oCam Advanced Settings - Save
Click Tools - Options on the oCam main menu to view the settings in the Save category.

By default, the save path is set to the "This PC-Documents-oCam" folder in Windows 10, and all recordings, audio recordings, and captures are saved to this location.
The save path can be changed by clicking the button.
The file name to be saved follows a predefined format or a user-defined format, and by default it is set to "<Prefix>_<YYYY_MM_DD_HH_NN_SS_Z>".
The file name format can also be changed by clicking the button, and when you click it, you can see the predefined formats.


If you click the Help menu item, you can see more detailed information about the format, as shown below.
( When the Help menu item was clicked at 11:29:49.902 AM on June 16, 2016 )
<Y> = 16
<YY> = 16
<YYYY> = 2016
<M> = 6
<MM> = 06
<MMM> = 6
<MMMM> = June
<D> = 16
<DD> = 16
<DDD> = Thu
<DDDD> = Thursday
<DDDDD> = 2016-06-16
<DDDDDD> = Thursday, June 16, 2016
<C> = 2016-06-16 11:29:49 AM
<H> = 11
<HH> = 11
<N = 29
<NN> = 29
<S> = 49
<SS> = 49
<Z> = 902
<ZZZ> = 902
<T> = 11:29 AM
<TT> = 11:29:49 AM
<AM/PM> = AM
<a/p> = a
<ampm> = AM
<Prefix> = Recording
<ProgramName> = oCam
<UserID> = User Name
<DisplayUserName> =
<#> = 1
<##> = 01
<###> = 001
The file name format may feel difficult for some users, so here are a few examples.
- If the file name is <Prefix>_<#>, then <Prefix> is the prefix and # is the serial number.
The prefix is replaced with Recording when recording video, Audio when recording sound, and Capture when capturing the screen, while # is replaced with a serial number.
For example, when you finish recording the screen, a file named Recording_1 is created. ( Only if there is no similar file name in the oCam save folder. )
And when you record again, a file named Recording_2 is created. The reason the serial number becomes 2 is because a file named Recording_1 already exists.
- If the file name is <ProgramName>_<#>, then <ProgramName> represents the name of the program being recorded. In normal screen recording, it is replaced with oCam, and <#> is added as a serial number just as before.
However, when recording a game, recording starts inside the game program, so the file is created using the name of the game's executable file.
- If the file name is <dddddd>_<#>, then dddddd means the localized date, so on a Korean operating system it is replaced with the current date at the time this was written, Thursday, June 16, 2016, and # is filled in with a serial number.
The localized date varies depending on the language settings of the operating system. In other words, it appears differently on an English OS because it uses the format built into the operating system.
- If the file name is My_<#>_th_<Prefix>_File, then when recording, a file named My_1st_Recording_File is created, and when recording again, the file name becomes My_2nd_Recording_File.
- If the file name is <UserID> recorded <Prefix> of the game called <ProgramName> on <DDDDDD>. then it may be created as "AdvancedDeveloper recorded Recording of the game called LocalDeformablePRT on Thursday, June 16, 2016." The content inside <> varies depending on what is being recorded.
Serial number start means the starting number of the serial number that can be set with # inside <>.
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How to Reduce the Size of Recorded Video Files When Recording Games (NVIDIA Codec)
If you are using the NVIDIA NVENC H.264 codec by default, the recorded file size may be very large.
Click the Codec menu in oCam to check whether you are using the NVENC H.264 codec, as shown below.
In the oCam Codec menu, click Hardware Encoder Settings.
The Hardware Encoder Settings window will appear as shown below. You can reduce the size of the recorded video file by changing the options highlighted in the yellow box.
First, let's look at how to reduce the size of the recorded file using variable bitrate.
( Rate Control must be set to 1-PASS VBR. )
The Quantizer value can be set from 1 to 51.
The lower the Quantizer value, the better the video quality, and the higher the Quantizer value, the lower the video quality.
In other words, the recording quality is defined by the range from the minimum Quantizer value to the maximum Quantizer value.
For example,
If the minimum Quantizer value is 1 and the maximum Quantizer value is 13, the recording quality range is 1 to 13.
If the minimum Quantizer value is 1 and the maximum Quantizer value is 51, the recording quality range is 1 to 51.
If the minimum Quantizer value is 13 and the maximum Quantizer value is 51, the recording quality range is 13 to 51.
In conclusion, to reduce the size of a recorded video file, increasing the minimum and maximum Quantizer values will lower the recording quality and reduce the file size.
You can adjust the Quantizer values depending on your needs, as follows.
If you want to maintain the highest recording quality while lowering the quality at certain points to reduce the size of the recorded video, set the minimum Quantizer value to 1 and set the maximum Quantizer value to a higher number depending on how much you want to reduce the quality.
( Example: Minimum Quantizer: 1, Maximum Quantizer: 30 )
If you want to maintain medium quality while lowering the quality as much as possible at certain points to reduce the size of the recorded video, set the minimum Quantizer to 26 and the maximum Quantizer value to 51.
For reference, the minimum Quantizer value cannot be greater than the maximum Quantizer value.
That is, the minimum Quantizer value <= the maximum Quantizer value.
Caution: If you set both the minimum Quantizer value and the maximum Quantizer value to 1, the recorded video file size will become extremely large, so do not use this setting.
The default values in oCam are a minimum Quantizer value of 1 and a maximum Quantizer value of 13, and we recommend setting them within the following range.
Minimum Quantizer >= 1 and Maximum Quantizer value >= 13
Next is how to reduce the size of the recorded video file using constant bitrate.
Change Rate Control to 1-PASS CBR and then set the average bitrate.
The higher the average bitrate, the better the video quality. The lower the bitrate, the lower the video quality and the smaller the recorded file size.
Finally, there is a method that uses a fixed Quantizer parameter.
Set Rate Control to 1-PASS Fixed Quantizer Parameter.
Unlike VBR, there is no concept of minimum and maximum Quantizer values, and the quality is set using a fixed Quantizer value.