CrazyPixels Forum

I've got the following problem: On my Windows 2008 R2 I am not able to record videos with CamUniversal 4.0.1. I have two net-cams (1 single-frame and 1 mjpeg) and the preview windows work fine for them. Although I configured video settings (correct folder, video codec, etc...) the recording buttons are disabled (crossed) and it's not possible to invoke recording neither manually nor by motion detection. What am I doing wrong...?

Thanks for your help in advance

Steve

Hello,

the record buttons are crossed, if the recording is still running and not if recording is not possible.
Have you started the recording before?

Please remove the cameras from the program and add them again.

Are the buttons crossed immediately after you have added the camera?
Or after which action they are crossed?

To be sure, that the DirectShow filters are correct registered please re-register them:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7&p=11#p11

Hello,

thank you for your fast reply. I already tried to reinstall the filters but that did not have any affect. First the button is not crossed. After pushing it, it is crossed and cannot be "uncrossed" unless restarting the application.

I encoutered another problem: The program eats up memory. The application starts with 70M - 120M for one cam ("single-shot-cam", 1 pic / sec, motion detection off). After 12 - 36 hours the taskmanager shows over 700M. There seems to be a memleak. Is it because of my 64bit Win2K8 R2...? I could live without the possibility of recording videos but saving pictures. The enormous memory consumption makes the software unfortunatly useless.

I appreciate your assistance.

Best regards
Stefan

Hello,

to get an idea why the program uses so much memory, you can run CamUniversal with the parameter -analyze.
The protocol file analyze.txt will be created.
Open a console and type> CamUniversal -analyze
In the protocol file you will see some messages from the program.
Please run CamUniversal until the program begins to use such a lot of memory and send the created procotol to me!

Additional try to record a video while the protocol is generated.