[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

[FAQ]g_pDSCapture-> CreateCaptureBuffer (hr = 0x88780064) error appears (Windows XP)

Change the sample rate to another value in Settings-Record-Audio Device Settings and try recording again.

(This problem is caused by the system's sound device not supporting the default 44100 sample rate.


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