Welcome to Everyplay. To get started, make sure you have an account registered, and that you have a unique client ID for your game. You can get these along with the latest integration instructions at https://developers.everyplay.com/
You can always download the latest SDK upgrades directly from https://github.com/everyplay/everyplay-ios-sdk
Everyplay SDK is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html)
For now, each SDK release has an expiration date. After expiring, there's a warning dialog on launch that recommends to upgrade the SDK. Apps downloaded from the App Store won't have this behaviour.
Current and previous expiration dates:
- 2013-08-31 (releases from 1.4.1 to CURRENT)
- 2013-05-31 (releases from 1.0.13 to 1.4)
- 2013-03-31 (releases from 1.0.10 to 1.0.12)
- 2013-02-28 (releases from 1.0 to 1.0.9)
- Generic:
- Fixed a few OpenGL regressions from 1.5 release, including the dreaded OpenGL 0x502 error on certain Unity apps while launching
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New feature: Record FaceCam commentary live while playing! FaceCam now features recording of video and/or audio from the front facing camera while simultaneously recording the gameplay
Users can now record and share Let's Play style replays, walkthroughs and reaction videos. Depending on needs, developers can choose to not show live preview video of a camera feed, position built-in preview window functionality or use live preview video feed as a texture within the game
For more info, please read https://developers.everyplay.com/doc/Everyplay-Live-FaceCam-integration-to-iOS-game
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New delegates for FaceCam session and video upload states, so now you can thank your players after sharing the video
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iOS 7 beta workarounds for changed behaviour or regressions
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Unity plugin:
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Live FaceCam support with new helper methods. For more info, please read https://developers.everyplay.com/doc/Everyplay-Live-FaceCam-integration-to-Unity3d-game
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Merged prefab and helper script for HUD-less recording that was previously distributed as a separate package
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New delegates for FaceCam session and video upload states
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Added two new methods:
- public bool IsRecordingSupported();
- public bool IsSingleCoreDevice();
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Fixed an issue with MSAA performance while not recording. The issue got triggered in certain OpenGL pipeline integrations, such as Unity
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Fixed an issue with FaceCam mirrored image handling on iOS 5
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Some bug fixes for the new audio recording core introduced in 1.4 SDK, including sample rate handling with iOS 5 on some Unity scenarios
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Unity plugin:
- Setting a null clientId, secret or redirectURI now triggers an assert, to workaround some Unity project situations where the game object settings get cleared
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EveryplaySoundEngine:
- Thread-safety fixes for streaming background music
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The editor mode in the new video player now launches and shows controls faster when loading the replay
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Minor FaceCam related video editor bug fixes
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Fixed a regression with OpenGL graphics and use of a stencil buffer
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Fixed an issue with releasing EveryplayCapture instance and re-initializing it, ie. games using native views outside the gameplay and initializing OpenGL view several times
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New expiration date for the SDK build
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Fixed a 1.4 SDK regression of running against iOS 4 target and a rare analytics crash from build 1410
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Everyplay OpenAL:
- Fixed a clicking sound that could happen with certain type of audio loops
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New feature: FaceCam turns replays into stories. Users can now add audio and video commentary easily to their replays to talk about their gaming moments, share funny commentary and liven it up!
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Many enhancements and bug fixes to the video player, including better touch area handling. The video player also doesn't use EveryplayVideoPlayer.xib from Everyplay.bundle anymore, leading to faster memory management in some cases
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Improved PNG size optimizations for Everyplay.bundle, taking less space for .IPA packages even after including new assets for the video editor / FaceCam functionality
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New audio recording core
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There was a potential video framerate issue with 1.2 SDK and later when triggering pause/resume recording, fixed
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Possible bug fixes to some rare crash logs that we've received, but haven't managed to reproduce
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EveryplaySoundEngine:
- Fixed a rare crash when the app wakes up from the background and continues playing streaming background music
- Everyplay OpenAL:
- Improved state handling, there was an issue that got triggered with CocosDenshion pauseAllEffects/resumeAllEffects calls
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OpenAL and CocosDenshion background music support
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Added EveryplaySoundEngine class for simple audio playing needs without using OpenAL or CocosDenshion
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The build version used is now printed to the console on app launch, to help figuring out if Xcode incorrectly links against wrong Everyplay.framework version on some upgrade cases. The build version can also be checked from Everyplay views Settings tab on older releases
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Calling showEveryplay method from a non-main/web thread could result to a crash, fixed
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Fixed a minor video framerate regression on single-core devices after the recent UE3 optimization
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Some videoplayer state handling and return from background fixes
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Everyplay OpenAL:
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Introducing Everyplay OpenAL (beta), supporting the basic OpenAL use cases of a common iOS game or 3rdparty audio libraries such as CocosDenshion. Please contact us if you use a feature that's currently not implemented! If you encounter implementation bugs, please provide a working test case if possible
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Known issues:
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alBufferDataStatic behaves the same as alBufferData, so it'll allocate sound buffers internally
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Spatial audio support is partly implemented for the first release
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No support for setting the output sample rate through alcMacOSXMixerOutputRate extension yet
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When used with CocosDenshion, the background audio music is streamed but no hardware decoding support yet for MP3/AAC
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Unity plugin: - New method to set target FPS, public void SetTargetFPS(int fps)
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Fixed a rare crash after the uploading has begun
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Optimized framerate consistency and timing for the recorded video on some edge cases, such as..
