[FAQ]Error appears when record..  

[FAQ]Error appears when recording starts 'Failed to av_image_alloc'

This error message is very rare and is caused by insufficient memory available on Windows.

Quit the running program and record or make a smaller recording area.

Or it may be caused by setting the recording-scaling-video scaling resolution too high (for example, 8k resolution) in Ocam's settings.



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[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.


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