tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post112631875496951699..comments2008-05-27T19:59:27.319-05:00Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09487330844921028870noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-33471835845262634432008-05-27T19:59:00.000-05:002008-05-27T19:59:00.000-05:00Well, many thanks for your great explanations. Many years later, and I assume also that certainly far away from your location, such efforts continue being useful.<BR/><BR/>David,<BR/>Bogotá, Colombia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-12305197704619058842007-07-21T11:15:00.000-05:002007-07-21T11:15:00.000-05:00In response to Anonymous, I can say I just tried it and the files I mentioned in my review are there. I am not sure what the problem is. It is a little unusual to have a zip file saved in another zip file. The file "CamStudioCodec10.zip" is saved inside the file "camstudio.zip". If your uncompression utility has a file contents view function, don't even try to view the contents of the second zip. Just extract the contents of "camstudio.zip". After "CamStudioCodec10.zip" is extracted , then extract the contents of "CamStudioCodec10.zip". When I unzip "CamStudioCodec10.zip", I get the files:<BR/><BR/>camcodec.dll<BR/>camcodec.inf<BR/>copying.txt<BR/>install.txt<BR/>readme.txt<BR/><BR/>If this doesn't help, about the only other thing I can suggest is to try a different zip utility. Be that as it may, you probably won't need the codec to use CamStudio.Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09487330844921028870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-34991344591233208252007-07-21T07:45:00.000-05:002007-07-21T07:45:00.000-05:00I do a have problem finding the codec inf file. After extracting the codec file that you download, there is a dll file but not inf. Any help would be appreciated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-17182527384539231702007-05-23T15:40:00.000-05:002007-05-23T15:40:00.000-05:00Regarding Camstudio. I have read the comments here on recording audio. Try as I might I can not get it to work. I have a mike input on the front of my computer and one on the back as well. <BR/>I have tried every combination in the Audio setup to no avail. Normally if I play with something long enough I can make it work...not with this puppy. If you have any suggestions I would be happy to hear them.perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16079851360820652119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-3122754718937733642007-05-21T22:21:00.000-05:002007-05-21T22:21:00.000-05:00makes no sense, where is the selection from mp3 to oggAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-1174148917280763072007-03-17T12:28:00.000-05:002007-03-17T12:28:00.000-05:00Hi :)<BR/>For this problem : The error message is this (vscap MFC Application has encountered a problem and needs to close.)<BR/><BR/>-> change audio option -> options for the microphon -> and change MP3 for OGG :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-1174147912845877512007-03-17T12:11:00.000-05:002007-03-17T12:11:00.000-05:00Hi!<BR/><BR/>I have got the same problem of Fili : "The error message is this (vscap MFC Application has encountered a problem and needs to close.)" Do you kow any solutions ?<BR/>thanks :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-1173754413571142542007-03-12T22:53:00.000-05:002007-03-12T22:53:00.000-05:00Hi,<BR/><BR/>If you have comments about Computer Software or would like to research Software Maker you can do it here...<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.pissedconsumer.com/consumer-reviews/hardware.html" REL="nofollow" TITLE="Computer Software Reviews">Software Reviews</A><BR/><BR/>Or you can also check out my blog<BR/><A HREF="http://pissedconsumer.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Consumer Blog</A><BR/><BR/>Regards,pleasedconsumerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13817051247587621827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-1166183109339914942006-12-15T05:45:00.000-06:002006-12-15T05:45:00.000-06:00Hi guys, I've just downloaded CamStudio 2, installed it on my laptop (XP) and tried it. When I record with no audio or audio from speakers it works fine, however when I record with audio coming from the microphone, I get a crash a second after I click on stop. My tests are 2-3 seconds long, so I don't think this is a problem with physical space or lack of memory. The error message is this (vscap MFC Application has encountered a problem and needs to close.) I have not found references to this problem on the web so I've thought perhaps you can point me in the right direction to solve it. Thanks in advance, and thanks for the review, George.