The "Failed to initialize sound library." Error Appears When Recording Starts
When recording with oCam, sound-related errors may occur. To prevent this, it is important to first check whether sound playback is working properly on your PC. If you try to record on a PC where sound playback is not available, an error is likely to occur. Below is a detailed explanation of how to record with oCam in an environment where sound playback is unavailable and how to configure the settings to avoid errors.
If sound is not playing properly on your PC, you can solve the problem by disabling oCam's system audio recording feature. Please follow the steps below:
1. Launch the oCam main window.
2. In the main window, click the 'Sound' button.
3. When you click it, a pop-up menu will appear, and in most cases the 'Record System Audio' option will be checked by default.
4. Click the 'Record System Audio' item to uncheck it.
With this setting, oCam will not try to record system audio, so you can continue recording without errors even on a PC where sound playback is not available. This setting is especially useful in environments where system audio is not output due to sound driver problems or hardware issues.
Before recording, always check the sound playback status of your PC and apply the setting above if necessary to create a stable recording environment. If you want to resolve the sound playback issue more fundamentally, updating the sound driver or checking the device's sound settings is also a good approach.
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How to Change the File Name of Saved Recordings, Audio Recordings, or Captures
Click Tools - Options in the top menu of oCam.
Then click the Save tab on the left to set the file name for saved files.
By default, files are saved in the following format.
<Prefix>_<YYYY_MM_DD_HH_NN_SS_Z>
The text inside the <> brackets uses special keywords. These keywords can represent the prefix, date, serial number, program name, user ID, and user name.
With the default settings, when recording starts and then finishes, the file is saved in the format Recording_2015_05_07_14_22_41_791. If you only want to change the word Recording at the beginning, you can change it as follows.
Test_<YYYY_MM_DD_HH_NN_SS_Z>
If you do this, the file will be saved in the format Test_2015_05_07_14_22_41_791 after recording is completed.
If you want to add a serial number after Test instead of the date,
set it to Test_<#>, and it will be saved as Test_1... Test_2 ... Test_3...................... Test_10.
Description of the special keywords used inside the <> brackets
If the current date is
2015_05_07_14_22_41_791
in this format,
<Y> = 15 ( two-digit year )
<YY> = 15 ( two-digit year )
<YYYY> = 2015 ( four-digit year )
<M> = 5 ( one-digit month )
<MM> = 05 ( two-digit month )
<MMM> = 5 ( not used in the Korean locale )
<MMMM> = May ( month name displayed according to the system locale )
<D> = 7 ( one-digit day )
<DD> = 07 ( two-digit day )
<DDD> = Thu ( day of the week )
<DDDD> = Thursday ( displayed according to the locale language )
<DDDDD> = 2015-05-07 ( date )
<DDDDDD> = Thursday, May 7, 2015 ( date and day of the week, displayed according to the locale language )
<C> = 2015-05-07 2:22:41 PM ( date and time )
<H> = 14 ( one-digit hour )
<HH> = 14 ( two-digit hour )
<N = 22 ( one-digit minute )
<NN> = 22 ( two-digit minute )
<S> = 41 ( one-digit second )
<SS> = 41 ( two-digit second )
<Z> = 791 ( milliseconds )
<ZZZ> = 791 ( milliseconds )
<T> = 2:22 PM ( AM/PM label varies by locale, followed by the time )
<TT> = 2:22:41 PM ( AM/PM label varies by locale, followed by the time and seconds )
<AM/PM> = AM or PM
<a/p> = a or p
<ampm> = AM or PM
<Prefix> = Recording for video recording, Screen Capture for captures, Audio for audio recording
<ProgramName> = For normal recording, oCam; for game recording, the executable file name of the game program
<UserID> = Windows user ID
<DisplayUserName> = Windows display name
<#> = one-digit serial number
<##> = two-digit serial number
<###> = three-digit serial number