Release Notes
List of the changes applied to Screenbits after each update can be found below. This list gets updated every time a new version arrives.
Sep 2024
Version 9.8.1
- Ability to flip camera image vertically
- Improved screen capturing performance
- Internal improvements
- Minor UI fixes
Aug 2024
Version 9.7.1
- Improved screen capturing performance
- Improved mouse pointer capturing
- Improved recording performance on Windows 11
- Improved audio capturing quality
- Fixed a mouse pointer capturing issue related to magnifier
Jul 2024
Version 9.6.1
- Fixed an issue which caused glitches in the captured audio since the last update
Jun 2024
Version 9.5.1
- Added audio meter to view audio levels
- User interface improvements
May 2024
Version 9.4.1
- Fixed an issue in detecting unplugged audio devices since the last update
- Fixed an issue in assigning custom video encoding bitrate
Apr 2024
Version 9.3.1
- Ability to change audio mix volume
- Ability to filter surround sound to get maximum volume from virtual surround output devices
- Ability to change text alignment for watermark text
- Ability to change thickness for watermark text outline
- Ability to use touch scrolling for user interface controls
- Ability to disable hardware rendering for user interface
- Minor UI improvements
- Fixed an issue which caused recording stay in 'Starting' state if an audio source didn't work properly
Apr 2024
Version 9.2.1
- Fixed an issue which prevented recording if a previously selected display was unavailable
- Fixed invisible Open Folder and Play buttons in narrow view of the application
- Fixed a rare audio sync issue
Mar 2024
Version 9.1.1
- Fixed an issue which caused recording stay in 'Starting' state if no audio source was active
Mar 2024
Version 9.0.1
- New media processing engine
- Performance improvements
- Minor UI improvements
Aug 2023
Version 8.7.1
- Internal improvements
- Fixed an issue related to using AMD VCE for video encoding
- Fixed an issue which could cause selection toolbar appear on the wrong location
Jul 2023
Version 8.6.1
- Fixed an issue which prevented the app from restoring its location between sessions
- Fixed an issue regarding capturing audio from certain wireless devices
Jun 2023
Version 8.5.1
- Ability to choose HEVC hardware encoder (if available) for video encoding
- Ability to select windows from a list in a newly added "Window" capture mode
- Ability to add custom presets in area capture mode
- Ability to control recording from other programs by command line arguments
- Ability to view and adjust selected area by area selection tool
- Added 4K and 2K resolutions to the list of recording resolutions
- Added "Open with" option in Files section
- Improved list of recording resolutions which makes it easier to use
- Area selection tool now shows icon and title of the selected window
- List of available camera/video capture formats are now sorted by quality
- Improved appearance of magnifier in area selection tool and compact view
- Minor UI improvements
- Fixed an issue which prevented the app from restoring its location between sessions
- Fixed an issue which could prevent Compact View from being visible on the screen
Feb 2023
Version 8.4.3
- Camera overlay and video capture now switch to another device after selected device gets disconnected
- Fixed a crash after disconnecting selected video capture device from the system on Windows 11
Feb 2023
Version 8.4.2
- Internal improvements
Feb 2023
Version 8.4.1
- Ability to view audio bitrate for output files
- Hardware encoding performance improved significantly (CPU usage decreased by around 50% in most cases)
- Changed the folder browser UI to make it easier to choose the output folder
- Fixed an issue which could prevent user from choosing output folder on different drives on Windows 11
Dec 2022
Version 8.3.1
- Ability to write, draw and highlight anywhere on the screen
- Capture area in Pointer capture mode is now limited to the display which the pointer appears on
- Minor user interface improvements
Nov 2022
Version 8.2.1
- Fixed an issue which could cause black output when using Pointer capture mode on multi-display setups
Jul 2022
Version 8.1.1
- Ability to choose hardware encoder for hardware accelerated video encoding
- Ability to change thickness for camera outline
- Minor user interface improvements
- Interal improvements
Jun 2022
Version 8.0.1
- Ability to switch to 'Compact' view, a minimal user interface
- Ability to schedule recording
- Ability to add custom graphics to camera overlay
