Ultra ScreenRecorder

[Rudi De Vos]

The licening is very confusing and hope they add the correct license
and headers in the code of 2.5 to make this clear.
If people download the source zip, they are bound to the included license,
independed of what you tell on the website.

The only reasons screenrecorder isn't GPL is that i want to be able to bundle the drivers with it. Else, 2 seperate downloads are needed and
people need to merge them on disk. Already to complicate fore some...


My own time is limited, so i'm going to release the source code as BSD or GPL. Then Nick can take a look and decide if he want to add the driver
as addon.

Page online, including src download
http://www.uvnc.com/screenrecorder/index.html

Greetings

[noksagt]

Cheers for releasing the source! I'll be sure to point Nick to it.

[JohnTheHun]

Nice util!

I am looking for a screen recorder that I can automate:

- start recording when windows starts (start recording from command line arguments)
- stop recording, pause recording (from command line arguments), etc
- run as a service

Is this only accomplishable with autoIt as of now?

Thanks,
John

[Rudi De Vos]

I guess code changes are needed.
We plan something like this, but still can take while, only it gonna be on the server site. Avi logging of what remote has been done.

[MiekSwim07]

Hello, I recently recorded something and when I tried to play the video, it said the file was corrupt. I then used Media Coder and was able to play the video. The video is cut in half and it is slanted. How do I fix this?

I can't try to record this again because it was a one time thing.

Thanks, Michael

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[MiekSwim07]

Omg? I really need this fixed. Any help please?

[Rudi De Vos]

The recoder use a standard codex to record stuff.
The recording and playback is done by the MS media engine, our software just provide the pixels.


Try the use vitualdub or some other program that can handle corrupt media files. You will have more luck for an answer in a specific "avi" forum.

I recorded some file using encoder "divx", "..."
The file is corrupt, is there a way/tool to correct it.

[MiekSwim07]

Thanks for the suggestion.

How can I find out what mediacodec I used to record it?

I recorded some file using encoder "divx", "..."

What does this mean?

Thanks, Michael

[dysmas]

This is an excellent tool, thanks.

I was surprised that the size of the AVI file does not change a lot when I change the settings. I found that the sound is not compressed. whatever value I use in audio options (tried PCM and mp3) the result is the same :

10 sec test record without sound : 500kB
same test with sound : 2500kb.
This means that 10s sound takes 2MB, which is the expected size for uncompressed 44KHz stereo, when I used 22 kHz mono (expected 440 kB uncompressed), and mp3 compression with 32kbps (expected about 40kB).

I don't see there is any option to activate compression. Did I miss something ? When I stop the recording I see the message "compressing audio". Perhaps the program does not find the compressor ?

[dysmas]

Screen recorder is an excellent tool, thanks.

I found that the sound is not compressed. whatever value I use in audio options (tried PCM, mp3 and others) the result is the same :

10 sec test record without sound : 500kB
same test with sound : 2500kb.
This means that 10s sound takes 2MB, which is the expected size for uncompressed 44KHz stereo (CD quality).
I had used 22 kHz mono (expected 440 kB uncompressed), and mp3 compression with 32kbps (expected about 40kB).

When I stop the recording I see the message "compressing audio". So the program really compress the audio, but the recorded data is the uncompressed source.

I tried with camStudio. CamStudio compresses the sound correctly. Nevertheless there is a synchronization problem. I didn't test for long because camStudio is so slow, compared to Screen Recorder on my old 1GHz PIII.

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[annbrown50]

There are a lot of programs in Internet, which can compress sound. I prefer to use Sound Forge for compressing sounds.

[dysmas]

This has nothing to do with the problem. The question is using Screen Recorder to record screen activity, image + sound. Both are stored in a AVI (Audio Video Interlaced) file, but this file is huge if sound is activated, because the sound is uncompressed. Sound Forge cannot compress an AVI file. If I am wrong, tell it, I would be interested.

[littlepaws]

Playback is just a blank screen?
this works well
http://www.speedapps.com/desktoprecorder.htm

[dysmas]

Playback is just a blank screen?

No playback is perfectly OK (image and sound). The only problem is that the file is big because sound is uncompressed.

this works well
http://www.speedapps.com/desktoprecorder.htm

It works well, yes, as camStudio (and much similar) but with the same problem : screen update is slow, and on my PIII the mouse is very slow. ScreenRecorder is MUCH faster because of the use of the video driver.

[fpina]

I am using ScreenRecorder and I can record the video without problems, but when I select Enable Record Audio, I can record the audio but no the video in the AVI file.

What is the optimal combination for audio and video codecs?

[Rudi De Vos]

audio is raw pcm -> big file
video: use an encoder that support size end depth, i have good results with divx

After recording you need to make the file smaller (audio stream is huge)
Use a opensource tool like virtualdub, this can compress the audio and generate a divx+mp3 file.

[dysmas]

I am using ScreenRecorder and I can record the video without problems, but when I select Enable Record Audio, I can record the audio but no the video in the AVI file.

I had this problem in the beginning. I discovered that reading the file in a different video player, the video was OK. I don't remember which video player I was using but it was not windows's standard. Try with a different player.

After recording you need to make the file smaller (audio stream is huge)
Use a opensource tool like virtualdub, this can compress the audio and generate a divx+mp3 file.

