Folks, please help! I know the combined wisdom here has an answer!

I downloaded several free video screen capture programs (Cam Studio and Freez Screen Video Capture), and I also installed one called Snagit.

All of them do what tehy say they do, but the resulting video AVI file they produce is giving me fits. When I double click on the AVI file, by default mys system plays AVI files using Windows Media Player. When WMP plays them they look beautiful. The captures are clear and clean, and they play right.

The problem is when I load these files into Liquid, and another product from Adobe. The pixels are all large and blocky, so much so that it is hardly readable. In Liquid, there are vertical bands appearing.

Now, I use an NVidia 9600 card, and it has Direct X. I don't know if that is the problem. But what gives? I would think that an AVI file that WMP plays well would play well in any other player on the same system.

I tried various timeline properties in Liquid, and nothing would give me presentable results.

I would  love it if someone can put me on the right track, because I have wasted many hours trying to make these screen captures play out right in Liquid, and in other players, but they don't play. I can't use WMP for playback either.

Ideas please!

Try using FRAPS as your caputre program.  I use it and it does nice AVI's though I haven't tried them in Liquid they play fine in media player classic and convert to DVD's with no probs.

 

http://www.fraps.com/download.php

 

 

Director:

Try using FRAPS as your caputre program.  I use it and it does nice AVI's though I haven't tried them in Liquid they play fine in media player classic and convert to DVD's with no probs.

 

http://www.fraps.com/download.php

 

 

OK. I will try that. I hope it works. But do you have any idea WHY this issue happens? There has to be something going on. I am happy to send a sample of the funny AVI, and see if anyone can figure out what's happening. Any takers?

I seem to recall that FRAPS media is not directly usable with Liquid. You need to convert to a format that Liquid understands using another 3rd party product.

DStone:

I seem to recall that FRAPS media is not directly usable with Liquid. You need to convert to a format that Liquid understands using another 3rd party product.

No probs with Fraps Dave, I helped a user some months ago

OK, I stand corrected.

Screen capture programs are notoriously agnostic in terms of what they are capturing. They don't care about frame rates, aspect ratio, pixel shape and many other things that give video programs fits. Make sure you are capturing files that are at least close to correct for video.