- Ability to prevent system from going to sleep during recording
- Ability to force bitrate for the output video
- Ability to choose fractional framerates (such as 29.97 or 30000/1001) for the output video
- Ability to view bitrate for output video files
- Auto stop (schedule) options can now get modified during recording
- Increased maximum framerate to 144
- User interface improvements
May 2022
Version 7.17.1
- Internal improvements
Apr 2022
Version 7.16.1
- Internal improvements
Apr 2022
Version 7.15.1
- Internal improvements
Mar 2022
Version 7.14.1
- Internal improvements
- Fixed 'Output encoder failed to process a sample on time' error which occurs when system is underperfroming
- Fixed 'Hardware video encoder failed to process a sample' error which could occur on cetrain conditions
- Fixed an issue which caused title bar of Frame move to an invisible area on mutli-display setups
Mar 2022
Version 7.13.1
- Ability to view number of audio faults from Statistics section
- Improved application icon to appear cleaner on start menu and taskbar
- Minor user interface improvements
- Internal improvements
Feb 2022
Version 7.12.1
- Ability to view audio sample-rate from Statistics section
- Internal improvements
- Fixed an issue when opening the app from start menu after launching from system startup
Jan 2022
Version 7.11.1
- Improved pointer click effects to indicate drag & drop and mouse button press/release more accurately
- Minor user interface improvements
- Fixed a crash which could occur if user changed system clock during recording
Nov 2021
Version 7.10.1
- Ability to change application language to Chinese Simplified, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian and Spanish
- Minor user interface improvements
Oct 2021
Version 7.9.1
- Improved support for capturing HDR enabled displays
- Fixed a crash which could occur after attempting to close the app
Oct 2021
Version 7.8.1
- Internal improvements
- Fixed an issue which could cause sound notification get recorded after resume
- Fixed an issue which could cause audio get out of sync after pausing/resuming many times
Oct 2021
Version 7.7.1
- Internal improvements
Sep 2021
Version 7.6.1
- Internal improvements
- Fixed an issue which prevented system from shutting down while the app is open
Sep 2021
Version 7.5.1
- Internal improvements
Aug 2021
Version 7.4.1
- Fixed an issue in the last update which could indicate display format is not supported
Aug 2021
Version 7.3.1
- Ability to take screenshots
- Ability to exclude taskbar from screen
- Ability to capture active display on multi-display setups
- Ability to change capture mode by hotkeys
- User interface improvements
Jul 2021
Version 7.2.1
- Ability to use push-to-talk mode for input audio
- User interface improvements
- Fixed an issue which caused output video/audio play too fast if using certain headsets to record audio
- Fixed a crash which could occur after selecting a predefined size for frame
- Fixed 'Incorrect parameter' error when attempting to start recording directly from area selector
Jul 2021
Version 7.1.1
- Minor user interface improvements
- Fixed an error which could occur when attempting to capture output audio
- Fixed an error which could occur when attempting to start recording from notification area
- Fixed a crash which occurred after adding or removing an imaging device from/to the system
Jul 2021
Version 7.0.1
- New "Device" capture mode to record camera individually
- New "Audio" capture mode to record audio individually
- Ability to turn on/off audio capture during recording
- Improved application icons
- User interface improvements
- Fixed an issue which did not allow the user to choose certain hotkey combinations
- Fixed an issue which caused Files and Preview tabs do not appear correctly on high-contrast theme
May 2021
Version 6.13.3
- Fixed a crash which could occur if audio driver was not present or not working properly
May 2021
Version 6.13.2
- Fixed a crash in frame mode
Apr 2021
Version 6.13.1
- Ability to choose capture format for camera overlay
- Internal improvements
- Fixed a crash issue which occurred mostly on x86 devices since the last update
Apr 2021
Version 6.12.1
- Ability to import, export and reset application settings
- Ability to cancel recording during the countdown time
- Sound notifications for pause and resume
- Fixed an issue which caused camera ovelay appear stretched when using circular shape
- Fixed an issue in choosing files for watermark overlay
Apr 2021
Version 6.11.1
- Ability to flip camera image horizontally
- Internal improvements
Mar 2021
Version 6.10.1
