Hey folks-
Ok, after a very frustrating two weeks, I have cameras and macros that work enough of the time that I'll call that phase complete. ( I still don't consider any of the X10 software to be ready for 'prime time', but that's another forum topic) I have two Nightwatch cameras with Eagle Eye motion sensors.
I have macros to start the associated camera recording video when the detector activates, then run for one minute and stop recording the feed. They run fine if triggered by the sensor or manually.
The problem is with the coding of the video. As others have mentioned, it takes anywhere form 30 to 60 seconds from the end of recording to have the video show up as an actual file on my computer. I've tried all the codecs, even adding a Divx codec and trying that (which is the best one I've used, incidentally).
Anyway, no matter what I do, it will record one video fine. But, no matter how long I let the thing sit, if it tries to record another video, when it's done recording and tries to compile it, Activehome crashes and the just-recorded video disappears with it.
I am running Win XP, the CPU is not pegged, latest Activehome Pro software version, and all drivers (for VA-12, etc) downloaded from Activehome's support page.
Just to let you know, I have done a workaround for now. When the macro is activated, I have the camera take a burst of 5 pictures, each separated by a 1 second delay, and that works every time. So, this has to be a video/coding issue.
Any help appreciated...
Ryan
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Topic: Can't record more than one video or it crashes (Read 9444 times)