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Concatenating a group of avi files created in cam studio via Virtual Dub

prhunt1 — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:30:31 -0400

Hello. I am Blind and have made a group of AVIS. I would like to combine them into a single AVI with Virtual Dub. I activated the Direct Stream copy in both the Audio and Video options. I opened my first file then attempted to append the second file as a segment and got the following error message.

VirtualDub Error
Cannot append segment "C:\Users\prhunt1\Documents\Paul\Adaptivegraphic 475 Technology Trainer Certification training\Graduate
Workshops\Graduate Workshop Assignments\Outlook 2010 Rules

Presentation\avi files\file020.avi": The video streams are of different
sizes (268x36 vs. 352x40)
OK

How can I configure Cam Studio so that the video stream sizes always mmatch?

Thanks so much.

Off-Speaker Sound Recording

attempting_touse — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:58:11 -0400

Howdy,

Truth to be told, I haven't read ALL of the
posts on the subject just yet, but from what
I've gathered so far (both in here and on the
Internet in general) it seems that, on a
Windows 7 laptop (where I've installed
my CS v2.7), the "Record Speakers" option
seems to require the user to modify the O.S.
sound-card configuration so that the "What I hear"
or similar setting is to be made active / available.

Unfortunately - I do NOT seem to have such
a setting (or anything similar) whatsoever,
even though I DO have a sound card (as
I can play MP3 music files, for example).

So when I want to record music or sound
that is playing through the speakers,
it seems that the "lesser attractive" option
might be - to an extent - to use the other
menu command available - which is -
"record off microphone" - even though
the whole point is to AVOID the need for
a microphone altogether - yet the "Recorder"
project DOES seem to be able to pick up the
playing sound, when recording a video - only
with much less quality - as the playback sounds
like what might be heard as of some sort of a
low-powered radio transmission...

Any ideas on how to improve sound quality?

Thanks
Johny

Player-Dependent Video Quality

attempting_touse — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:29:20 -0400

Howdy,

For some odd reason, it seems that for a new AVI file
to played correctly - meaning with full color and original looks,
then when recording it with CS v2.7 I must make sure that :

1.) I record using the "Active Window" option - as the "Region" option,
for example, wouldn't allow quality output.

2.) I use the "Codec v1.5" (that came with CS v2.7).

3.) If I want to play the resulting video independently, then VLC v2.0,
for example, would play it black & white, tilted, and as if it
has been moved to the side - while Windows Media Player that
is part of Windows 7 plays it just fine, with color and all.

Does that make sense at all?
Isn't an AVI file supposed to be (correctly) playable in any
and all players that support AVI format?

Puzzled,

Johny

VS 2010 Compilation

attempting_touse — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:12:39 -0400

Howdy,

My question is : how do I compile + debug the "Recorder" project,
from within Visual Studio?

Here is what I've attempted so far:

1.) I downloaded CS v2.7 from the SVN (whatever this is...) as a regular download
and then attempted to open it in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Edition,
even though there was a "VS 2008 v10.0" tag within the solution file.

2.) The VS converter popped up and started converting -- all the way, something
like 19 projects, however on the subsequent log file it showed that each project
has several warnings (but w/o any errors).

3.) Also, on the Build Configuration Manager, all projects were checked + tagged
as Debug / Win32.

4.) So I used to do a "Build All", and on the message window VS
finally said : 14 projects succeeded, 1 failed, and maybe some skipped.

5.) Next, I set the "Recorder" project as "Start Up", within the Solution window.

6.) Oddly enough, on clicking the "Recorder" project DID run, and I was
even able to start it out (again) via Step-by-step debugging mode.

7.) On other hand, however, the "Recorder" program (while running),
after clicking the red / recording GUI button, did NOT do any recording,
as the flashing corners did not appear - nor did it allow to save any
output (AVI) files to anywhere (it didn't display the SAVE dialog at all).

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Johny

Error message when trying to record while audio is compressing

johnalan — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:54:49 -0400

Hi all,

I was wondering whether it was possible to start a new recording while Cam Studio is compressing what I had just recorded? I never had a problem doing this i.e. when Cam Studio shows "compressing _%", I would press the record button and it would work fine. When the compression ended, I could save the 2nd recording as well.

