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From Neil Clayton:
iShowU has specified capture size - the user can easily specify the size of the video to be captured, using an intuitive 'see through' video preview. Just drag the corners around to specify the size, and hit enter. Fixed or follow mouse modes - Sometimes you'll want the capture rectangle (think of it as a movie camera that tracks your mouse) to follow the mouse, and other times, you'll want to capture just one area of the screen. iShowU can do both. User defined audio/video quality - While internet connections are getting faster, it's still going to take a while to transfer a 5GB movie to your Mum. iShowU compresses audio using AAC, and video using whatever method you think it appropriate (it defaults to H264). In addition, you can specify the quality of the video to your liking. Custom frame rates - When there's not much going on (i.e: you're not moving the mouse, just speaking) iShowU will capture at a lesser frame rate. When you start moving the mouse around (and the capture rectangle follow it) then it'll use a faster frame rate so that the motion looks smooth. Saves on bandwidth too. Simple - iShowU is designed specifically to be easy to use. If you don't want to customize anything, it'll work straight out of the tin. All you have to do is hit 'Record' and you'll have a nice little video on your desktop in no time.
What's new in this version:
- Automatically increase relevant SF2ch channel/master volumes when enabling recording of application audio. Fixes problems related to not being able to hear application audio, when recording of app audio is enabled.
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"grindles1967"
Version: iShowU 1.91.4
Pros
great product. works really well..just one LARGE PFOBLEM
Cons
i paid for and downloaded the Pro version, only to receive the standard version, and after numerous support emails and phone calls saying this and sending them the invoice copy, they dont respond!!!
They responded to a basic help question initially but wont honor my purchase...
bewareSummary
Beware when purchasing. not to be trusted
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"Excellent for downloading & making instructional videos"
Version: iShowU 1.83
Pros
Flexible. Can select any size section of the screen
Cons
I have had no problems with it
Summary
Simple, easy to use. Just draw a rectangle over the area you wish to record, press Record, wait until you have finished, press Finish. Thats it !! All over.
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"Great app"
Version: iShowU 1.77
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
Great app, excellent support.
Get he job done.
Andre -
"only demo so far but excellent & simple probably buy."
Version: iShowU 1.76
Pros
Easy to download and get going, simple to understand, works with the quicktime format therefore fast forward,stop,reverse,playback etc etc. good quality playback.
Cons
For what I want..NO CONS..!
Summary
simple to get going, easy to understand works with quicktime format I'm not out to create any great 'movies' I just want to record live online data and analyse it later.
Would be excellent for youtubing or promo demo stuff. Good quality playback for what I need which is readable text. -
"Great alternative to Snapzpro"
Version: iShowU 1.72
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
My number 1 complaint with Snapzpro was that you could not change the temporary cache folder location. I dont know why they think people want to use their OS drive as a scratch disk?
iShowU you allows you to easily change the temp/scratch disk location to another drive.
iShowU also easily allows you to choose QuickTime compatible formats/ codecs for easy output.
iShowU is also cheaper, even the pro HD version is cheaper than SnapzPro.
Both normal and HD versions works on Leopard 10.5.7 at the time of me writing this.
Great to see Kiwi developers working hard. -
"Save & Replace does not work"
Version: iShowU 1.68
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
I have been testing iShowU and comparing with other tools. Works quite well and is fairly intuitive.
IN my testing though, I found a small but annoying bug...if you try to save a recording with the same name as an existing file and ask to replace the original, iShowU still proceeds with the recording but at the end, the original file is not replaced.
Where did the recording go? (I suspect it is only in the temp directory). NO new file gets created.
Please fix. -
"Full Capture"
Version: iShowU 1.66
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
Most screen capture apps use interframe compression (like an animated GIF) and variable frame rate to reduce CPU load and file size. Sometimes that is desirable, but it also makes iShowU, with its truly movie-like capture, a rare animal. iShowU also works under Tiger -- a plus for a recent task where I had to capture something in Classic (which Leopard does not support). This app is a definite must for your video toolbox. -
"IShowU is wonderful with two exceptions"
Version: iShowU 1.66
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
I've been using IShowU on a daily basis for the past 2 months. It's a huge improvement over SnapZPro in terms of speed of video compression and ease of use. I can highly recommend it to anyone who needs to record their screen activity--whether you're creating tutorials or if you're recording webinars for later viewing. My main use for IShowU is recording 1 to 2 hour live webinars to view later.
There are two serious drawbacks that I hope the developer will eventually resolve:
1) If the program crashes (or the computer loses power) while recording, the saved video data still remains in IShowU's temporary folder. However the developer says that currently, this recovered video file is unusable, so in effect you've lost the entire recording.
This is a serious drawback if you're recording a one time web event, and the program/your computer crashes before you've saved it.
I find myself saving video every 20 minutes during longer events, just to be sure I don't lose it all, if there's a problem.
2) There seem to be some unresolved issues with sound. After launching the application (and before starting a recording) I always test the Level indicator (by lowering and raising the volume --- producing the click-click-click sound which in turn lights up the level indicator on IShowU). About 1 in 5 times, the program is not receiving the system audio. I simply quit and restart the program and it's fine.
The more serious issue is that sometimes, even after checking that the sound is working--approx. about once a week--I'll find that one of the saved video files is missing the audio altogether.
I like this program a great deal, and it's my hope the developer can resolve these issues.
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"Not great"
Version: iShowU 1.66
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
I only tried the demo version for one day, I recorded 8 movie clips without changing any settings.
I checked the first four which were fine, of the last four clips - two had audio but no visual, and one had visual but no audio.
I dont know if this is just a problem with the demo but I won't bother buying the full version to find out.
The program is good, logical and easy to use shame it gives disappointing inconsistent results. -
"Great program!"
Version: iShowU 1.57
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
This is one of the best sharewares I have found in a long time. It does what it is built for and the upgrades are regular and always an improvement. If all programmers were this good....sigh.
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