[FAQ]Container format and video codecs that are support?  

[FAQ]Container format and video codecs that are support?

Codecs are supported, you can When you click the button in the codec-time orchestra main window, it is confirmed immediately.

 

 

 

MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, XVID, OpenDivx, Microsoft MPEG-4 Part 2, video codec basic, is the Microsoft MPEG-4 Part 3. The codec will be saved in AVI container format that all. 

 

Recording is performed using the Microsoft MPEG-4 Part 2 codec default orchestra arm during installation, when using the codec, without installing a codec different from the recorded program of the other alternative, the video player most at It is possible to play. 

 

In the case of extension of QuickTime MOV Apple-developed, QuickTime Player, is a dedicated format, codec uses the MPEG-4.

 

With the extension of the TS, MPEG-PS is a container format with the extension of VOB, MPEG-2 transport stream, use the MPEG-2 codec further. 

 

Finally, the audio codec that is saved with the recording of the video, are stored in MP3 format of all. 



Additional tips

[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.


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