<BR/>filifilinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-1163823559668102552006-11-17T22:19:00.000-06:002006-11-17T22:19:00.000-06:00John,<BR/><BR/>The reason I reduced the size of the image is to reduce the file size. The bigger the image the bigger the file. I'd suggest using Wink that I reviewed on my site. It works differently than CamStudio. It only captures a screen short when you click on something in the program and then animates your cursor movements over the top of the screen shots. It is a good way of reducing file size and with the enhancements the author has just added, I plan to use it in the future. CamStudio just takes timed screen shots. Windows Movie Maker (WMM) works pretty well to reduce file sizes but it has limits. I've tried capturing the whole screen in CamStudio and found it makes files that are too large. WMM can produce small file sizes but at resolution so poor it's useless. Try Wink. I think you will like it. Check out the video on my WordWeb review. It uses Wink.<BR/><BR/>http://georgeh123.blogspot.com/2005/01/dictionary-lookup-tool-wordweb-version.html<BR/><BR/>GeorgeGeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268682574845112095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-1163766165674871872006-11-17T06:22:00.000-06:002006-11-17T06:22:00.000-06:00Thanks for your swift reply George.<BR/><BR/>I understand that for the best results I should record by a 4:3 ratio, however, I want to capture the entire display of my screen. Not just a certain area like in the video tutorials on your website. How would I go about doing this and compressing it in Windows Movie Maker without the loss in picture size? Again, thanks for the reply.Johnhttp://johnworth4.googlepages.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-1163734284651511092006-11-16T21:31:00.000-06:002006-11-16T21:31:00.000-06:00John,<BR/><BR/>I think your problem may be that you might not have recorded your video in CamStudio in a 4 by 3 ratio. Remember I said to use a 320 x 240 screen capture area in CamStudio? CamStudio will allow you to record any shape but if you want to use Windows Movie Maker (WMM) to compress it, you must set CamStudio to record a 4:3 ratio like 320 x 240. Then I said in the WMM tutorial to open tools>options>advanced and set the ratio to 4:3. If your video isn't 4:3 to start with, WMM will force it become 4:3 by distorting it and it may look smaller. You can expect to loose some resolution after you compress it, and basically end up with a compromise between file size and resolution. <BR/><BR/>You might want to try Wink. The author has released a new version that allows you to record audio and he added an undo function that I complained about in my review. Wink produces Flash video that is small to begin with so you won't need to compress it. <BR/><BR/>Hope this helps,<BR/><BR/>GeorgeGeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268682574845112095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-1163700606499183552006-11-16T12:10:00.000-06:002006-11-16T12:10:00.000-06:00Hi George.<BR/><BR/>After reading your review I downloaded CamStudio and started to make some tutorials for the free Linux (also for Mac and Windows) image manipulation program, The GIMP. After recording, I saved the file as a .avi file. I played the movie pack in Windows Media Player and it looked great. I was really happy. I then followed you next video tutorial on compressing the video even furthur in Windows Movie Maker. I followed all the steps and saved the file. When I played it back though, the actual video screen had become smaller. It was harder to see the detail needed to follow the tutorial. Is there any reason why this happened? Here are the settings that I recorded the video in with CamStudio. I just took a screenshot and hosted it instead of typing it out. To see the image, please paste the link into your browser.<BR/><BR/>http://www.imageox.com/image/14160-VideoSettings.png<BR/><BR/>I saved the movie as a .wmv with these settings.<BR/><BR/>http://www.imageox.com/image/14162-WindowsMovieMakerSettings.png<BR/><BR/>Please can you help me? Thanks in advance George.<BR/><BR/>P.S. Very nice site you have here! It helped me alot!Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-1163198230985201712006-11-10T16:37:00.000-06:002006-11-10T16:37:00.000-06:00I don't really know what the problem is, though I suspect there may be a problem with your codecs. It shouldn't make any difference whether you record the sound or not. You might try using GSpot on the video you produce to help diagnose the problem. It comes as part of the K-Lite Mega Codec Pack that I recommend. Installing this pack might solve your problems, although if you want to install GSpot by itself, go to this web site:<BR/><BR/>http://gspot.headbands.com/Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268682574845112095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-1162937914955792522006-11-07T16:18:00.000-06:002006-11-07T16:18:00.000-06:00Hi<BR/><BR/>When I try to capture with sound to *.avi file, using "Microsoft Video 1" or "CamStudio Lossless Codec" I can see the file only with CamStudio Movie Player. With all the other players I can only hear the sound.<BR/>When I try to capture without sound i can see the video with all players.cul971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-1141427779569639442006-03-03T17:16:00.000-06:002006-03-03T17:16:00.000-06:00Personally I like the wmv format because just about everyone that uses Windows is going to be able to play your video back without installing additional codecs. For that matter, you will have to use somebody’s codec. But I would suggest trying Super Converter at http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html.