Africam - How to record and save videos from the cam - Comments

Daffadillsnroses, how bout

Auntie Lyn — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:32:56 -0700

Daffadillsnroses, how bout some specifics. What program are you using to capture video? How are you watching the cam, what browser or are you using an independent player? It sounds like a setting in your capture device. Will try to help if I can.

I have something weird going

Daffadillsnroses — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:16:55 -0800

I have something weird going on when I record from the cams. After I record and go to play back. It plays, but its playing upside down!! lolol everything is playing upside down.. could anyone tell me why this is happenming please..

Auntie Lyn wrote:Ms Charlie,

Ms Charlie — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:04:00 -0700

Auntie Lyn wrote:

Ms Charlie, check you video acceleration for your machines. In my case ... Windows XP :: right click on the desktop, properties, to settings tab, click advanced, to troubleshoot, and there you can change the acceleration. Mine is working on the third mark from the left. Go lower if you need to and keep everything else running smooth. Be sure and click apply and back out of each window by clicking ok to save your settings. Good luck

FIXED: I feel like a complete idiot... You and Aquila were dead on. I just didn't see what it was you were telling me. MacMac just stepped me through it by phone and sure enough it was the accelerator. What I thought that was was not what it was grrr. It was so simple to fix, I feel like a COMPLETE idiot...

What fixed it was this. Right click on my wallpaper, then properties, than advanced, than troubleshoot, and THERE was what you guys were talking about. Man was it easy and only took me a year to figure it out.... MacMac didn't even laugh at me...that helped..

So....I'm up and running and can record again. THANK YOU ALL for your help.

Aquila wrote:Ms Charlie, I

Ms Charlie — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:01:03 -0700

Aquila wrote:

Ms Charlie, I think you tried this when I posted the instructions before for you on the hardware accelerator.

Aquila you won't believe this. We went in and did everything I posted above. Get this.....we just pulled up wavelit, pushed record and it DID. Went back to the africam.com live feed, and nothing. Now how in heck is that possible.grrrrrrr

Ok we are just waiting for

Ms Charlie — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:43:10 -0700

Ok we are just waiting for something to walk across the waterhole to test this out....here kitty kitty kitty.....LOL.

Ms Charlie wrote: Auntie Lyn

Ms Charlie — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:34:10 -0700

Ms Charlie wrote:

Auntie Lyn wrote:

OK going to try this. It just doesn't make sense that we can record everything else but our very own waterhole grrr. On my way to try what you suggested. THANK YOU.

Third mark from the left....are's is not coming up like that. the third on ours says Compress contents to save disc space the one that came up ticked off is For fast searching, allow Indexing service to index the folder....that is the one that was ticked off..

Any suggestions now...?

Aquila wrote:Darn Ms

Ms Charlie — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:20:10 -0700

Aquila wrote:

Darn Ms Charlie... that must be so frustrating. I'm really baffled now.

OK we just did all this on all 5 pc's. It still won't record the live stream. How is this possible. You know it did before the kids recorded piles of the feed. Now for some reason this happened. we un-installed ALL of it, re-installed it all, and still no go on the live stream grrrr.

Aquila you can NEVER get sick or leave cause we need ya BAD. LOL.

Darn Ms Charlie... that must

Aquila — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:43:15 -0700

Darn Ms Charlie... that must be so frustrating. I'm really baffled now.

Aquila wrote:Ms Charlie, I

Ms Charlie — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:31:24 -0700

Aquila wrote:

Ms Charlie, I think you tried this when I posted the instructions before for you on the hardware accelerator.

Yes I did but I gave it another shot. I SO did NOT want to bother you with this after the week you have had.

This is just ridiculous. It records everything BUT the live stream. How in heck is that possible?

Ms Charlie, I think you

Aquila — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:31:31 -0700

Ms Charlie, I think you tried this when I posted the instructions before for you on the hardware accelerator.

Auntie Lyn wrote:Ms Charlie,

Ms Charlie — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:19:00 -0700

Auntie Lyn wrote:

OK going to try this. It just doesn't make sense that we can record everything else but our very own waterhole grrr. On my way to try what you suggested. THANK YOU.

Ms Charlie, check you video

Auntie Lyn — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:11:46 -0700

Ms Charlie, check you video acceleration for your machines. In my case ...
Windows XP :: right click on the desktop, properties, to settings tab, click advanced, to troubleshoot, and there you can change the acceleration. Mine is working on the third mark from the left. Go lower if you need to and keep everything else running smooth. Be sure and click apply and back out of each window by clicking ok to save your settings. Good luck

OK were stumped. We use

Ms Charlie — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:55:00 -0700

OK were stumped. We use Bulents, Virtuso pro and for some reason on both our PC's it will not record the live feed. We tested them out to see what the problem was by recording something off of you tubes and it recorded. We went back to the live stream tried again and nothing. We un-installed the programs and re-installed them and still cannot record the live feed.

ANY suggestions would be greatly appreciated. We are completely baffled. We just checked all our setting you posted above for the bulents program and we have them right.

Hello,My name is Wim and I

Hulsmann — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:05:40 -0700

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This is a video I made to

Auntie Lyn — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:20:29 -0700

This is a video I made to help others with learning how to use Windows Movie Maker to compress and edit movies.
The steps are more or less as follows:
1. Open Windows Media Maker and on the left screen are the possibilities. I go to import video, and direct the computer to Windows/program files/Bulent's Screen Recorder and find the video I am looking for.

2. Once the video has loaded into the program, I drag the frames down onto the storyboard at the bottom. I play the video, stopping and cutting and removing parts that need to go, editing the video.

3. Once I am done editing, I click on :Save to my Computer:.

4. Next screen you are first asked to name your video, I normally use the date/time and subject.

5. Just below where you name the video is where you tell windows to store your video project. I have created a folder in my Documents/My Video folder called AfriCam where I store all of mine.

6. When you click next, the screen wants you to choose a compression level. You can use any of those listed, experiment and see what gives you the best video with the smallest file possible. I use either "High quality video small", or "High quality video NTSC" to compress mine. The NTSC results in a much larger file, but it plays better on my photobucket account and some others. It also takes longer to compress so use what works best for you.

The last step you need to do is upload the video the the web. I use YouTube for most of mine, also my photobucket account. Once you have uploaded your video, post it in the streaming cam video & sound recording section of the forum, find the thread for that week and post it.

Now, get out there and practice! Any questions I will be happy to help as much as I'm able.
Good Luck

How to record and save videos from the cam

Ingwe — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:58:59 -0700

Please post your tutorials and suggestions here.

Thanks!