However recently it hasn't worked and instead I get the error message about "Cam Studio has encountered a problem and needs to close" and I lose everything.

Was wondering what could be the reason I could previously record while compressing but can't do so now??

I am aware of Terry's suggestion to use multiple Cam Studio programs to record one after the other but I was hoping that just one program could do it (especially since I somehow managed to do so before).

Thanks in advance for your help.

black box

smursua — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:33:27 -0400

Hi friends!
How do I go about the black box problem on video annotations?

About the option of camstudio converting in flash...

helen — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:32:02 -0400

I was woundering if is possibol and expecialy how is possibol to conver a video,as example a videorecirder with my hany or a web cam in flash with the flash converted option of caamstudio?I was trying to do that but was not successfull so maybe the video must have some "particular" codec or something similar i realy dont know.Who can help me?
Thank's
Helen

CamStudio 2.7 issue

Lily — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:36:33 -0400

Mr Terry i am sending you another video describing you what my problem is so as to see it with your own eyes too :-| This is the link to my second video:

and to compare it with my previous one i am giving you again the link:

In addition to that i have two other problems :( 1) the cursor (as i told you in my e-mail) isn't always showing up - as you can see in "Lily1" video - so almost every time when i want to work with camstudio i have to make my choise of pen again and again. Other times (and they are few believe me) you can see my cursor and i don't have to choose it again !!! and
2) f9 doesn't work no matter what i do :(

Any ideas ??? :-S

windows 8

gingerutopia — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:05:59 -0400

Hi, I'm running a Toshihba C855 laptop, it's 1.7ghz dual core AMD and 6gb of ram. I have tried to set up camstudio as I had done on my last machine, I thought it would be simple enough. However, I can't seem to get it to record audio. I used to just run a cable form the headphone socket to the mic input and record that way... and I never had any issues before, but that doesn't seem to work. I tried to follow the instructions to enable the stereomix method... but can't seem to get that to work either. I know I'm more than likely doing something stupid, just can't seem to figure it out.

Any advice, or assistance would be appreciated. And if you would require any further information, then I would be more than happy to oblige.

Thanks for your time.

Recording several games, and not others

springie — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:35:07 -0500

Hello,

I'm using CamStudio to record different computer games I ran over an not-so-terrific system.
It works fine with GTA IV and Need For Speed:Shifts, but for an unknown reason (to me (-:),
I cannot record Call Of Duty:Black-Ops 2. The recording comes out as a black screen on which you can only see the cursor moving.
I tried it on a different computer (better configuration) - same results.
Also tried in "Windowed" mode, which didn't help (I'm not sure he actually ran it on a window mode... maybe it's impossible to run such a game in that mode, or maybe I did something wrong, or maybe the Steam platform interferes).

I would really appreciate any guidance, after failing in finding relevant data on the support forum (the questions always depict this problem as occurring in all the recordings, and in my case - it's only one game).

I should probably mention I'm running on Windows 7.

Thanks!

Using Software

Soumya — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 05:54:39 -0500

Once I close the software window & try to re-open it, it doesn't open. Please help

Cursor: enable visual Click Feedback - no function

saneco — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 04:50:06 -0400

I upgraded from Camstudio 2.0 to 2.7 , Installation worked well, help-videos for settings are great, thanks a lot. Win7 64bit. Now I found a minor defect. Under Options, Cursor settings, I tryed setting the little box: Enable virtual Click Feedback, that should change the color around the cursor e.g. to green when left click or to blue when right click ist done. I have the cursor in red circle and nothing changes when I right or left click. May be a function ist missing in my Installation?
Settings in video opptions are:
Key frame rate: 200, millisec. 50, playback rate 20
Thanks for checking the minor problem. The new program ist excellent I enjoi it a lot.

Cam Studio 2.7 not recording

taykbob1 — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:21:31 -0400

I have tried all the codex's and both avi and swf. Every time I hit record I don't get any text like I used to and when i hit stop it doesn't try to save anything. Using windows 7. have deleted and downloaded again.