- Recording now automatically pauses when system goes to sleep
- Internal improvements
- Fixed "The object was not found..." error which could occur when system display adapters change between recording sessions
Mar 2021
Version 6.9.1
- Ability to view size, resolution, frame rate and larger thumbnail of output files
- An option to hide the app icon from taskbar when the app is minimized
- App icon now stays in taskbar when minimized unless the related option is off
- App icon stays in the notification area even if the app window is visible
- Cleaner thumbnail icons for output files
- Thickness of the outline border increased for camera overlay
- User interface improvements
- Internal improvements
- Fixed an issue which caused recording to stop immediately if the output folder path contained unicode characters
- Fixed an issue which caused the app window appear at first few frames of recorded video if 'Minimize when recording starts' was enabled
Feb 2021
Version 6.8.1
- Fixed audio lag issue after pause/resume when using IntelĀ® Quick Sync video encoder
Feb 2021
Version 6.7.1
- Ability to view which video encoder is in use from statistics section
- Fixed an issue which caused the app to stick in "starting" state
Jan 2021
Version 6.6.1
- Fixed an issue which caused distorted output in some cases since the last update
Jan 2021
Version 6.5.1
- Ability to use chroma key to remove background from camera overlay
- Recording performance improved on devices with IntelĀ® Quick Sync Video support
- Minor UI improvements
Jan 2021
Version 6.4.1
- Improved recording performance
- Fixed an issue which caused the app to freeze after closing
- Fixed an issue related to quality of output videos since the November update
Dec 2020
Version 6.3.1
- Improved performance of camera overlay
- Minor UI improvements
- Fixed an issue which lead to 'Camera is not accessible' error if using camera overlay
- Fixed an issue in Pointer capture mode if moving mouse pointer to the corner of the screen
- Fixed an issue which could cause a black screen at the start if playing the output with the Movies app
Dec 2020
Version 6.2.2
- Ability to view recording statistics
- Ability to change frame-rate mode quicker from the main window
- Fixed an issue which caused the camera ovelay appear stretched when using circular shape
- Fixed memory leak when scrolling through large number of files in file manager
Nov 2020
Version 6.1.0
- Recording performance improved significantly
- Preview turns off automatically while the app is minimized
- Minor UI fixes
Oct 2020
Version 6.0.1
- Ability to preview the output
- Ability to change overlay settings while recording
- New UI design for overlay and recorder options
Oct 2020
Version 5.15.1
- Shortcut to recorder/output settings in more (...) menu on files section
- UI Improvements
- Fixed camera position when using circular shape
- Fixed tooltip text of auto stop button on the main window
Sep 2020
Version 5.14.1
- Ability to use circular shape for camera overlay
- Fixed an issue which caused the app to crash when using a hotkey to activate area selector
Sep 2020
Version 5.13.2
- Fixed an issue which caused camera overalay do not appear properly when using certain type of cameras, since the last update
Sep 2020
Version 5.13.1
- Ability to use animated GIF images for watermark overlay
- Ability to apply scaling to watermark overlay
- Internal improvements
- Fixed an issue which caused recorded content appear over the black bars when using custom scaling
Aug 2020
Version 5.12.1
- Internal improvements
Jul 2020
Version 5.11.1
- Ability to copy recorded files from the application
- Increased the default camera scale to 40%
- More informative message when camera is being used by another application
- Fixed an issue which caused close and maximize button disappear after minimizing the app
- Fixed an issue which caused changes to video settings do not reflect on the app window
- Fixed an issue which caused the app to hang after minimizing in a certain circumstances
Jul 2020
Version 5.10.1
- Ability to detect and record wider range of cameras including virtual webcams
- Using "Open Folder" multiple times does not open multiple explorer windows anymore
- Long recording duration (+24 hours) gets displayed correctly
- Fixed an issue which caused the app to stay in "Stopping" state forever
- Fixed an issue which could cause camera overlay work incorrectly
Jun 2020
Version 5.9.1
- Added visual layout of system displays to make it easier to identify and select the desired display
- Added ratio to the list of resolutions
