Technically, Auto FTP Manager does not run as a windows service. I think your main requirement is to run on a server unattended. Yes, you can schedule Automated Transfer Profiles in Auto FTP Manager to run unattended in the background (minimized to the system tray).

You can create Automation Profiles to schedule transfer the content of folders on a FTP server. If you need to transfer a single file, you can use the following method.

Make sure that the file is created in a separate folder. Then, create a new Automation Profile and specify this folder as the Local or Remote path, depending on whether you want to upload or download the file. You can then schedule this profile to run at a specified time in the background.

I'm glad you turned off hardware acceleration. This usually corrects most problems we choppy screen recodings. The latest version now has a new setting that automatically disables hardware acceleration when starting a screen recording and it is rest back when you have completed the recording.

Here are the steps to use the automated hardware acceleration toggle feature:

1. On the Tools menu, select Settings.
2. Select the Performance tab.
3. Check the option Disable Hardware acceleration during recording.
4. Click OK.

If you recording a video from Windows Media Player then you will need to also turn off video acceleration.

The steps to turn off the video acceleration in Windows Media Player:

1. In Windows Media Player, on the Tools menu, click on Options.
2. Select the Performance tab.
3. Move the Video Acceleration Slider to None.

Choppy video is a PC performance related issue. If the above settings did not help, here are a few things you can try to increase performance:

1. Reduce the screen resolution of your monitor to 800x600 pixels or lower.
2. Reduce the color depth of your monitor to 256 colors.
3. If you are interested in recording a portion of the screen then try using Region recording or Window recording instead.

It sounds like you have also enabled the alert to trigger periodically after the specified time duration.

WebCam Monitor can trigger alerts when:

1. Motion or noise is detected
2. Periodically after the specified time duration

These settings are available in the Quick Settings pane under Automatically Alert Me box. Make sure that only "When motion or noise is detected" option is checked. Uncheck the "Periodically after every." option.

When WebCam Monitor detects motion, it tiggers all selected alerts. Just before triggering the alerts (Video/Audio Recording, Take Snap, E-mail Notification or Sound Alarm), WebCam Monitor suspends monitoring while the alerts are being processed. After all the selected alerts complete, monitoring resumes automatically.

WebCam Monitor's log window is very useful when you want to know when alerts start and stop. You must wait for all alerts to complete and then attempt to test motion detection again.

A good way to test motion detection is to turn off all Alerts. The log window displays a "Motion Detected" message everytime WebCam Monitor detects motion. Since there are no Alerts to run, WebCam Monitor instantly resumes monitoring.

Games are very CPU and graphics intensive. Recording a game at very high resolutions makes it quite difficult for My Screen Recorder to record at full motion.

Since you have already tried increasing the frame rate to the highest, the next thing would be to lower the resolution and optionally color-depth of your monitor. You can also try using region recording to record a portion of your desktop.

The shareware version is a fully functional version and does not contain any limitation except branding the video with a "My Screen Recorder Trial Version" tag.

The system method was used in an older version of My Screen Recorder. Please download and install the latest version of My Screen Recorder from:
https://www.deskshare.com/msr.aspx

The new version automatically compensates for many synchronization problems. If you are still facing synchronization problems then you can try reducing the frame rate to 15 frames/second or less.

You need to turn off hardware acceleration to perform a screen-recording of a DVD playback. Apparently, WinDVD does not work when hardware acceleration is switched off.

We have seen that Cyberlink's PowerDVD works even when hardware acceleration is turned off. Also, My Screen Recorder is able to record DVD played back by PowerDVD.

By default, WebCam Monitor will not trigger motion when changes in the light are gradual. You can increase the motion detection sensitivity from the Tools ] Options ] Monitoring tab.

If your camera has a backlight compensation feature then turning this option off may also help. This option tries to compensate for changes in light and hence sometimes interferes with motion detection.

If the light is suddenly switched off then WebCam Monitor will detect motion.

Your ISP has assigned a single IP address that your router is using. In this case it is 24.6.88..., which everyone can see outside and inside your network.

Your internal network is connected to the router which in turn assigns non-routable IP addresses starting with 192.x.x.x. These are IP addresses that are visible within the network and not to the outside world.

You cannot use the 192.x.x.x IPs for remotely monitoring outside the network. You can monitor from within your network.

There are multiple ways to monitor remotely. You can always use the FTP upload and E-mail Notification with image attachments.

Live Streaming requires a static or dynamic IP address. IP addresses starting with 192.x.x.x are non-routable. If you have a non-routable IP address then you cannot use it for remotely viewing a streamed video.

If you have a dynamic IP address (IPs assigned by your ISP and keeps changing everytime you log on) then you would require a service provided by the website www.dyndns.com. This service links your dynamic IP address to a static IP address. You can then then connect to this new IP address instead.

Please refer to the following article on how to monitor remotely:
https://www.deskshare.com/Resources/articles/wcm_viewcameraremotely.aspx

Basically, you need a static IP if you want to stream video or audio data from your local computer. If you have a dynamic IP then you can use a service provided by https://www.dyndns.com/ for streaming. Please search this forum for more information on using dynamic IPs for streaming.

