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• added support for AOM AV1 video encoder
• added support for rav1e AV1 video encoder
• added support for SVT AV1 video encoder
• added support for SVT HEVC video encoder
• added support for SVT VP9 video encoder
• added support for recording a lossless video without encoding it (through '-a none' and '-v none') (#9)
• new option: select tickness of the screen region border delimiter
• new option: select the X server display and screen
• only '-i none' can be used to disable audio recording, as '-a none' has now other functionality as above
• changed default font for text watermark to DejaVu-Sans
• lossless video is now moved to the output directory when using -K
• remove bc requirement for the fade effect
• fix: security issue with temporary directory (https://github.com/dbermond/screencast/issues/3)
• fix: broken pipe message with the 'tr' utility when generating a random string
• tests: use less restrictive encoders
• tests: allow to run tests without audio input (AUDIOIN='none')
• tests: allow to run tests in a user defined X server display through the USEDISPLAY environment variable
• tests: allow to set the font for text watermark through the WMARK_FONT environment variable
• documentation updates, improvements and fixes
• minor improvements and fixes
• cosmetic changes

• new feature: webcam overlay effect
• new feature: live streaming (tested only with YouTube)
• new feature: record in a one step process (record and encode at the same time)
• added support for VAAPI hardware accelerated video encoding with H.264, HEVC, VP8 and VP9
• added support for Intel QSV hardware accelerated video encoding with H.264 and HEVC
• added support for the container formats .mov .ogv .flv .nut .wmv .asf and .avi
• added support for VP9 encoder on MP4 cotainer format (needs FFmpeg 3.4 or newer - or git master)
• added support for Windows Media Audio and Video encoders (wma and wmv encoders)
• added support for FFmpeg builds that do not have ALSA enabled, like the Fedora build from the RPM Fusion repository
• added support for oxipng optimizer
• added support for bash-completion
• added video metadata information referencing the program
• added predefined special values for watermark and webcam position: topleft/tl, topright/tr, bottomleft/bl and bottomright/br
• added checks for all the needed FFmpeg encoders, decoders, muxers and demuxers to avoid failures
• added check for the selected audio input name to avoid failures
• added tests
• faster VP9 encoding speed with software-based encoder (vp9)
• only show a setting as 'default' if not setted at command line
• changed some notification icons
• changed default --audio-input value to 'default'
• do not allow to use --volume-factor option when --audio-input or --audio-encoder are setted to 'none'
• do not allow invalid usage of 'none' between --audio-input and --audio-encoder
• do not allow to use --help, --list or --version with other options
• renamed the --keep-tmpvideo long option to --keep in order to better reflect its usage with the newly added live streaming feature
• fix: volume factor was not showing when it is the unique selected effect
• fix: wrong message on blank command line argument (regression since 1.4.0)
• fix: possible wrong generation of random string
• fix: eliminated a FFmpeg warning with the shine audio encoder
• fix: vp8 pixel format in the lossless recording step
• fix: single and double dot folder hardlinks with additional path in output filename not working
• code restructuration for a better readability and maintenance
• documentation updates, improvements and fixes
• minor improvements and fixes
• cosmetic changes

• faster startup when using watermark
• color output support
• informative messages are printed to stdin during the various stages
• do not allow to use -z, -k, -c and -g options without -w option
• do not allow to use -o when setting an output filename
• fix: 'past duration 0.xxxxxx too large' warnings (regression since 1.3.0)
• fix: failure to deny --size/--position with --select-region
• fix: some invalid arguments could be passed
• fix: show correct name of a possible not found ffmpeg format
• documentation fixes
• minor improvements and fixes

• new feature: option to select screen region with mouse (-S/--select-region)
• force video width and height to be both a multiple of 8
• do not allow to use -f/--format option when entering an output filename
• updated pingo settings
• fix: add hardware-based encoders to video/format check
• fix: alsa and x11grab options now match ffmpeg documentation
• fix: auto choose encoder if not specified by -a/-v when using -f and -u
• fix: avoid a warning with larger video sizes
• documentation improvements, fixes and updates
• minor improvements and fixes

• small fix to help screen
• docs: small changings to description

• new option: keep temporary video
• new requirement: xdpyinfo
• license: added compatibility with GPLv3 and later
• delete zero-sized output file if any
• check for a running X session
• check for video that is out of screen bounds
• speedup improvements
• shorter code
• documentation improvements and updates
• minor fixes

• Added -V, --version command line option
• Use FFV1 version 3 for the lossless video
• Fix: create $tmpdir if it does not exist
• Fix: remove ending slash in $tmpdir if present
• Documentation fixes and updates
• Minor fixes

Initial release.