Record Screen crashes Storyline

Jan 27, 2014

When I try to use the Record Screen function in Storyline, I get through my recording, but when I click done and go to save it, Storyline crashes.  My recording is about 7-8 minutes long.  I have tried this several times now, always with the same result.

5 Replies
Christine Hendrickson

Hi there Bill and welcome to E-Learning Heroes!

Sorry to hear about the trouble with this. Hopefully we'll be able to get this resolved quickly for you :)

First, please make sure that you're working with a local project file when you modify or try to add any new content (including your screen recordings) to your project. If you're working on a network drive, or any other external storage, that might be causing the trouble. 

  • Work on your local drive (your C: drive). Working on a network drive or a USB drive can cause erratic behavior, including file corruption, loss of audio, and other unexpected behavior. 
  • You should also make sure the directory path to your project files and your published output is less than 260 characters (for example C:\Articulate).
  • Avoid using special characters, accents or symbols in your file names (this includes spaces and underscores).

Additional information regarding "Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces" in Windows operating systems can be found in the following Microsoft article.

If you're already working locally with your Storyline project files, it may help to run a quick repair:

Articulate Support - How to Repair Articulate Storyline

If running the repair does not solve the problem, please try following the troubleshooting steps outlined in the following article:

Unexpected or Erratic Behavior in Articulate Storyline

Let me know if you see any improvement.

Thanks!

yeeming lau

I am having the same issue a year later and after 6 attempts with instructions from your thread here and also from support - I have tried to repair and fix, install and uninstall, sent fault logs, etc, I cannot record with Articulate Storyline. Looks like I will need to revert to Captivate unless someone can really help?

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