When you capture a screen at 1024 x 768 pixels then you must play it back at 1024 x 768 to avoid resizing the video. Windows Media Player will try to accommodate the video in its viewing area by resizing the video. This results in blurring or distortion.

My Screen Recorder on the other hands does not resize the video. When the video height and width does not fit into its viewing area, it displays scroll bars so that can you can pan the video. This avoids distortion.

In My Screen Recorder Pro, you can create an executable from your screen recording. The executable has a built-in player that also displays scroll bars when the video does not fit into the viewing area. If you want to distribute your screen-recording over multiple video resolutions then we recommend you to use My Screen Recorder Pro's exectuable feature.

You can reduce the number of snaps taken by WebCam Monitor. To do so:

1. On the Monitor menu, click Settings.
2. Select the Take Snap alert.
3. Under the General tab, reduce the number of snaps.

You can also increase the snap rate so that WebCam Monitor takes snaps at larger frame intervals. To do so:

1. On the Monitor menu, click Settings.
2. Select the Take Snap alert.
3. Under the Output tab, increase the snap rate in "Take snap after every frame" box.

If you are monitoring bright areas then you can also turn-off some of your camera-specific properties like the Backlight Compensation. To change these settings, point to the tools menu and click Camera Properties.

This error means that the data port between you and the server to which you are trying to connect is not open (blocked or closed by your Router or Firewall)

If you are using the Active mode of connection then open ports 20 and 21 in your router or firewall. If you are using the Passive mode of connection then open ports 21 and all ports above 1024.

If you are still not able to connect then check all devices, like routers, between your computer and the server to see if the specified ports are open.

To produce high quality video, increase the Quality setting to 100%. My Screen Recorder does not support uncompressed video because of the overhead required to write huge amount of data onto the hard-drive during screen recording.

Yes, you can connect multiple cameras to your computer using a USB hub and then use WebCam Monitor to cycle through them. WebCam Monitor's Cycle through mutliple devices feature present in the Device Scheduler will enable you to do so. You can also assign the duration for which you want to monitor from every connected WebCam.

Since WebCam Monitor operates devices based on indices and not based on their names, you will be able to connect multiple cameras of the same make on the same machine.

You can read about setting up multiple cameras from our article at:
https://www.deskshare.com/Resources/articles/wcm_UsingMultipleCameras_MonitorEffectively.aspx

You can select from a number of video compressors that are pre-installed on Windows and well-suited for screen recordings.

My Screen Recorder does not support DivX video compressor since it is not designed for screen-recording. It causes audio-video synchronization problems.

If you trying to produce small-size recordings then you can use My Screen Recorder Pro, which allows you to convert to WMV using the Screen and Voice codecs. This produces the smallest screen-recording sizes available with good quality.

This problem is related to your PC's recording and playback settings. To fix this problem, make sure that you mute the Microphone for playback and select the Microphone for recording. This will eliminate the knocking sound.

To do so, follow these steps:

1. In the task bar, double click on the `Volume' notification icon
2. In the `Master Volume' dialog, point to the 'Options' menu and click 'Properties'
3. Under Adjust volume for', select Playback'
4. From Show the following volume controls', check Microphone'
5. Click OK
6. Under 'Microphone', check the 'Mute' option
7. Again, point to the 'Options' menu and click 'Properties'
8. Under Adjust volume for', select Recording'
9. From Show the following volume controls', check Microphone'
10. Click OK
11. Under 'Microphone', check the 'Select' option

You can use the `Time-lapse' feature, available in My Screen Recorder Pro, to record video such that it plays back at higher speed.

For example, to record a video at 5fps and play it back at 10fps, follow these steps:

1. On the Tools menu, click Settings
2. Select the AVI Video tab.
3. Under Frame options, select `Time-lapse'
4. Click `Time-lapse Setup'
5. Under Record rate', specify 5 Frames per 1 second, which will make My Screen Recorder Pro' capture 5 frames in one second (5fps)
6. In the `Playback rate' box, specify 10 frames/second
7. Click OK

Using these settings, you essentially playback a video file at twice its recorded frame rate, which doubles the videos playback speed. In other words, 10 frames are played back in 1 second instead of 5 frames.

If you expect your screen to refresh 2 times in one second, then set the Record rate' at 2 Frames per 1 second. To playback this recorded video at, say, 2 times its actual speed, specify Playback Rate' as 4 frames per second.

Please make sure that you are using the latest version of My Screen Recorder. To download the latest version, visit:
https://www.deskshare.com/msr.aspx

To make My Screen Recorder ask for a file name after every recording:

1. On the Tools menu, click Settings.
2. Check the option "Ask for filename after recording completes".
3. Click OK.

By default, My Screen Recorders saves a screen recorded file in the folder specified by the selected Folder Shortcut. Simply select the Folder Shortcut to view all screen recorded files present in that folder. To view the name of the physical folder, right click on the selected Folder Shortcut and click Properties.