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CamStudio not recording my screen?
I'm sure this has to do with a screen overlay problem, but just to be sure, here's the problem:
CamStudio doesn't recording the correct part of my screen, if that makes sense.
Video showing whats wrong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6dkDrGp6Zk
Video showing what its supposed to record: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwAW_pAupSg
As you see the screen isn't being recorded, just the loading screen, which shouldn't actually be there... :/
Thanks,
Smarty569
CamStudio doesn't recording the correct part of my screen, if that makes sense.
Video showing whats wrong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6dkDrGp6Zk
Video showing what its supposed to record: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwAW_pAupSg
As you see the screen isn't being recorded, just the loading screen, which shouldn't actually be there... :/
Thanks,
Smarty569
Comments
I'm guessing by your YouTube video you're using Windows 7?
In XP you would normally have to disable hardware acceleration in Windows to record activity like this ...
However, because Aero in Windows 7 requires complete access to the screen, you aren't able to disable hardware acceleration to record videos using the "overlay" method (i.e. videos in their own players, like Windows Mediaplayer, Quicktime, certain games etc.)
What you do is right-click Recorder.exe in the CamStudio installation folder in Program Files > Properties > Compatibility tab
Select:
Disable visual themes and
Disable desktop composition
See if that will work.
Cheers
Nick :o)
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I tried a Planet Earth movie playing in kmplayer and WMP and CS version 2.6R294 was able to record them like magic on Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit.
Quit using version2.6R264/2.5b1/2.0. Those versions aren't compatible with Windows 7 fully.
Also if you're recording directx games like Sims 2/Sims 3, set them to run in windowed mode.
Like I said, game/DVD recording works in the latest build.
Playing vids recording worked in the latest builds, probably.
If you're using the latest build and the DVD/vid can't be recorded, try kmplayer as a media player. I have a success with that.
Note all of these are tested on Windows 7 can't confirm it will work on XP/Vista!
Update...DVD recording works until now...tested even with the movie playing in the background!
So to sum up...CS can record games/DVDs/playing vids in most circumstances acording to tests.