For you, the user
- 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.
- Universal Binary - Native speed, no
matter what Mac you own.
- Records any audio - iShowU can
record both from a microphone source (so that you can
call the action), and also from the standard system
output* of your Mac. One click is all it takes.
- User 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.
- Pause / Resume - When recording
you're free to pause and then resume the capture at any
time. Great if the phone rings half way through your
work.
- 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.
- Mouse Capture - You can choose to
capture mouse movement during your video. Unlike other
capture systems, the mouse is recorded in a separate high
resolution video track (that takes almost zero memory),
so even if you’re only capturing half a frame a
second, mouse movement is liquid smooth. If you want to
record a movie for playback on something other than
QuickTime, iShowU can record the mouse per-frame as well.
- Presets - Create as many different
settings as you like, for different types of recording.
This allows you to quickly switch between different
recording modes with a single click.
- Leopard - iShowU already works with
it
- As visible as you want - or not - You have full control over whether iShowU has an icon in the dock, automatically hides itself when you begin recording and whether or not it shows up in the status bar. Make it visible so you can see recording status, or hide it completely. Up to you.
Want control over your video capture? - try these
- Capture scaling - When capturing,
you can downsize the video to 75 or 50% of it's original
size.
- Support for key/non-keyframes -
iShowU can encode using I/B/P frames - meaning that
captured movies are much smaller (note: only some codecs,
H264 in particular support this).
- Self tuning capture performance -
iShowU monitors it's own capture performance. If the
effective capture throughput is lower than expected (for
example, due to the choice of encoder or system load), it
will automatically lower the capture rate so that it
doesn't consume graphics resources if the encoder cannot
keep up. It will also increase the capture rate if more
system resources are available.
- 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.
- Choose your video format - If it's
supported by quicktime, it's supported by iShowU.
Realtime H.264 compression struggling a bit on the G4?
Use Apple Anumation. iShowU lets you choose what works
for you.
- 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 follows it) then it'll use a faster frame rate
so that the motion looks smooth. Saves on bandwidth too!
- Multiple screen support - Works with
any screen configuration, and automatically reconfigures
itself on the fly - even if you change the screen
configuration while recording.
* Recording of sound from the system
requires Soundflower, from cycling74.
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