[Tips]Using the x264vfw External Codec  

[Tips]Using the x264vfw External Codec

Ocam supports external codec (VFW) and how to use the x264 codec.

The x264 codec can be downloaded from the following site.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/x264vfw/

Go to the site and click the download button.


The download starts automatically.


The installation screen is as follows only.


Agree to the terms.

 
Specify the installation path.

 
The installation is complete.

 
Click Done.

 
After installing the codec, you must re-run Ocam to see it in the external codec list.

After re-launching Ocam, click the codec button in the ocam main window and click the external codec menu.

 



Check the box to Use an external codec.

 


Select x264vfw-H264 / MPEG-4 AVC codec from the list.

 

Click on the Settings button to see the detailed settings in the codec.

 
The codec setting window will appear as shown below. Currently, we need to record the screen in real time rather than the normal video encoding, so select Ultrafast in Preset, check the Zero Latency checkbox and set the encoding to be the fastest, and press the OK button.

(This setting method is useful for real time recording and you can set it according to the situation.)

 
If you record like this, the recording is done using x264 codec.

* For game recording, if the game you want to record is 64-bit, you must also install the 64-bit version of x264vfw (by default, unless you touch the option during x264vfw installation), x264vfw-Configure x264vfw64 from the Start menu. Run it and set it up as described above.

* Keep / Accept only YUV 4: 2: 0, Keep / Accept only YUV 4: 2: 2, Keep / Accept only YUV 4: 4: 4 are not supported for x264vfw setting and recording will fail when using this setting.



Additional tips

[FAQ]Can I save to mp3 only the sound of the computer system?

Recently, as well as video recording, audio recording is now available that feature is added.

 

It is possible to record through simple steps such as the following.

 

You click the trivial drop-down menu in the record button, and then click the Record menu item only sound. 

 

This method will change in the form of a voice recording as follows. 

 

If you click on the record button in this state, screen recording rather than being, the sound of the system will be recorded. 

 

And you can set whether to save as an audio file of any by clicking on the button codec as follows.

(It supports the extension of the MP3, WMA Currently, the audio formats that are supported in the future, you may be added.) 


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