CamStudio

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• 1 jpavel // Aug 30, 2007 at 2:50 pm

  Yes, it’s true. I’m working on Windows Vista Home Premium Edition. The only thing I noticed that isn’t working fine is the keyboard’s shortcuts. Everything else seems to works just fine.

• 2 bill // Aug 30, 2007 at 4:53 pm

  sound may work in vista basic, it uses .wav files. I have vista ultimate and the sound is really bad. ultimate uses .wma files.

• 3 Coldblade // Aug 30, 2007 at 11:05 pm

  This is not true, because Camstudio doesn’t work on Windows Vista, because of the graphic drivers. It messes up scree resolution when trying to substitute for Windows XP. If the program does work on this then I go WOW.

• 4 carol_ // Sep 1, 2007 at 2:12 am

  It works! I did what you said about selecting XP compatibility (i had no idea that i could do that on Vista) and now the videos are Ok, but no audio when i try to record audio from Speakers: I try to configure the audio options and this message still appears: “WaveoutGetSelectControl() failed.”

  Anyway, thanks for the Tip!

  (excuse my english)

• 5 jfohl3r // Sep 1, 2007 at 2:52 am

  This was one of the first things I tried when I downloaded CamStudio. Unfortunately, it did not work for me.

• 6 jajvirta // Sep 2, 2007 at 12:33 pm

  I can confirm. By default, the recorded screen was garbled, but I when I did this trick, the picture and the sound were perfect. I used the Techsmith codec though, but even that didn’t work before this trick.

• 7 Weasler // Sep 3, 2007 at 6:16 pm

  I can confirm that it works, but only if you also grant the application Administrator Permissions.

• 8 titanad // Sep 6, 2007 at 1:37 pm

  When I right click, I don’t see anything about Windows XP. It would have been helpful if someone who knows how to do this would make a CamSudio video and post on YouTube.

• 9 jerrypettit // Sep 15, 2007 at 1:23 am

  This is driving me crazy. I’ve downloaded and been able to run successfully–but every time I save the file (as an AVI), and watch it play successfully, I can never find the file again. It is not showing up in the CAMSTUDIO directory where it was saved to in the dialog box. I’ve done a SEARCH from the START button and it can’t find the files either. I am pretty computer savvy–but this has me stumped!!

• 10 jerrypettit // Sep 15, 2007 at 2:08 am

  Never mind–I am able to open the PLAYER component to Camstudio and “Send” the file elsewhere, where I can then “see it”. Strange, strange behavior, though…

• 11 Nick // Sep 15, 2007 at 12:19 pm

  @jerrypettit

  Do you have “Options > Program Options > Name of AVI file” set to “Ask For Name” ?

  Cheers

  Nick

• 12 ghosty1212 // Sep 19, 2007 at 1:34 pm

  Hey all,

  I made a video, its the front video on my YouTube account. See it here:

  http://www.youtube.com/ghosty121212

• 13 mcclenj // Mar 13, 2008 at 5:16 am

  Okay, this is TOTALLY the solution for Vista users, anyone who gets the “WaveoutGet…blah blah” error, who only hears static on the audio, etc. At least it worked for me.

  All you gotta do is open up your Sound control panel, click on the “Recording” tab, then right-click anywhere in the menu that shows all your recording devices. You should see the options “Show Disabled Devices” and “Show Disconnected Devices” each with or without a check-mark. Make it so that both of these are checked, especially Disabled Devices, and a new item should appear, the “Stereo Mix”. Once that’s enabled, and your other microphone(s) are disabled, CamStudio works FINE as if it was recording from speakers.

  AWESOME. And I’m totally un-technologically savvy, just lucked onto this, so take that all you programmers and dorks. That is, if it works for anybody else.

• 14 i8waffles612 // Apr 28, 2008 at 2:05 am

  @ mcclenj

  When I do check both of those, “Stereo Mix” does not appear.

  Any help…?

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