Captivate 2019 - Video - Cannot Record, Cannot import

[daveemsley]

Hi there,  I have been having issues with Captivate recently.  I've searched the forums and done everything suggested but to no avail:

• Running as admin
• Updated all webcam drivers
• Installed Windbg and attached Captivate to it
  
  

Captivate version is 11.8.0.586

When I try to create a new recording - crashes out without an error message.
When I try to import an MP4 video it complains it is not a "Flash File" and tries to convert it to FLV or F4V!!  If I click Yes it just sits there doing nothing.  I am getting SO frustrated that I do not know where to turn with this.

Could anyone offer any advice please that isn't already offered on this forum as I've tried absolutely everything I can find.

Many Thanks

Dave

[Lilybiri]

Not at all sure about this suggestion, since I am keeping to 11.5.5 at this moment.

Recording: Video Demo or Software sim? Did you use the dpiawareness workflow or did you decrease the resolution and display percentage to 100%?

As for the MP4 issue. Can you try to use Adobe Media Encoder to re-encode that video file to H264? MP4 covers a lot of codecs, but that re-encoding will result in a video file which is compatible with Captivate.

[daveemsley]

Hi Lilybiri,
It was also crashing out on the previous version too unfortunately.
It's with video demos that it doesn't work.

The conversion ot H264 via AME worked - I thought that it was supposed to do that directly through Captivate but obviously not.  Many thanks for that advice.

Dave

[Lilybiri]

Glad that at least one problem has been solved. 

I have created Video Demo (needed to for the Adobe conference last year) but have to confess that I never use a webcam at all. From what I have seen mentioned here and in other Captivate social media, it often seems to be linked with the webcam and/or applications installed with that webcam. Sorry not to have been helpful there...

[daveemsley]

You've been very helpful; thanks again.
The webcam issue is interesting and I'm going to try to solve that one... even if it kills me!!

[Lilybiri]

Always great to meet someone who is as stubborn as me 🙂