Unattended captures with AVI_IO?

[drak23]

Hi all,
I've been having problems with VirtualVCR so I thought I'd try out AVI_IO. However I can't seem to find a switch to start it in capture mode. It has an internal scheduler but it seems pretty limited. The optimal solution would be to start it via Windows scheduler, loading a saved ini file and have it immediately start capturing. I found a switch for loading a saved profile but not how to turn on capturing.

If theres a guide for using AVI_IO with unattended caps please point me to it. Or let me know if I'm barking up the wrong tree (woof).

Thanks in advance-

[drak23]

No replies? Doesn't anyone use this software anymore?

[fmctm1sw]

I can't help you with AVI_IO. But what is wrong with your VirtualVCR? I use it all the time...

[drak23]

VVCR is a GREAT capturing utility with exactly the features I'm looking for, but it crashes on me about 20 minutes in to a capture.

I searched the forum and someone else had a similar problem: the VVCR author linked this issue to a bug on some motherboards. This may or may not be the problem - I'm experimenting with the settings to see if I can resolve.

Frankly I'm not sure VVCR works that great with ATI cards. I'd like to take a poll or something.

Regards,
Drak

[feenix]

drak23,

It appears that you can't open AV_IO in capture mode but if you open it as normal it automatically goes into capture when the timer kicks in.

Therefore your suggestion of using a scheduled task to open AV_IO (say 1 minute before you need it) and use it's own internal timer to start capturing would seem to be the way to go

This is all theory of course as I haven't tried it!

[cliffo]

Drak23,

I use AVI_IO all the time and to record while i'm not around I just set the timer to the required start time and leave the program running. Once it gets to the set time it kicks in and records.

I've found this program the best one to cap stuff with. If you want to set it up so that windows shceduler loads AVI_IO and then have it record, just set the timer and compression options in AVI_IO and make sure you save the settings (under File menu). Then set scheduler to load AVI_IO a bit before the internal timer and the recording setting will be as you set them earlier and it will record.

Having said that it's just as easy to leave AVI_IO open and just set its internal timer to record - works an absolute treat. Hope this is of some help.

Cliffo

[drak23]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone, using a combination of windows scheduler and the internal timer appears to be the optimal configuration. I can launch the app with different INI files if I need to vary the settings (such as recording time), and take advantage of schedulers features for handling complicated schedules.

Regards,
Drak