Changelog

Version 2.1.2 - Aug 27, 2012

• Bugfix: focus mode is now properly saved for both videos and photos

Version 2.1.1 - Aug 18, 2012

• Added "continuous focus" video option for all devices
• Changed the look of the main buttons, also enhancing contrast
• The setting for storage space limit is now only used for tempvideos

Version 2.1 - Jun 19, 2012

• Fixed various incompatibilities introduced in the previous version
• Added microphone button to quickly enable/disable sound from videos
• New option to maximize stability or minimize gaps between videos

Version 2.0 - Apr 22, 2012

• Rewritten camera-related code (video and photo)
• Added 3 new video quality options: bitrate, frame rate, focus mode
• Reduced time gap between consecutive video files
• Gallery to manage files in a different way
• Personalized sharing/upload options through the Gallery (depends on what apps are installed)
• New option for background Exit button
• Added support for Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
• Dropped support for Android 1.5 and 1.6, the oldest supported is now 2.1
• HQ video recording is now supported on the Samsung Galaxy S 2
• Translations to Korean and Spanish

Version 1.7.2 - Sep 29, 2011

• Option to specify a full path for the files, as opposed to just the main folder
• If files are deleted outside the app, added option to manually sync with the card (Files -> Refresh)
• More stable shutdown procedure in automatic mode
• On the Samsung Galaxy S II, the default resolution is set to 800x480, with a warning for HQ

Version 1.7.1 - Jul 24, 2011

• Fixed video recording problems related to CQ on certain devices
• Improved background operation, especially under low memory conditions

Version 1.7 - Jul 13, 2011

• Option to overlay timestamps and GPS data on videos (through an online server)
• Option to generate subtitle files with timestamps and GPS data
• New group of settings "Overlays" to control the above options
• A new context-menu option on video files allows uploading to the overlay server
• Support for a new video resolution: 1920x1080 (1080p) - not yet on the SGS II
• Donate button in the app - your donations keep the app free, thank you!

Version 1.6.2 - May 5, 2011

• Fixed more "camera could not be initialized" errors
• Visual improvements on the Video and Photo buttons in their active state

Version 1.6.1 - Apr 7, 2011

• Reduced the frequency of "camera could not be initialized" errors
• Improved car dock detection, especially when undocking
• Shutter sound is muted when volume=0, even in the background
• Improvements for the first GPS fix, after app is started
• Removed support for 3banana notes (due to changes in company and API)

Version 1.6 - Mar 11, 2011

• Automatically determined high/low video quality (Android 2.2 and newer)
• New "Automatic mode" feature and settings, including car dock detection
• Increased audio quality (Android 2.2 and newer)
• New setting Photo -> Focus mode (Android 2.0 and newer)
• New way to deal with capture sounds (by adjusting volume)
• Notification icons and messages now include photo capture status, too
• Added GPS info into the JPEG EXIF header (Android 2.0 and newer)
• Improvements on how to acquire a GPS fix (and display of additional status info)
• Two new options under General settings: Enable/Disable GPS, Screen brightness
• Color and brightness adjustments on the main screen for less distracting night driving
• Visual improvements on overlaid info (speed, timestamp, elevation, GPS coordinates)

Version 1.5.1 - Nov 12, 2010

• Fix for preview issues, especially on Samsung phones
• Russian translation

Version 1.5 - Nov 6, 2010

• New way to record video in the background, preserving the specified video length
• Possibility to overlay Video/Retain/Photo buttons on top of other applications
• Video is recording properly in the background, even with the screen completely turned off
• Improved video recording and playback on Motorola phones
• New group of settings "Background mode"
• New setting Video -> File format (to save files as 3gp or mp4)
• The "Include sound in video" setting now allows sound in background mode, too

Version 1.4.3 - Aug 31, 2010

• Fix for video recording in Android 1.6

Version 1.4.2 - Aug 29, 2010

• High quality video recording with Froyo (Android 2.2 and newer)
• Improvements of video quality for lower resolutions (Android 2.1 and newer)
• Support for an intermediary video resolution: 400x240 (WQVGA)

Version 1.4.1 - Aug 13, 2010

• The timestamp can also be shown on recorded videos and photos
• Fix for the list of photo resolutions under certain locales

Version 1.4 - Aug 8, 2010

• Speed, elevation and GPS coordinates can now be shown on the main screen and recorded videos
• Elevation and GPS coordinates can be shown on photos
• New group of settings "Formatting & display"
• Support for 2 new video resolutions: 800x480 (WVGA) and 1280x720 (HD 720p)
• Sound is no longer included when recording video in the background
• New menu option: Exit

Version 1.3 - May 21, 2010

• Use of the accelerometer to detect sudden change in g-forces
• Reverse geocoding (in settings and context menu on files and folders)
• The shutter sound can be now silenced when capturing photos and recording videos
• A new context-menu option allows adding a photo into the popular 3banana Notes app
• Improved video quality for high resolutions (VGA and D1)
• No more timeouts when uploading large files
• Chinese translation (Simplified and Traditional)

Version 1.2 - Feb 6, 2010

• The Video button is now used only to start and stop video recording
• The main preview area is used now to retain videos
• New "retained videos" option for video upload (replaces the "last files" options)
• Explicit settings changes are required now to upload publicly visible video/photo files
• Improvements for the Nexus One and Samsung Moment (not fully functional yet)

Version 1.1 - Jan 17, 2010

• Added notification icon into the status bar, to clearly indicate whether video is recording or not in the background
• New context menu option in the files list: "Play with..." (video) or "View with..." (photo)
• The default video encoder is now automatically determined for each phone
• New menu option "Issues" to list and allow reporting issues with the application

Version 1.0.1 - Dec 31, 2009

• Added a new option in the settings ("Video encoder") to allow recording video with the Motorola Droid (needing H.264)

Version 1.0 - Dec 30, 2009

• Official launch on the Android Market