- Attempting to delete a file moves it to recycle bin
- App window stays open while the app is shutting down
Jun 2020
Version 5.8.1
- Ability to apply transparency to the camera overlay
- Extended the maximum size of camera overlay to up to 200%
May 2020
Version 5.7.2
- Fixed an error message when shutting down Windows, since the last update
May 2020
Version 5.7.1
- New "Frame" recording mode shows a frame around the capture area, makes it easier to capture an area of the screen
- Ability to change delay settings from the main menu
- UI Improvements
- Fixed minor issues in area selector
Apr 2020
Version 5.6.1
- Ability to view duration of recorded files
- UI Improvements
- Internal improvements
Apr 2020
Version 5.5.2
- Fixed an error since the March update which was preventing the app to run if Windows language was set to Turkish
Apr 2020
Version 5.5.1
- Ability to change capture mode while recording is in progress
- Ability to change pointer, watermark and auto-stop settings from the main window
- New layout and placement for app menu
- UI improvements
Mar 2020
Version 5.4.1
- Ability to rename files directly from the application
- Ability to start recording from the selection tool
- Internal improvements
Feb 2020
Version 5.3.3
- Fixed another issue in automatic GPU selection on Windows 10 Home edition
Feb 2020
Version 5.3.2
- Fixed an issue in automatic GPU selection on Windows 10 Home edition
Feb 2020
Version 5.3.1
- Added an indicator of the available free space on the output directory in recorder settings
- Notification icon now have a transparent background rather than a solid white/black color
- Minor UI improvements
- Fixed an issue with rendering the mouse pointer when using 125% screen dpi
- Fixed the icon of Settings window
- Fixed a warning message when executing the app executable directly in Steam version
- Fixed a crash when clicking on the Sound Settings link in audio settings
Feb 2020
Version 5.2.1
- The app now automatically selects the appropriate GPU to run on
- Fixed an issue caused turning off outline color for text watermark have no effect
Feb 2020
Version 5.1.2
- Fixed a crash after recording stops by the auto-stop feature in the last update
- Fixed fucntionality of the close (X) button caused in the new title bar design
Feb 2020
Version 5.1.1
- New design for title bar of application windows
- Location and state of the application window (maximized/normal) is now preserved between sessions
- Minor UI improvements
- Fixed an issue caused the changes to the file name template apply only after application restart
- Fixed an issue caused an error if user was set an empty value for the file name template
- Fixed an issue caused an error if user used invalid characters in the file name template
- Fixed an issue with some UI controls on high contrast theme
Jan 2020
Version 5.0.2
- Fixed an issue in pointer capture mode
Jan 2020
Version 5.0.1
- New user interface
- Ability to view list of files in the output folder
- Ability to share, drag & drop and delete output files directly from the application
- Ability to resize the app to make it use desirable space on desktop area
Jan 2020
Version 4.1.5
- Fixed an issue caused by the previous update which lead to an error on multi-gpu devices
Dec 2019
Version 4.1.4
- More detailed error message when access to an audio device is denied by Windows privacy settings or a security software
- Fixed "The specified duration is too long." error when system goes to sleep for a long time during recording
Dec 2019
Version 4.1.3
- Fixed an issue caused high memory usage and out of memory error when the system is limited on resources
- Reduced lags in the recorded audio from microphone on low-end devices
Dec 2019
Version 4.1.2
- Fixed Display Settings link which opens system display settings from screen settings
- Fixed the input source description on video settings
- Fixed 'The request is invalid in the current state.' error message after stopping recording
Nov 2019
Version 4.1.1
- Ability to send error reports automatically which helps to improve user experience
- New notification area icon for light theme
Nov 2019
Version 4.0.6
- Changed the icon on the taskbar notification area to make it more visibile on the light theme of Windows
Nov 2019
Version 4.0.5
- Ability to fall back to software encoding mode if hardware encoder does not work properly
Nov 2019
Version 4.0.4
- Fixed some issues which caused crashes
Oct 2019
Version 4.0.3
- Fixed an issue caused the changes to the output folder apply only after relaunching the app
