'New update is available' mark fixed.
  • Shows timeline and framebar in high-contrast mode when Windows high-contrast theme detected.
  • Fix to installer for detecting TA running when installing/uninstalling.
  • RecordSound toolbar button added on player.
  • Sound menu and toolbar rearranged. Sound playing available in Sound Tracks form and name of sound can now be changed.
  • Small fix to prevent crash if 'keyframes' file is incorrect. Problem with index of newly recorded file is fixed.
  • Added 'Use DirectX video acceleration' option to player, to allow DX acceleration to be switched off.
  • Trial period functionality for Vista fixed.
  • Updated version of Flash specified in HTML template to 6.
  • Sound selection problem on one source sound card fixed.
  • New Trial period dialog shown on startup.
  • Sound converting progress shown at the end of recording.
  • Added PreloadPercent parameter for SWF export.
  • Export selected frames to Flash, AVI, WMV, EXE, PPT implemented.
  • Error in export to Flash fixed : error message appeared if cursor was corrupted.
  • New license key format implemented.
  • Access to Help file on Vista fixed.
  • Recording in Capture Driver mode with optimisation at low frame rate fixed.
  • Improved Player performance and memory management in low memory conditions.
  • Fixed bug with deleting frames (access violation appeared in very rare cases).
  • Fixed bug with deleting frames (incorrectly deleted first full screen image in a movie, in rare cases).
  • Warning message displayed when FB is unable to switch between sound sources, due to hardware.
Version 1.5.4
  • Pause button added to EXE exports.
  • Small problem with MP3 sound playing fixed.
  • Implemented AVI 2.0 exporting. Can now export AVI files larger than 2Gb.
  • "Use Extra Sound Synchronization" feature improved, now it resynchronise whole sound at the end of recording preventing sound cuts or silences.
  • "Recompress MP3 sounds affected by editing" option added to Player, to avoid clicks caused by edit operations affecting MP3 sounds.
  • Textboxes and images can be placed outside movie screen.
  • Timeline in Player can be used to select frames.
  • Restart Recording option added to Recorder.
  • Unsupported sound formats (other than Wave and MP3) can now be inserted into movie on PCs with no sound card.
  • "Resynchronise sound" feature added to Player, to fix audio-video sync problems caused by some sound cards.
  • Flash Export control bars are changed to Flash v.6
  • Program added to checks recording process, improving recovery of movies when recording process has unscheduled termination.
  • Select Inactive Frames implemented in Player.
  • Export with no sound implemented in Player for export to Flash, AVI, WMV and PPT.
  • New default template for Flash export. Assists with embedding of Flash movie in user HTML.
  • "Asus driver installed" error is now shown when installing on a PC with ASUS video driver installed, due to incompatibility between ASUS and mirror drivers.
  • Save current style button added on TextBox properties dialog in Player.
  • QuickRecord now remembers previous fullscreen/region in Recorder.
  • Fixed icon restoration by Recorder after recording at a lower resolution.
  • Bug in "Limit by time" and "Limit by size" recording modes fixed.
  • New notification when crash detected, prompts to enable logging.
  • Z-order problem with textboxes and images in EXE export fixed.
  • New functionality added to sounds in Player. Now it's possible to rerecord part of the main sound track.
  • MS PowerPoint plugin fixed - the toolbar can be removed from PowerPoint ok.
  • Select frames function in Player improved to allow selection between markers.
  • Delete frames function in Player fixed, to prevent possible problems with sound sync in exporting to Flash.
Version 1.5.2
  • Changes to sound playback and conversion. Now DirectSound is used to play sounds, and mpglib.dll is used to decode MP3. This solves a problem with VirtualMemory when opening a movie with many sounds. In addition, loading time of movies with many sounds was significantly increased.
  • Bug in export to Flash fixed, artefacts appeared when exported scaled with JPEG compression or exported with lossless compression but in 16-bits mode.
  • Bug in optimisation fixed, problem appeared when optimising a movie with textboxes or images in first frame.
  • Fixed small bug with starting player when WMV codecs are not correctly installed.
Version 1.5.0
  • New tool added to player allowing AVI files recorded with other screen recorders to be converted to FBR format for editing.
  • FBR file format redesigned to reduce load time, improve reliability and enable future support for much longer movies.
  • The batch export tool in the FlashBack player now supports batch updating to the new FBR format.
  • MX compression has been added for exporting to Flash; this can reduce Flash sizes by up to 50%.
  • When exporting to Flash there is now an option to select the type of image compression: JPEG or lossless.
  • MP3 compression level now selectable upon export to Flash or AVI.
  • There is a new option in the recorder for dual screen users allowing any monitor to be recorded.
  • Auto-hide control bar setting added to export to Flash options.