<BR/><BR/>Be aware that Super Converter will not recognize the CamStudio Lossless Codec. I recommend using "Microsoft Video 1" as the “compressor” in the CamStudio video option.Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268682574845112095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-1141264516247773612006-03-01T19:55:00.000-06:002006-03-01T19:55:00.000-06:00george, thanks for this. I don't like the idea of saving my work into the proprietary .wmv. format. In the future this means microsoft really owns access to my own work!<BR/><BR/>Do you know of any way you can save your file to a more open, but compressed video standard other than flash. (or at least some other choice than .wmv - so I'm not locked into just one company) - maybe .mpeg 2 for a master copy, for instance? - and some other smaller format to stream.<BR/><BR/>Also if you do export it to a flash file, do you know if you can edit the exported file in Flash?<BR/><BR/>Thanks much!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-1140785306360216582006-02-24T06:48:00.000-06:002006-02-24T06:48:00.000-06:00Great find George,<BR/><BR/>This is exactly what I've been looking for, you saved me about $300.<BR/><BR/>Plus, you can delay your voice recording if you want to use intro music as well as using the hotkeys in the options menu.<BR/><BR/>It makes the presentation very professional looking.<BR/><BR/>Thanks<BR/>Jamie<BR/>www.LuxuryResortsWorldwide.comJamie Madisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017732664217209754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-1132794274121105282005-11-23T19:04:00.000-06:002005-11-23T19:04:00.000-06:00I have not experienced this problem. If you are using a lower end computer, it could be the video portion of the video is requiring more CPU time and can't keep up with the audio. You might try compressing it and see if the problem persists.Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268682574845112095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-1132792145674346842005-11-23T18:29:00.000-06:002005-11-23T18:29:00.000-06:00Great Job reviewing the product.<BR/><BR/>I've had it for a week and have found it very easy to use. I'm using it to demonstrate feature functionality for a software program and I'm using a microphone for audio. However, I keep experiencing the same problem with each recording. After it's completed and saved and I play it for review, I notice the the audio gets out of sync with the video and the longer the recording the further the discrepancy. ( the audio gets ahead of what is displayed in video). I'm talking as long as 30 seconds on a 3-4 minute recording.<BR/>I really like the product but havn't been able to use it for presentation purposes because of this problem. <BR/>I know its probably something simple but any assistance or help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.Richhttp://www.cartridgedirect.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-1130445143390884452005-10-27T15:32:00.000-05:002005-10-27T15:32:00.000-05:00Thanks for the nice comments everyone! By the way, Blaine is right. I checked and I have version 2.1 so I changed my review to reflect this.<BR/><BR/>GeorgeGeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07268682574845112095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-1130341374371208942005-10-26T10:42:00.000-05:002005-10-26T10:42:00.000-05:00Actually, you don't have version 5.1... that is the internal version number of Windows (XP = 5.1). If you go to Help > About and look down to the *4th* line, you should see the version of Windows Movie Maker. Most likely 2.0 or 2.1.Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-1130340101231270442005-10-26T10:21:00.000-05:002005-10-26T10:21:00.000-05:00George I'm going to link to this from the <A HREF="http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/forums/" REL="nofollow">Windows Movie Maker forums</A>. Very good review.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-1130300885168886642005-10-25T23:28:00.000-05:002005-10-25T23:28:00.000-05:00I've used camstudio before, and I must say, it is quite useful indeed. On another note, perhaps you could talk about phpBB and its usefulness (I just did a quick tip for it in my blog, but didn't give any tutorials). Its a professional and super useful free forum creation tool for websites and I just found out about it. Check out my blog also and let me know what ya think so far =). http://pcbuilderjohn.blogspot.com/ <-- my blogJDillio12http://www.blogger.com/profile/01904983946647260114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806932.post-1129905031299859522005-10-21T09:30:00.000-05:002005-10-21T09:30:00.000-05:00great review george, i've linked to it from our forum and will add link from our screencasting software review.<BR/>http://www.donationcoder.com/Forums/bb/index.php?topic=427Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com