[FAQ]When you start recording,..  

[FAQ]When you start recording, Error message appears Failed to initialize sound library. Check the Windows Audio service is running.

Check the sound playback on your PC first.
You may get this error if you try to record on a PC that is unable to play sound.

If you try to record from a PC that can't play sound,

Click the Sound button in the Ocam main window.


A pop-up menu will appear and the system sound recording is checked, but it should look like the following.



Additional tips

[HOWTO]oCam main screen configuration and features

When you run OCAM, the following window pops up and you can learn briefly about each function.


Record
-Only screen recording or sound can be recorded.

Capture
-Capture your screen or game screen.

Resize
-Adjust the size of the recording area.

Open
-Open the folder where recorded video, recorded sound and captured image are saved with Windows Explorer.

Codecs
-Select the codec you want to use when recording.
Basically, you can use Ocam's built-in codec, hardware codec like NVIDIA NVENC, and VFW (external codec).

Sound
-You can set whether to record only the system sound, record the microphone together or not record the sound.

Game recording
-If you want to record the game, click the Record Game button. If the Record Game button is activated, you can record the game by activating the game window and pressing the Record shortcut key.


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