This is exactly the way I used to solve the problem.

What is confusing is that Video Recorder has audio options for compression. But presently they don't work.


1) open the file in virtualDub
2) In video menu, choose "direct stream copy"
3) In audio menu, select "full processing mode", then choose "compression" and select the parameters you want.
4) in the file menu select save as AVI, you are done in a minute.

You can also change the video compression if you like.

[lait]

Rudi De Vos,

Is this product discontinued?
If not: Ultra ScreenRecorder (? version: downloaded approx 2 weeks ago) is not able to record SketchUp's 7 workspace area. ScreenRecorder settings are default. Capture was done in "whole screen" mode (if capturing screen segment then resulting output video is distorted and very slow). One of default encoders available on Windows XP SP3 x32 was used for the capture.

p.s.: CamStudio (version from camstudio-org) captures SketchUp's 7 workspace area well.

[redge]

lait

> Ultra ScreenRecorder ...is not able to record SketchUp's 7 workspace area

did you follow the rule ?

Required: Ultravnc driver installed. !!!Driver from Rel1.00 or Rel 1.01 is needed !!!

[lait]

lait

> Ultra ScreenRecorder ...is not able to record SketchUp's 7 workspace area

did you follow the rule ?

Required: Ultravnc driver installed. !!!Driver from Rel1.00 or Rel 1.01 is needed !!!

I downloaded Ultra ScreenRecorder from http://www.uvnc.com/screenrecorder/ . During installation 3 drivers were installed. Not sure whether they were Rel1.00 or Rel 1.01 or something else.
Can you tell me where can i get Rel1.00 or Rel 1.01 and how to install this driver (standalone .sys file?) ?

[Rudi De Vos]

On the general download page
http://www.uvnc.com/download/index.html

The screenrecorder and required driver are listen in the
"Download UltraVNC screenrecoder" part.

[lait]

Rudi De Vos
redge

Thank you. I will try.

[lait]

So, i downloaded package ultravnc_tools_setup.exe and driver.zip from provided page. Firstly tools were installed (full installation), resulting in 1 new service on my system and 2 drivers under \system32 (vncdrv.sys and vnccom.sys).

Unpacked driver.zip. If i launch install.bat nothing happens (no registry keys being overwritten, nor drivers vncdrv.sys and vnccom.sys under \system32 and %programfiles% either).
If i launch install_silent.bat then registry key for vnccom.sys being modified and vnccom.sys under \system32 (or %programfiles% ?) is modified either.
How to install needed driver(s) correctly?


...By the way please fix uninstaller because it fails if UVNC service is running or uninstalled. OR place uninstall_note.txt which contains instruction:
* you should not uninstall sevice prior running uninstaller;
* you should stop UVNC service manually prior running uninstaller.

In order to cleanly uninstall this package i ought to go through installation-uninstallation couple of times.

[VigilanteDesign]

when i push the framerate to 15 and use the xvid codec, it records, though i cant see it, which is certainly due to the driver fail to install..
since everytime i installed the driver or the ultra tools suite, in the end a window told me that the driverinstall failed ..

[B@T]

I have Windows 7 64 bit version. This ScreenRecorder won't work on it, because the installer has 32 bit driver only, and it can't installed on 64 bit. I have installet UltraVNC 64 bit, and it installed 64 bit version of video hook driver. But it seems ScreenRecorder can't use the 64 bit driver.

It is possible to create a 64 bit version of ScreenRecorder?

And there's an other problem: ScreenRecorder automatically installs a service, but it overwrites UltraVNC's service. If i select in ScreenRecorder's setup to do not install the service, it doesn't install the recorder app.

Is it possible to rename the ScreenRecorder's service, or change sets in the installer?

[Waylorne]

Can Ultra Screen recorder and UltraVNC be installed and both work on the same machine?

I have been unable to get this to work. It seems one overwrites the other.

[devils_x]

Hi,

every time i use the "UltraScreenRecorder" and if the file it´s bigger than 2GB, when i try to play the avi file it gives this error:

Media Type 0:
--------------------------
Unknown

AM_MEDIA_TYPE:
majortype: MEDIATYPE_Stream {E436EB83-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770}
subtype: MEDIASUBTYPE_Avi {E436EB88-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770}
formattype: TIME_FORMAT_NONE {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
bFixedSizeSamples: 1
bTemporalCompression: 0
lSampleSize: 1
cbFormat: 0


Media Type 1:
--------------------------
Unknown

AM_MEDIA_TYPE:
majortype: MEDIATYPE_Stream {E436EB83-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770}
subtype: TIME_FORMAT_NONE {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
formattype: TIME_FORMAT_NONE {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
bFixedSizeSamples: 1
bTemporalCompression: 0
lSampleSize: 1
cbFormat: 0

When is less than 2GB i´ve no problem. I have the Windows Vista 32bits.
Is there anything i can do to resolve this problem??

Thank you.

[B]

Google knows all.

http://neuron2.net/LVG/filesize.html

But sorry, I don't know anything about UltraScreenRecorder.

[Shakira]

What about me,i prefer use Screen VidShot.It's prog can record screen video and audio)

[anonim]

Is there somewhere a newer version of the Ultra ScreenRecorder with features available in Camstudio 2.0 opensource: autopanning, screen annotations, ability to specify framerates manually (I am using 5 frames/sec)