zircon Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 I've been running into a problem with CamStudio where if I record a large file, it simply refuses to save it ("Error Creating AVI File") and deletes the temp files. This is especially frustrating after I have recorded over 20 minutes of video. Today, I managed to salvage the temp files created right before they were deleted, including an AVI file of 2.5gb. However, no player will open it. I've tried AVI Dcotor and DivFix++, as well as converting it to other formats, but nothing seems to recognize it as a valid movie file. I'm SURE my data is in there, however. When I tried repairing in DivFix I got an error immediately saying "could not find position", but DivFix then created a 400kb file that was the first frame of my video! How can I repair this file? I've tried everything I can think of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phill Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 F@ck, never mind Try the faq When I click the Record button, I get an "Error Creating AVI file" message. Try going to Options : Video Options, and select a different compressor. If this still fails even after repeated attempts at different compressors, the reason may be due to a few corrupted registry entries for the Video for Windows (VFW) component in your system. You can try repairing your registry with the following file: http://camstudio.org/fixreg.reg To apply the file, simply download and double click it. Important: Please make sure to backup your registry before applying the fixreg.reg file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moseph Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 There are size limits on AVI files which are (I think) a holdover from the way the Windows 95/98 file systems dealt with large files. It's been awhile since I've dealt with AVIs myself, but I think in a lot of programs they can't exceed something like 2 GB. VirtualDub does a good job with large video files for editing purposes -- if you haven't already, you might try opening your file with it -- but I don't know if there's any way to make CamStudio any more friendly to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted July 28, 2008 Author Share Posted July 28, 2008 Thanks for the advice. I got it working with VirtualDub, ultimately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katsurugi Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Thanks for the advice. I got it working with VirtualDub, ultimately. DrumUltimAtely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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