[FAQ]Cause: Failed to avio_open (error=-13)  

[FAQ]Cause: Failed to avio_open (error=-13)

 

This error can occur as a false alarm, if Avast software is running. When the error appears, press Allow App, and the error disappears and oCam will continue working any problem.

 

If the pop-up window asking wheter to allow app does not appear

Click the + ALLOW APP button in Menu -> Settings -> Blocked and Allowed Apps and select oCam to add it.

If oCam is added to the list of allowed apps, you will be able to record without any problem.

 

or, you can turn off Ransomware Shield off instead as follows.

Either way should be fine.



Additional tips

[HOWTO]oCam settings - Effect - Cursor Size

Learn about cursor size in the Effect Category settings when you click Tools-Options on the Ocam main menu.

 



The cursor size is set to 1 by default. (If you set 2, it will be doubled. If you set 3, it will be 3 times.
The larger the cursor size set by the user is, the larger the mouse cursor is in the recorded video.

The actual mouse cursor is the same size and it only applies to the recorded video.

The following image is recorded when the cursor size is set to 5.

 


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