PROBLEM - 3 Video Compressor unusable

makmat — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:52:10 -0400

Logitech Video (I420) -> Program closes down.
Intel Indeo® Video 4.5 -> 'Error recording AVI file using current compressor. Use default compressor?'
Codec Intel IYUV -> Program closes down.

getting totally garbled video now, ok yesterday

steveh2112 — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:12:40 -0400

hi, this is a great tool and it was working mostly ok, but now i can't get it to record video. i'm using c2.7 r316 with ffdshow codec and all i get for video is random noise. i've notice before when my app is on top of another windows, i get that a lot, but now i don;t have anything on screen except my app and camstudio to the side.

can anyone suggest a way to get video recording to work? audio is fine.

thanks

A Few Problems

norm — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 22:30:59 -0400

My os = 7.
CamStudio(TM) Recorder v 2.7
Build on Mercurial release: r316

1. Under Soundcard Device, when I clicked "Auto Search", an error message said: "WaveoutGetSelectControl() failed."

2. Similarly, when I clicked Options>Get audio from speakers, an error message said: "WaveoutGetSelectControl() failed."

3. When I tried the "Manual Search", an error message said: "Unable to detect recording line for speakers. Please make sure your soundcard is correctly selected in the 'Soundcard Device' of 'Audio Options for Speakers'".

4. When I clicked Options>Video Options>ffdshow video codec>okay, pressed the "record" button, CamStudio asked me to click on the window to be recorded, but then crashed.

The reason why I changed to the ffdshow video codec was because your FAC page advised:

"If you're recording yourself using applications with lots of movement (or recording a film or game playing) use the H.264 encoder in the FFDShow Tryout codec.

http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net"

Well, I guess my hour-long video qualifies as a "movie".

So, I downloaded and installed: "64-bit: ffdshow 1.3.4500".

5. Picture quality is also poor. How can I make it the same as that of the source video?

- norm

audio out of sync after using Freemake to covert avi to swf for embedding in website

freemanart — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:39:06 -0400

Freemake converter is doing a nice job converting avi to swf, the video looks good and the audio sounds fine, but the audio is lagging behind the video, I'm estimating 8-10 seconds behind, for just a 5 minute video. Does anyone have a solution to get video and audio back in sync? Before posting this here, I just checked the avi file I imported into Freemake and the video/audio are in sync!
Thanks
^_^

v2.7: Need help getting MPEG4 output

SDGary — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:49:38 -0400

Hello,

I've been trying to generate H.264 mp4 files using CamStudio v2.7 r316, and haven't been able to figure out how.
Ideally, I'd like to generate an .mp4 file directly from CamStudio. If needed, I'm open to generating an AVI file that QuickTime Pro can then read in, and generate .mp4 from there.

I first tried x264vfw - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec. This generates an .mp4 with H.264 video, but no audio. A
separate AVI file contains the audio, but no video. I tried different settings, but still have this fundamental problem.

Next, I tried ffdshow video encoder. Only the MJPEG and FFV1 encoders run to completion without errors. The
MJPEG creates Motion JPEG video, which QuickTime doesn't seem to like. FFV1 creates an empty AVI file, with the
audio in a separate WAV file.

I also tried XVid MPEG codec. QuickTime does not display video (but identifies it as XVID). I have installed the plug-in,
but can't get QuickTime to recognize/use it.

The CamStudio Lossless codec v1.5 DOES create an AVI file with video and audio, but this must be played in the CS player.

Any suggestions on workarounds for the x264vfw encoder? Or suggestions on how to get QT to recognize XVID?
XVID doesn't have a control panel type interface like X264 does, so I'm not sure how to enable the decoder.
Is there a CS Lossless codec plug in for QuickTime? (I can't find one with google searches).

I'm working under Windows 7 32-bit. FWIW, I started with CS v2.6, but couldn't get the x264 or ffshow encoders
recognized when added. CS v2.6 only saw XVID encoder. My forum searches got me past the v2.7 DLL install issue, but
I haven't been able to resolve the other issues I have.

