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Myst 99th Post
Occasional Customer
"Video Capturing Question"
, posted Mon 16 Feb 12:31:
What I specifically want to know is how people capture gameplay straight off their TVs, VCRs or gaming systems (or whatever else they have laying around) with their computer.
Right now, I'm able to tape gameplay to VHS. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to copy it into a digital file at school (if the equipment still works).
If anyone can answer this question, I would be forever grateful as this will allow a lot of ideas to be useful, especially for school projects.
[this message was edited by Myst on Mon 16 Feb 12:34]
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Syo 84th Post
Occasional Customer
"Re(1):Video Capturing Question"
, posted Mon 16 Feb 14:55
You'll need a graphics card with a video input, and software that'll utilize that. That should be all you need....
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RugalBernstein
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Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master
"Re(1):Video Capturing Question"
, posted Mon 16 Feb 17:34
Ah, good-o. What do you plan on capturing? I have a T.V. tuner for the computer which can capture video, it's the "ATI T.V. Wonder" card... the problem is that it sucks something awful. It refuses to capture properly from a great number of games; I think it has to do with the frame rate. Whatever you buy (if anything) be sure to keep the receipt in case it doesn't work the way you want it to, ha ha ha.
quote: Ah, good-o. What do you plan on capturing? I have a T.V. tuner for the computer which can capture video, it's the "ATI T.V. Wonder" card... the problem is that it sucks something awful. It refuses to capture properly from a great number of games; I think it has to do with the frame rate. Whatever you buy (if anything) be sure to keep the receipt in case it doesn't work the way you want it to, ha ha ha.
Remember that most games run 60 fps but most capture cards only let you run 30fps at max. Naturally, a game isn't going to look as good that way. Also, don't try capturing too large a resolution for the card, or you will likely end up with interlacing artifacts out the wazoo.
I recommend using VirtualDub for the capturing program. It's free, VERY useful with lots of easy features and works with everything. It also has a built-in feature to bypass the 2GB avi limit on older OSs like Win9x.
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Myst 101th Post
Regular Customer
"Re(3):Video Capturing Question"
, posted Tue 17 Feb 10:59
Thanks for all of the help. It seems that I may have to wait until I get my laptop this summer before I start video capture onto the computer.
I've checked out the equipment that I have at school, and I may just be able to turn VHSs into digital files.
If that happens, I'll have a whole lot of gameplay to post on my site.
Gestahr 0th Post
New Customer
"Re(4):Video Capturing Question"
, posted Wed 18 Feb 12:27
The easiest way to do it may be to use a DVCam as a through-put to a computer. You'd need FireWire or USB2 to get any kind of decent capture speeds, and you'd need a fast computer, but if it's something you're going to put alot of time into it's probably a wise investment. That's just my two cents, though. :x
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