  • MP3 compression now takes place ‘on-the-fly’ during recording, which reduces the delay at the end of recording. An option to revert to MP3 compression after recording has been added to the recorder options.
  • New options including “full screen”, “loop” and “highlight mouse clicks” have been added to the export to EXE options.
  • In the player a new feature has been added: crop frames. This option erases all frames expect those currently selected.
  • Various user interface improvements.
  • Improved optimization of FlashBack movie generation, to reduce native FBR filesize and Flash export filesize.
Version 1.4.5
  • When exporting movies export settings are now saved and reused as default.
  • Sound recording source selection dialog improved.
  • Bug that occasionally caused problems when deleting frames is fixed.
  • Bug with exporting movies with empty last frames is fixed.
  • Default Flash navigation bars have an improved graphical design.
  • Problem where white space would appear in exported flash movies with navigation bars at the bottom of the screen is now fixed.
  • New draw mode for older video cards implemented.
  • 'Xing' encoded MP3 sound files are now supported in the player and can be edited correctly.
  • Problems with proportional mode and paused textboxes/images when using the set frame rate option are now fixed.
  • Windows XP visual style is now supported throughout the program.
  • Capture-Driver and DirectX recording modes are now disabled in Terminal Services Sessions (these modes caused problems when enabled).
  • A new 'Fit To Window' button has been added to the player toolbar.
  • The displays for mouse click actions are now fully customisable with your own graphics if desired.
  • Menus changed slightly to give quicker access to licence information.
  • Recording toolbar implemented giving easier start/stop recording access to beginner level users.
  • New option in player allows users to toggle "Return to start of movie when end reached" behaviour on or off.
  • A warning message is now displayed if a pirate licence is detected.
  • New effects navigation menu implemented in player.
  • Recording while using 16 colours mode is now disabled (this caused problems).
  • A warning message is now shown if the program is unable to change screen resolution upon recording.
  • Any customised mouse click display graphics are now stored within the FBR file.
  • 'Search for duplicates' process when exporting to Flash and saving movies has been optimised for faster performance.
  • Textbox styles feature added. Now textbox settings such as colour, shape and font can be saved to a style and reloaded as required.
  • New menus added in player for replaying at faster or slower speeds.
  • Streaming is now supported in Flash files, including files with navigation toolbars.
  • Exported Flash movies with both a navigation toolbar and autoscroll enabled are now correctly cropped.
  • Dialog forms are now displayed at the centre of the screen on dual monitor setups.
  • Logging of key and mouse events is now supported in Windows 98.
  • Scaling movies when exporting to Flash is now supported.
  • New welcome/start-up form implemented.
  • The application title in EXE format movies can now be customised.
  • New batch movie export utility added.
  • New hotkey controls implemented in Recorder.
Version 1.4.3
  • Movie export settings are now remembered and recalled.
  • Sound recording source selection dialog improved.
  • Default Flash control bars improved.
  • FlashBack player toolbars rearranged slightly.
  • New menu items for quicker access to licence details information.
  • New optional toolbar during recording implemented.
  • New option added in player allowing auto-rewind at end of movie to be switched on/off.
  • Warning message now displayed when running a known pirate licence key.
  • Warning message displayed if FlashBack is unable to change the screen resolution upon starting recording.
  • Bug with frame deletion fixed.
  • Bug with exporting movies with empty last frames fixed.
  • “White space” problem when exporting movies to Flash with a control bar fixed.
  • Set frame rate proportional mode in player fixed.
  • Capture driver and DirectX recording modes now disabled when running FlashBack in a terminal services session (previously using them brought up an error message).
  • Recording in 16-colour mode disabled (avoids problems).
  • New drawing mode for older video cards implemented.
  • Xing encoded MP3 sound files now supported.
  • Set frame rate problem with movies with paused textboxes and images fixed.
  • Windows XP style appearance is now supported for the FlashBack application.
  • Fit movie to window button added in FlashBack player.
  • Ability to customise mouse-click display graphics implemented.
  • New “jump to” menu in player allows quick navigation to any movie event.
Version 1.4.2
  • Problems with maximum number of objects in Flash files fixed.
  • Sound tracks volume change screen improved.
  • Problem with sound mix volumes upon exporting movies is fixed.
  • Problems when the capture driver is only partly installed are fixed.
  • Problems when the capture driver is not installed are fixed.
  • Movies file structures are now automatically checked when loaded in the player.
  • "Mix sounds to one track" option added to export to EXE function.
  • Bug involving updating sound tracks after deleting frames fixed.
  • Improved error message when exporting unsupported sound track formats.
  • Sound files now checked to be WAVE PCM format rather than just checking the file extension.
  • Option added to player to control allowed memory usage.
  • New "enable text search in movie" option added to record options.
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