Any help you can provide would be GREATLY appreciated. I've been trying test after test to identify the issues, but have
run out of things to try!

Thank you!

Gary
San Diego, CA

avi file won't play using win media player, compressed with camstudio lossless codec v1.5

freemanart — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:55:29 -0400

Thanks to all that contribute here, especially Terry. My new avi file (camstudio v2.7) will play using windows media player on my pc with Win 7, but it will not play video, only the audio, on my older machine with win xp. Regarding the older OS running win xp, I did open tools in the windows media player and Ck the box, "download codecs automatically". Any ideas why it is playing only the audio and not the video? I have installed the latest player, but all I see when it plays is a moving colorful graphics show! Thanks ^_^

minecraft and camstudio problem

_cameron_jenkins — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:50:42 -0500

ok so i downloaded the program and everything was great but i had it open and when i started to play minecraft it was like i had sticky keys i would click in one direction it would go in that direction and then keep going and going until i either smashed my w,s,a,d keys or press escape. i would really like to have this solved because i love the look of the recordings can anyone help? its making me mad. i took a vid of the problem in action but i cant upload it just someone help!

CamStudioIM Won't Open

ocdyke — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:47:41 -0400

I have installed the program twice and all it does, when I click on the icon on my desktop (I tried going through START | CamStudioIM, too) is open up my MY DOCUMENTS folder.

When I installed it, I first double clicked on the camcodec.inf file and a tiny window popped up for a milisecond and was gone. Then, I clicked on Install_CamStudioIM and it appeared to install, telling me it was finished.

I have Windows 7. I'm not sure what other info to add. Any help for this odd problem would be much appreciated.

Help (v2.7 r316 Xvid) 3d models flicker, example provided

Fractal618 — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:45:33 -0400

Hello thank you for taking the time to help :)

I have been trying to create a youtube series on an older game called Freespace 2 (available at GOG.com)

This is the best recording I have been able to make:

problem: flicker on 3d models, and hud display.

camstudio: v2.7r316
xvid: v1.3.2 (according to "add remove programs")

Following is a list of settings i have changed:
*Fixed region*
*fixed top left corner: (check)
*left:0 top:0 width:1024 height:768
*drag corners (unchecked)
Record audio from mic, checked (works fine using stereo mixer)
Record thread priority: Highest
Capture translucent windows: unchecked
hide cursor: checked
record to AVI
*Video Options*
*Xvid MPEG-4 Codec
*key frames: 200
*capture frame every: 40 ms
*Playback 25 fps
*auto adjust (unchecked)
*lock capture (checked)
*Xvid settings*
**profile youtube HD 720
**maximum quality slider set to 1 (leftmost)
**quality preset: Realtime
**B-Vop (checked)
**display encoding status (unchecked)

I have tried bvop off, record priority normal
Any suggestions greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Chris

Works good with windows 7, not with Vista 64 bit?

susanlou54 — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:37:05 -0400

I downloaded this on my laptop with windows 7 64bit and it works great, But today I downloaded and installed on my desk top using Vista 64 bit and it won't open and gives me a message that "this application has failed to start because mfc100.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem." Well, reinstalling does not help. I have done it several times after un-installing.

Can't get it to track the mouse properly (remote Desktop)

michaelklein — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:08:25 -0500

Hey there,

I'm building a new intranet solution for the company I work for.
Part of it is that we want to create educational videos about how to use their ERP software properly using camstudio.

Our idea was that we wanted to install camstudio on a server (windows server 2008) that has the ERP software installed, so I could just go to whoever I want to record a video with, connect to the server via remote desktop and have everything set up.

Problem is that camstudio somehow only records the mouse when I click, not when it moves. It's though the mouse was jumping around the place in the final video. Increasing the framerate etc. doesn't help either.
I noticed that it got better once I lowered the resolution (though recording at 800x600 really isn't workable). Could it be that the server simply isn't powerful enough to handle camstudio? Or is remote desktop the culprit?

Hope you can help me,

Regards!

v2.7: How to not record "Autopan Disabled" in region?