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UE3:
- Early support for Unreal Engine 3! For registered Unreal Engine 3 Developers only (excluding UDK), please contact us. Demo videos available at https://everyplay.com/epic-citadel
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Cocos2d:
- Fixed a rare view handling issue where the graphics could be left in a wrong state after bringing in another view and returning from it
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Unity plugin: - New method to increase video quality, public void SetMotionFactor(int factor)
- Generic:
- Repeated pauseRecording/resumeRecording calls could lead to audio and video being out of sync or result to video being unplayable, fixed
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- Fixed an issue with single-core retina devices (iPhone 4) and Unity 4 target resolution mode that led to video resolution being too small, doesn't affect native resolution usage
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Unity plugin:
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Now supports Unity 3.5, 4.0 and 4.1 series! To upgrade, re-import Everyplay.unitypackage into your project and rebuild Xcode project from scratch
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Spotlight search for locating Everyplay.framework failed from folders with spaces, fixed
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- Generic:
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GPU optimizations in SDK v1.0.11 broke 16bit MSAA recording support and Unity 4 Target Resolution support for non-native resolutions, fixed
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In some cases the video player showed the wrong icon in Get from App Store button, fixed
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Fixed a rare bug in video trimming that resulted to trimming operation not finishing in time
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Faster sharing: It's now possible to directly share gameplays without creating an Everyplay account by using iOS 5+ Twitter and iOS 6+ Social frameworks. Sharing by mail has been extended to work from the first share dialog, previously it was limited to re-sharing
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Improved framerate for the recorded video when the GPU is heavily utilized, also helping some older generation single-core devices like iPhone 4 and iPad 1
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Added disableSingleCoreDevices boolean property to EveryplayCapture, to disable recording on devices with A4 chip or older
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Added lowMemoryDevice boolean property to EveryplayCapture, to optimize memory usage at the cost of performance
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Memory optimization fixes after leaving Everyplay view
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Added [[Everyplay sharedInstance] showEveryplayWithPath:] method for navigating directly to a certain view, such as game id specific feeds
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Unity plugin:
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Post-processing script now also tries to locate Everyplay.framework and bundle from your Unity project directory without using Spotlight, improving usability on constant integration / build machines
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Post-processing script now weak links Twitter (iOS5+) and Social (iOS6+) frameworks to your project
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Additional fixes to skewed graphics buffer if the orientation has changed between portrait and landscape modes when coming back from Everyplay view to the game
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Added three new methods:
- public void SetDisableSingleCoreDevices(bool state);
- public void SetLowMemoryDevice(bool state);
- public void ShowWithPath(string path);
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Fixed a rare audio encoder related crash when stopping the recording
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OpenGL fix for multiple camera viewport usage
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New login flow for faster sharing: New users now immediately gain an Everyplay account when sharing their first replay. No email is required and the username is optional
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HUD-less recording support: Now you can record gameplay without UI elements
Call [[[Everyplay sharedInstance] capture] snapshotRenderbuffer]; after you've drawn the core elements of your game, done
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Continuous recording support, especially suitable for longer online gaming sessions. If the recording session goes over the maximum length set, the resulting video will have the content recorded within last N minutes
Set [[Everyplay sharedInstance] capture].maxRecordingMinutesLength property to your preferred value, done
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More improvements to framerate consistency on recorded video
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Free disk space monitoring and related error handling
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Fixed audio related crash with multiple audio sources
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Unity plugin:
- Added two new methods:
- public bool SnapshotRenderbuffer();
- public void SetMaxRecordingMinutesLength(int minutes);
- Added two new methods:
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Optimized framerate consistency and timing for the recorded video
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Improved audio and video synchronization for the recorded video
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Everyplay.bundle: Removed device specific splash screens, reducing the space required for the graphics by 50%
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Some games triggered screen tearing to the recorded movie files on iPad retina resolution, fixed
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Video player: Fixed replay button behaviour on iOS 5 and touch area handling after changing the orientation
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Optimized loading of Everyplay view via data prefetch
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Improved analytics
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Cocos2d:
- Now supports cocos2d-iphone v2.1-rc0
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Unity plugin:
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Changing orientation between landscape and portrait mode resulted to skewed graphics buffer when returning back from Everyplay view to the game, Everyplay plugin now triggers a forced orientation check. For apps supporting all orientations for gameplay, it's recommended to lock orientation using RecordingStarted/RecordingStopped delegates when recording.
