Captivate 4 - not exporting publishing avi.

My goal was to record what I was doing on screen. Then create an avi file out of it. When I published, there was no output file.
STEPS I TOOK:
1. Opened Captivate 4, and chose "Software Simulation".
2. I set it to record full screen on my single monitor. I then set to full motion recording.
3. I started recording for about 30sec, and stopped. The recording showed up as a bunch of slides in Captivate.
4. I went to the publish menu to the media section.
5. I set to publish as AVI, entered project title, selected destination folder, set video - 'Cinepak Codec by Radius'. Audio is set to 'PCM'.
6. When I hit the 'Publish' button, it processed, and a video of the first slide appeared. I closed it, and it took awhile to close.
7. I checked the output folder, and there was no output file. There is no output file anywhere.

Hi there
I know this will come off sounding a bit flippant, so I offer any apologies in advance.
The answer to this is riddled in a question: "How long is a piece of string?". Of course the answer to that is a big ole "it depends", no?
I consider it to be this way. I compare Camtasia and Captivate to be similar to Cars and Trucks. Both are vehicles that get you where you are going, but each really has a different purpose. Sure, you can use a car to haul loads. But is it really the proper tool? Perhaps you need to haul lots of building materials. I've seen folks strap all sorts of things onto the roof of the car. It gets you there with the materials, but nowhere nearly as easily as you would if you had a truck, no?
Or, perhaps you are a home improvement enthusiast. (I happen to be one) In my garage I have a portable circular saw, a portable sabre saw, a table saw and a compound miter saw. Each tool has a unique purpose and I use it according to its strength.
Sure, Captivate offers a Full Motion Recording feature. It works. But it doesn't work as well as Camtasia does if full motion is what you are really looking for.
As for exporting to AVI, there could be many factors at play. Compression, CODEC and who knows what else? What about interactivity? Do you have Click Boxes and other interactive elements? I don't believe an AVI supports interactivity beyond allowing the user to control the movie with a playback control of some sort. So it seems reasonable to me that if you had interactive objects in the movie that perhaps Captivate might choke when attempting to render it out.
Hopefully this was somewhat helpful... Rick
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