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If this word is interpreted as a statement in the program it may mean that.
Select all from name;
Would result in some strange output. It would mean that hackers can get access to your database and steal, change or destroy stored information.
Tell the maker of the software to use only "bound SQL statements".
In the Fixed Region setting I am allowed to press select and draw a rectangle.
If I have the "Fixed Top-Left Corner" box checked the drawn rectangle left top will not be filled in in the appropriate fileds. So only the size of the selected window will be set (I think).
If the "Fixed Top-Left Corner" is UNchecked the top left corner is filled in. But then I am not allowed to adjust the numbers. This is just needlessly complicated. I would say remove the "Fixed Top-Left Corner" entirely. It is useless.
The resulting video is void the first few seconds and only starts showing the moment I selected the rectangle. The more desired behaviour of the option is covered by the "select" button in the "Fixed Region" window.
Therefore just removing the "Region" option will improve the program considerably.
Does actual selected input contain the drawn rectangle and is the edge of the recording area the outer edge of the rectangle? Or does the rectangle enclose the recording area and is the entire rectangle outside it? That should be clear and consequent on all sides of the recording area.
I would opt for a rectangle inside the recording area because that will allow us to select the edges of the screen.
Also dragging and dropping the rectangle as a whole to the desired region on the screen would be awesome.
If permanent vivibility of the rectangle poses a logical problem I would like to see a button to make it appear and an option to hide it on the rectangle.
Any information the window contains now can easily be overlayed over the preview window.
An option to show or hide it on the screen would be nice but not absolutely necessary for me.
Obviously it would be awesome if the window would be scalable.
That can be done by just filling the file to 2 GB and then starting a new one, or allowing users to restrict their recodrings to a certain duration and automatically open the new file.
A recording program I have running on my old computer allows me to set the max duration of a video to a certain time (in my case 1 hour) and automatically proceed in a next file after that. I find that extremely useful.
I'm alerting Nick the program manager of this thread and he will pass it along to the programmer. Thanks for your sharp eyes and for taking the time to delineate all of these needed fixes.
Terry
When I try to select audio frm speakers I get an error "WaveoutGetSelectControl() failed".
I wonder if it is possible to actually select speakers as an audio source straight in Windows. I think not. If activated you can select Stero mix, but as an equal option to microphone options. So the structure of these settings may have to be changed.
In fact if that is true the whole idea of choosing between microphone and speakers may have be removed. Instead just the Audio Optons for Microphone form will do in that case.
When I try to select an Audio Capture Device, it seems to not do anything. I can select it but when I close the window and reopen it the default device is again selected.
The program seems to only record frm that default device. If I try to select stereo mix as an input device it will just record frm a mic.
I did manage to get the program to record frm stereo mix by setting it as the standard recording device.
So the obvious conclusion is: Yes, CamStudio only records frm the standard recording device.
First:
I downloaded the Sourceforge installer and it failed.
I had to submit an exception just to get our proxy to download it since it found potentially unwanted software in the executable.
After I was able to download it, I ran it and declined all the extra software. It began downloading CamStudio and got to 99% before hanging. I left it about 5 minutes before checking some logs and killing it.
From my logs, I found the URL it was downloading the CamStudio installer from and just downloaded it manually and ran it. I had no issues and it installed properly.
Second:
CamStudio is a 32-bit program. I installed it on 64-bit Windows 7. Instead of defaulting to the "C:\Program Files (x86)\" like most 32-bit installers, it went to "C:\Program Files\".
I think this could be resolved by checking for the existence of %ProgramFiles(x86)% first and failing back to %ProgramFiles% if the (x86) one does not exist.
Third:
When I click on Help > Help from the Recorder menu, I get an error. It is looking for a file called "help.htm". The name of the help file is "help.chm".
That's all I've got.
I am thankful this program exists. For the minor things I need to create at work, there is no way I could get approval for that other expensive program.
I'm having an issue in CamStudio 2.7.2 r326 which was not there in 2.7 r316. I tested both versions with several codecs (CamStudio Lossless, XviD, ffdshow) without any difference.
When I pause the recording and wait a little bit and resume then, the video has the duration of the whole length including the paused time. The video itself contains the last frame freezed during the break.
as the changelog shows some sync-fix with r326 for pausing videos, I looks like something happened there. would be glad to have it fixed. Thx!
now (about 4 weeks ago) i wanted to do the same again but updated camstudio to the latest version before i started.
in 2.7.2 i have input lags or worse in many programs.
(is there anything i could try? eg go back to an older version? where would i find one to dl?)
thx,
ul_rick
http://sourceforge.net/projects/camstudio/files/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/camstudio/files/stable/CamStudio_2.7_r316_setup.exe/download
http://sourceforge.net/projects/camstudio/files/stable/CamStudio_Setup_v2.6b_r294_(build_24Oct2010).exe/download
http://sourceforge.net/projects/camstudio/files/legacy/Camstudio2-0.exe/download
However, could it be that you are using different settings or codecs?
Terry
Terry
happy holidays and an awesome new year!
I'm also seeing a report of an r354. Is that for real? Where is it? Can I get to a version that is certified crapware and malware free? I was able to get to the page from the above link, which was just another forum page, so I'm a bit mystified about the page block.
Appears that you are still using SourceForge. Any chance I could talk you into using GitHub instead? So far, GitHub has not been taken over by crapware vendors. At least, not that I know of...
One last question: Is CamStudio Open Source?
This one does not have the keyboard shortcut keys bug, though it does not work well for recording Minecraft due to conflicts in the keyboard scanning approaches. This is a straight installer from Sourceforge. The other page block you experienced is due to the installer host no longer being trusted by various anti-virus checkers, which distrust most advertising-supported installers nowadays.
CamStudio is Open Source, but uses some proprietary libraries from MS Visual Studio.
Terry
http://virtualdub.sourceforge.net/
I explain how in the second half of this video:
Let me know if this no longer works - that video is pretty old now!
Terry