FIX: Error recording AVI file using current compressor

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CamStudio could not record the AVI file?

To make sure we are talking about the same thing. I get this error message:

CamStudio could not record the AVI file using current compressor. Use default compressor?

Within CamStudio when I try to start recording.

This error happens because your width and length do not have the correct pixels for codec. You can change this within CamStudio.

I have two tutorials in the steps below:

Both contain the same content, but the last one is with screenshots.

Go to Start and search for CamStudio, open CamStudio and go to Options.

Click on Video Options.

Here you’ll see a few options.
We’ll stay in the Compressor tab.

Open the options and select Microsoft Video 1.

Click OK.

Now try recording again.

I have not used CamStudio for a while. That is because there has been a ‘built-in’ solution in Windows itself for some time.

You can also record videos with the Xbox Game Bar.
This is a Windows Store app.

For more about this you can best read this blog post from Microsoft:

This post dates from May 10, 2015. I created it at the beginning of my blog ‘career’.

The content is no longer relevant, but because there are still views, I have updated the post.