- Fixed an app crash which occurred when user clicked the privacy policy link
Oct 2019
Version 4.0.2
- Fixed 'Output folder is not set' error, when using the default output folder, caused by the previous update
- Fixed an issue caused an extra '.mp4' at the end of the output file name since the previous update
- Fixed false warning about audio (error code 0x8000000a) at the start of recording
Oct 2019
Version 4.0.1
- New recording engine significantly improves screen recording performance, produces smoother videos and smaller files
- Maximum frame rate increased to 120
- Improved webcam recording
- Minor user interface improvements
- Fixed 'Default audio device was not found.' error when attempting to record default output audio after a remote desktop connection
Jun 2019
Version 3.8.1
- New modern design for user interface controls
- The app now supports dark theme by respecting Windows app mode settings
- Ability to quickly change output resolution and frame rate settings from the main window
- Ability to quickly change pointer recording option from the main window
- Simplified the design for the main window to make it even cleaner and easier use
- Switching to high contrast mode no longer requires restarting the app to update the UI
May 2019
Version 3.6.1
- Fixed an issue related to magnifier (selector) when using non-default DPI settings
Mar 2019
Version 3.5.1
- Ability to record IEEE float audio
- Ability to record 24kHz audio
- Pointer highlight and click effects now position and scale correctly when using fullscreen magnifier
- Fixed an issue caused duplicate pointers get recorded when using fullscreen magnifier
Feb 2019
Version 3.4.1
- New logo
- Fixed size of the logo on small tile
Jan 2019
Version 3.3.2
- Minor user interface improvements
Dec 2018
Version 3.3.1
- Ability to record 16 kHz, 32 kHz, 88.2 kHz and 176.4 kHz audio
Dec 2018
Version 3.2.1
- Sound notification when recording gets stopped or cancelled
- Recording now starts quicker than before
- System shutdown/log off is now handled properly by the application
Oct 2018
Version 3.1.3
- User Interface improvements
- Fixed an issue which caused the app do not launch properly from a different virtual desktop
Sep 2018
Version 3.0.1
- Revamped user interface makes the app look modern and easier to use
- Ability to enable/disable webcam overlay from the main window
- Settings dialog allows users to view and change some of the settings while recording is in progress
- Fixed some issues with unsupported audio formats
- Fixed "Access Denied" error when the app cannot access to the output folder
- Fixed an issue which caused inactive audio devices appear in the audio device selector
Apr 2018
Version 2.12.1
- Webcam overlay feature is now out of experimental state
- Minor improvements to user interface
- Fixed "Webcam format is not supported." error which prevented some users from using webcam overlay
Mar 2018
Version 2.11.2
- Fixed an issue which led to not using hardware encoder
Mar 2018
Version 2.11.1
- Ability to start new recording after stopping automatically
- Ability to view license information on the About dialog
- Application icon now becomes hidden from alt+tab menu when it's minimized to the notification area
- Fixed visibility of items on the status bar in high contrast black theme
- Fixed a crash issue when user assigned an empty text to the output file name
- Fixed an issue in selector caused some UI elements interrupt selection
Feb 2018
Version 2.10.1
- Ability to add webcam overlay to video (experimental)
- Ability to record wider range of audio formats and configurations
- A new design for Settings UI
- Some UI elements are now slightly larger to improve user experience on high-dpi and touch screen devices
- Increased size of the default font to improve user experience on high-dpi and touch screen devices
- Improvements in overlay preview
- Fixed another issue caused some settings reset to default after each update
Jan 2018
Version 2.9.1
- Ability to add click effects to the video
- Ability to choose a shortcut key for activating the selection tool
- An option to choose behavior of the X button (minimize/exit)
- A shortcut to Magnifier application (View > Magnifier) which can be used to zoom in/out while recording
- Audio Recorder now immediately adapts to changes in system sound settings
- Magnifier (Selection Tool) now become visible when user attempts to resize the selected area
- Back quote (`) key can now be used in keyboard shortcuts
- UI improvements
- Fixed an issue caused some settings reset to default after each update
