We're glad to inform you that we have just released this major update for v5 ːsteamhappyː

If you already has v5 (steam license) then you'll be able to get v6 steam license from this bundle with great discount http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/2096

Thank you for your support!

We worked hard to prepare this major update. Or, may be, almost new software - PlayClaw 6.
We've changed the core of our software a bit. Overlays are the very important thing, other features are just useful "addons".
Here is how PlayClaw 6 looks after the first start.

Overlay editor with realtime preview and dashboard to fast access common overlays properties.
You can add up to 255 overlays using right mouse button click on preview or dashboard.

Set of overlays
PlayClaw 6 supports interactive mode with overlays (if overlay can do it). Double click on overlay opens a "door".

Interactive with browser overlay
Overlays have a set of common settings. Some of them are new for PlayClaw.

Render layer to draw specific overlay over or under others
Visibility mode for every overlay
PlayClaw 6 supports Scenes management. You can prepare scene for every your game or streaming mode and just switch them in one-two clicks.

Scenes management
We've optimized our capture and encoding engine and version 6 does its job 2x faster than version 5. FPS drop during capture is very low, really.
This beta has limited set of available overlays.
This beta can have bugs :)
This beta is free for all PlayClaw 5 steam owners.
We plan to make paid upgrade to v6, but it will cost only a few USD.

To install this beta you need to open software properties in Steam client and select "version-6" beta in Betas tab. Steam will start download after closing properties window.

This new version #3700 gives updated plugins for the new Teamspeak 3 client and additional changes.

• New plugins for Teamspeak 3 client with API 21
  
• VFW speed of encoding is increased
  
• Corrected pure encoder performance test
  
• Added ability to write separate webcam file if webcam overlay is not visible (but it must not be disabled)
  
• Fixed wrong separate webcam file writing when webcam overlay is turned off
  
• Fixed error capturing audio on some systems with Realtek audio hardware when driver reports bad configuration

Here is an additional information about how to setup teamspeak plugins. We know three possible plugins locations where TS3 client can find its plugins. Unfortunately, we don't know which are more important.

1. Old style - plugins subfolder in main TS3 client folder
   
2. New style - %APPDATA%\TS3Client\plugins folder (by default it is C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\TS3Client\plugins, where username is your windows login name)
   
3. Additional way - config\plugins subfolder in main TS3 client folder

Copy both plugins into one of these folders (or better into all these folders), then run Teamspeak 3 and check add-ons settings. You can find plugins in tools subfolder of main PlayClaw folder.

We just fixed a few minor bugs related additional AMD H.264 hardware acceleration detection and wrong recording mode setup.

New version is released with following changes:

• Fixed Window capture overlay crash while changing its size
  
• Fixed frame drops on some systems even with fast hardware (system-dependend thing)
  
• Fixed bug opening some web sites in Web Browser overlay
  
• Added "mute audio" option in Web Browser overlay
  
• Added ability for manual selection of a process which will be added in the black list

We've just released a new feature - Window capture overlay in PlayClaw 5 build #3670.

You can now set a window which will be captured by PlayClaw and then rendered over a game screen or/and in a video or a stream. The chroma key effect is also applicable to this overlay.

Other major changes:

• Fixed DeadSpace 2 compatibility
  
• Fixed confusing error messages for some desktop recording conditions
  
• If PlayClaw terminates abnormally, then it will try to release locked DLLs to avoid problems during the next start or software update
  
• Fixed rare crash after AMD H.264 encoder is stopped
  
• Fixed wrong hardware AMD H.264 detection for some video devices

p.s. please note, Chroma key DLC is required to use this feature with Window capture overlay (both with Webcam overlay)

We're happy to release a new PlayClaw version (#3650) with DirectX 12 support and some additional changes:

• Fixed NVidiaShare crash with running PlayClaw
  
• Added software auto-update feature (only for standalone version)
  
• Improved compatibility with DirectX 11/10 games

We've just released a new beta with the DirectX 12 support!

Known problem - if PlayClaw doesn't recognize a game with DX12 renderer, try to alt-tab in the Desktop and alt-tab back to the game.

You can get this build on the beta channel.

New version is available with a fixed streaming configuration file. This bug could give a software crash while configuring streaming.