MarkRH — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:23:02 -0400

Hello,

I just started using CamStudio 2.7 (yesterday) and managed to get my video recorded along with audio (have the RealTek HD Audio stuff). I had to enable the RealTek Stereo Mix in Control Panel Sounds and make it the default recording device. I then set the Audio Options in Cam Studio to record from the Microphone. The Speakers option would never record anything. This video was made using the CamStudio LossLess codec.

Anyway, I am doing a Fixed Region recording with a 16x9 aspect ratio that includes the part of the screen I want and since I didn't want it to follow the mouse around I disabled the panning thing. Problem is, a "Autopan Disabled" message is displayed on screen in the bottom-right within the region I'm recording. Would make more sense for this to be outside the region so it doesn't get recorded within the video.

The video I made is here:

and you can see what I'm talking about. Is there some setting or way to not have this show? Otherwise, seems to work great!

Thanks,
Mark H

Microphone does not work - Medusa nx 7.1 uSB

seoguys — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:25:36 -0400

Seems to be other people struggling with usb microphones.

works fine on my non usb microphone

Problem with Xvid codec (using version 2.7)

johnalan — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:45:06 -0400

Hi all, I'm new here and am a total noob at using camtudio or video recording in general so please bear with me.

I have a problem recording a video using the xvid codec which I downloaded from Doom 9's forum (Gordian Knot Codec Pack 1.9). It installed a lot of different programs (div x, xvid, ffd). I tried recording using the xvid codec since it seems to be quite highly recommended on here.

Anyway, it recorded fine and the audio was great but the only problem I seem to be getting is that the video is jerky. The image quality is rather good but the frame seems to freeze for like a second or so before skipping to another frame and so on.. My settings were:

Set Key Frames every 100 frames
Capture Frames every 1 millisecond
Playback rate 1000frames/sec

Under Xvid configuration:
Profile @ level AS@L5
Encoding type: Single pass
Target bitrate: 8000kbps

I also set my video to a fixed region of 752x580. In addition, I wanted to point out that when I press the record button, a popup window named "Xvid status" appears but it is totally grey/blank. However, Cam Studio still continues to record and I can playback the video, except that it is jerky/choppy. I use VLC media player to play.

My goal is really to record high quality videos which run smoothly (hopefully better than Microsoft Video 1) but which takes up less space than Microsoft Video 1 (the files were too huge and would exceed the 2GB limit in just 10 mins or so)..

Could it be that I should not have downloaded the Gordian Knot Codec pack? Btw, there was also a Gordian Knot Rip Pack but I did not install it. Should I have installed it? I have heard good things about "Jawors xvid" but apparently the link is no longer working.

I would really appreciate your help on this matter.

Thanks!!

I'm back - mfc100.dll is missing from your system - windows 8 64 bit

uregmi — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:41:29 -0500

In my computer win 7, camstudio was working
after upgrade to 8, camstudio 2.0 says - playplus MFC application as stopped working happens after saving record and trying to play.

Then I downloaded 2.7 new release in your web site, it even do not run, it says
The program can't start because mfc100.dll is missing from your computer.

Pls help help help.....I urgently need to record something......

Rgds

Can't get the file into any editing software

markerng — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:38:14 -0400

Hey there, I'm using the lossless codec v1.5 for CamStudio (v 2.6b) to record my flash movie so I can get it on Youtube but I can't get the resulting video file into any video editing software. I can't find anything compatible with this codec. I was going to use VirtualDub for the editing since others use it so I assumed it would work with CamStudio's codec but I get an error that says "couldn't locate decompressor for format 'CSCD' (unknown)." I then tried After Effects and Premiere and no luck there either.

I'll mention that when I installed this codec I had to use that registry edit solution posted in one of the sticky threads in order to get the codec to show in CamStudio. Maybe that has something to do with VirtualDub's problem? I'm assuming my options are either get it so VD can locate the codec or use a different one (I'll need some suggestions for codecs that produce high quality capture and are compatible with at least VirualDub without giving me a headache.)

Thanks in advance.