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What are the supported video codecs and container formats?

What are the supported video codecs and container formats?

You can check supported codecs immediately by clicking the Codec button in the main oCam window.



 

The default video codec is Open H.264 + AAC (.MP4).

In addition, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, XVID, OpenDivX, Microsoft MPEG-4 Part 2, and Microsoft MPEG-4 Part 3 are also supported.

All of these codecs are saved in MP4 or AVI container formats.

oCam records using optimized codecs at installation time, and when these codecs are used, the recorded files can be played on almost all media players without installing additional codecs, unlike many other screen recording programs.

Usually, you may need to install codecs to play a recorded video, but with these codecs, most are supported by default.

This means that you can play oCam-recorded video files directly in Windows Media Player immediately after installing Windows without installing any additional software.

So there is no extra hassle of having to install extra codecs.

Also, MPEG-4, XVID, and OpenDivX are internally encoded with the MPEG-4 codec in oCam, with only the FourCC value changed for XVID and OpenDivX.

Additionally, supported container formats include FLV.

FLV stands for Flash Video and supports live streaming, so you can upload FLV files directly to places like a Zboard forum and preview them immediately on the web.

You can also use an FLV player. FLV is encoded with the MPEG-4 codec in oCam.

For Appleโ€™s QuickTime format, MOV is a QuickTime-only format and uses the MPEG-4 codec.

Also, MPEG-2 Transport Stream has the .TS extension, and MPEG-PS has the .VOB extension; both use MPEG-2 as the codec.

If you choose GIF animation for creating animations, you can make a moving image.

Finally, all audio codecs used during video recording are saved as MP3.

Additionally, external codecs are supported; please refer to a separate post for details on external codecs.


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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

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