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smonavi

The smonsavemeta program triggers smonavi to create hour-long AVI video files from the re-generated screenshots. You can control the output, or choose to use another video creation program such as ffmpeg, by changing the value of SMON VIDEO CREATE COMMAND LINE in the Manage the system > Modules > Recorded session management (smon) menu.

You can run smonavi with the -l argument from the command line to get a list of the codecs available on the system. The smonavi program prints a + symbol next to codecs that can be used to create video from screenshots captured during a recorded session; it prints a - symbol next to installed codecs that are not compatible. If none of the existing codecs can be used, it is recommended that you install additional codecs.

Usage

smonavi.exe -l

smonavi.exe -r <frames per second rate> -i <image name pattern> -f <output file> -c <codec code>

Argument

Description

-c

Code of codec to use. This must be a 4-character code that is in the list of available codecs returned with the -l option.

-f <file>

Output file name

-i <pattern>

Image name pattern

-l

List the available codecs on the system. smonavi prints a + symbol next to usable codecs.

-r <rate>

The rate of frames per second

Example

The default command defined by the SMON VIDEO CREATE COMMAND LINE is:

smonavi.exe -r %fps% -i %pattern%_*.png -f %path% -c %codec%

Where:

  • %fps is the frames per second at which the session was recorded.

  • %pattern is the start of the file names that will be consistent for all images in a single video.

    This allows smonavi to determine which images came from what display when multiple displays are used.

  • %path is a location in the directory specified by SMON TEMP STORAGE PATH in the Manage the system > Modules > Recorded session management (SMON) menu.

  • %codec% is replaced by the value of SMON VIDEO CREATE CODEC CODE in the Manage the system > Modules > Recorded session management (SMON) menu.

    The msvc codec is recommended for testing only. Run the smonavi utility with the -l argument to see what other codecs you have available.

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