- Fixed AUDCLNT_E_UNSUPPORTED_FORMAT error when attempting to record system audio in a rare scenario
- Fixed incorrect horizontal position of watermark text in the preview box
Jan 2018
Version 2.8.1
- Ability to automatically stop recording by its duration or output size
- Ability to add watermark image (in addition to watermark text) to the video
- Ability to set opacity and margin for watermark
- Ability to view active overlays, output size and total available storage in the main window
- Watermark is now being placed over the content not over the black bars (if any)
- Recording now automatically stops before system rans out of storage space
- Improved overlay preview
- Fixed an issue in the selector on multi-display setups
Dec 2017
Version 2.7.3
- Ability to record from multiple display adapters (video cards) together
- Fixed an issue caused the app to be unable to detect all of the connected displays in some setups
- Fix a crash issue when using Window selection mode
Dec 2017
Version 2.7.1
- A set of predefined values for the output resolution
- Ability to use custom output resolution
- Ability to select scaling mode (aspect ratio, stretch or no scaling)
- Ability to preview output resolution and scaling
- Frame rate is now being displayed on the main window
- UI improvements
- Fixed an issue in selecting a fixed area in multi-display setups
Nov 2017
Version 2.6.1
- Ability to record multiple displays
- Fixed some issues in the selector UI
Nov 2017
Version 2.5.1
- Ability to take advantage of hardware encoder -if available- to improve performance
- UI improvements
- Fixed some issues with screen rotation
- Fixed an issue that caused the app to crash when attempting to play recorded video from the app
Oct 2017
Version 2.4.1
- Added support for recording 8kHz, 11.025kHz and 22.05kHz audio
- Added support for recording wider range of audio devices including Bluetooth headsets
- Improved audio recorder to work well when system is under pressure
- Fixed an error which occurred when recording an audio device with incompatible format
Sep 2017
Version 2.3.1
- Ability to run on Windows startup
- Ability record default audio recording/playback device
- Ability to keep the app always on top
- Customization options for the selection tool
- Ability to set delay before recording
- Ability to play record/countdown sound
- Tooltip for notification area icon which shows status and duration of the recorded video
- Improved video recording functionality and performance
- Increased maximum frame-rate from 60 to 120
- Simplified hotkey usage
- Improved reliability of the hotkey system
- UI improvements
- Fixed an issue that occurred when system display went off during recording
Aug 2017
Version 2.2.1
- Added x64 version
- A new advanced selection UI featuring magnifier, keyboard integration and more
- Ability to record in up to 4K quality
- Ability to limit output resolution to FHD quality
- UI improvements
- Registering hotkeys no longer requires restarting the app
- Fixed "The data specified for the media type is invalid..." error on 4K displays
- Fixed "AUEnumDeviceFormats failed" error when attempting to record a disabled or unplugged audio device
- Fixed the "Error code: 887A0004" warning during recording
- Fixed an issue where a white box was being recorded over the cursor
Jul 2017
Version 2.1.4
- Ability to record two audio sources together (e.g. both speakers and microphone)
- Ability to record in variable frame-rate to improve performance and reduce output size
- Ability to select sample-rate and number of channels for the output audio stream
- Support for recording 96 kHz and 192 kHz audio
- Improved performance
- UI improvements
- Fixed an issue that caused the "Not enough storage available" error on some devices
- Fixed an issue that caused the app to crash
Jun 2017
Version 2.0.4
- Support for in-game recording
- Ability to select video size (full or half)
- Improved performance; it now works a lot smoother than before
- Improved overall stability of the app
- Improved UI responsiveness
- Improved the preview UI
- Improved the hotkey selector box
- Fixed some issues with resolution changes and UAC screen
- Fixed an issue with changing font of the watermark
May 2017
Version 1.2.4
- Shortcut to the system sound settings in the Audio & Video settings
- Reduced size of output files
- Improved recording performance
- Increased transparency of the cursor highlight ellipse
- Fixed an issue related to recording audio from playback devices
- Fixed an issue related to recording audio when using low frame-rates for the video