Screen Mimic 2.2 has been released!

This version brings a couple of bug fixes, and most importantly, Leopard compatibility. (Or at least as close to Leopard compatibility as can be claimed prior to the 26th).

Daniel Jalkut make a great point that any update related to making your software compatible to Leopard should be free, and as you should be able to tell from the version number, this update is free for all 2.x users.

With Leopard compatibility out of the way I wanted to also provide a brief glimpse into the future of Screen Mimic. This is also your chance to chime in and be an advocate for your favorite missing feature.

Here is a brief glimpse of what is on the future slate for 2.3 (which will also be a free upgrade) which I plan to have out by Nov 30th.

2.3 Roadmap

1. Resize recording on export - This is something that a lot of people have been asking for, the ability to record at any resolution and then scale it down based on what you want to use the video for.

   One of the key features for a lot of our users is that Screen Mimic is simple to use. You don’t really need to know anything about video codecs or post processing to use it, and in implementing this feature, I am being very careful to try and preserve that simplicity.

2. Batch encoding - This will allow users to take a recording and encode it using several sets of options, without having to wait for each recording to finish before setting up the next run.
3. Crash recovery - Sometimes applications crash. I wish it never happened to Screen Mimic, but sometimes it does. Nothing is more frustrating when this happens. One of the main causes of frustration though stems from the fact that unless you saved your recording prior to encoding it, you’re going to lose that data.

   Crash recovery will change that. The way this new feature will work is, if Screen Mimic crashes while encoding a recording, and you relaunch the application, Screen Mimic will automatically detect the fact that it crashed. It will then ask you two questions:

   1. Do you want to send a copy of the crash report to Polarian? - This helps us to find the cause of the crash and try and fix whatever caused it. This is completely voluntary and has no effect on crash recovery, it is just something to help us isolate and fix the bug that caused the crash.
   2. Do you want to recover your last recording? - Answering yes to this question will do two things. First it will create a copy of the recording in the location that you specify. Then it will switch to the encode recording screen so that you can encode the video without having to record it again.

   Crash recovery has two goals. The first and foremost is to protect your recording. The second is to provide Polarian with the crash report that we need to try and prevent the problem from happening again.

3.0 Roadmap - Under construction

Screen Mimic 3.0 is going to bring some amazing changes to the software. We’ve gathered lots of feedback on how people want to be able to use Screen Mimic and in 3.0 we’re reengineering large parts of the software to accommodate those use cases.

I can’t provide detailed features at this time, however I can tell you that 3.0 will be Leopard only. I can also tell you that 3.0 won’t be a free upgrade, however it will be a cheap upgrade. Cheaper than the 1.x to 2.x upgrade fee.

As I said, this is a great time to provide feature requests and suggestions for what you would like to see for Screen Mimic’s future. I can’t promise that we’ll provide everything that everyone wants, but I can promise that we’ll do our best to make Screen Mimic as great as possible for as many people as possible.