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Added WasClosed delegate that triggers when returning back to the game
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EveryplayTest script now warns when trying to trigger functionality on editor
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Generic:
- Background upload support
- Video player shows related videos after the current video ends
- New initialization method initWithDelegate:andAddRootViewControllerForView: for apps without existing view controller
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Cocos2d:
- More throughly tested support for Cocos2d 1.x, 2.x and Cocos2d-x! See online integration walkthrough at https://developers.everyplay.com/doc
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Examples:
- See Cocos2d examples at our forked cocos2d repositories at
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- Two video playback related methods added, playVideoWithURL: and playVideoWithDictionary:
- Fixed audio related crash on iOS simulator
- Fixed OAuth2/login flow related view handling and crashes
- Fixed off-by-one bug related to resumed uploads. There's a server-side workaround for older builds
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Examples:
- Examples for using Everyplay server API and native OpenGL/audio released! Check out https://github.com/Everyplay/everyplay-ios-examples
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Good things come in small packages and this release focuses on optimizing OpenGL memory usage. Depending on device and resolution, you'll likely save at least 13*(width*height)/1024/1024 megabytes for other needs. Happy holidays!
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Fixed generic tiny memory leaks that ARC didn't handle
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Some games triggered screen tearing to the recorded movie files on iPad retina resolution, fixed
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Some streamed video files resulted to a black frame at the end of video, fixed
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Entering Everyplay view could cause a crash while updating sidebar contents, fixed
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iPod background music no longer goes muted when the application starts, however it won't be recorded to gameplay video
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Using OpenGL ES1 with multitexturing caused some screen flickering while recording, fixed
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If the developer manually pauses recording before the application goes to background, recording no longer automatically resumes when coming back. Instead, it's up to developer to resume it
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Touching trimmer controls in the video player work better
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Ability for webview to trigger fullscreen mode (wo/ native topbar or sidebar), for future features
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User canceling authentication now triggers better events for internal use
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Fixes related to 16bit MSAA framebuffer handling
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Fixed video player for showing loading spinner for no reason
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Video player controls fade away more reliably
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Video player play/pause button changed location after certain internal state changes, fixed
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Unity plugin:
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Improved graphics pipeline integration. Now works for both Unity 3.5 and 4.0 in 16/32bit mode, with MSAA anti-aliased rendering and supports Unity4's new target resolution capability
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Fixed small memory leak with EveryplayThumbnailReadyAtFilePath
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Cocos2d:
- Early support for integrating into Cocos2d 1.x, 2.x and Cocos2d-x graphics pipelines with no source code changes required. You'll only need to initialize Everyplay and set client id and secret as with any other engine using Objective-C API
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First public release
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Optimized media handling especially for longer gameplays, video recordings now close considerably faster and load faster to video player
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Optimized thumbnail snapshot processing while recording and changed the file format from PNG to JPEG
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If there's multiple video files to merge/post-process, the video player shows a progress bar indicator and you can cancel merging at any point
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Resumed uploads failed to send video title and other metadata to server, fixed
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Resumed uploads updated progress bar info with incorrect completed bytes, fixed
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Fixed OpenGL ES1 related crash while recording
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Fixed everyplayShown delegate getting called too often in some situtations
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Added menu flow control option, now you can decide if returning from Everyplay view goes back to game as usual, or back to video editor
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Unity plugin:
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Fixed compatibility with project folders having spaces
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Plugin now correctly retains in memory while scene is changed
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All unsubscribed event handlers are now automatically cleaned on plugin dealloc
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public void SetMetadata(Dictionary<string,object> dict) was added. It allows user to set metadata as a dictionary object
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public bool IsSupported() was added. It allows user to check if Everyplay recording is supported by the device
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Known issues:
- MSAA/anti-aliased rendering support broken for Unity 3.5 / 4.0, fixed in the next release
- Initial release, sent to private beta developers