Tried it... it drops frames.
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From: owner-xsi@Softimage.COM on behalf of Bruno Alecrim
Sent: Wed 05/12/2007 15:45
To: XSI@Softimage.COM
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Subject: Re: OT: Full Screen capture @ up to 30fps
CAMTASIA STDIO
On 05.12.07 13:37, "Phil Williams" <phil.williams@tinopolis.com> wrote:
> I've been out of the office the last couple of days so this is my first chance
> to thanks for all the suggestion - cheers!
>
> As the content we need to record is pretty CPU intensive, these software-only
> solutions don't quite cut it even on our fastest machine.
>
> James - I did consider going for a HDMI card but decided to save some pennies
> and get a VGA/RGB capture card that supports various resolutions up to
> 1600x1200. This is plenty for our requirements. Here's the link:
> http://www.iviewdata.com/data/modules.php?name=catalog&file=product_info&cPath
> =22&products_id=30
>
>
> I'm still waiting for it arrive, but here's a sample of its performance
> capabilities...
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Using a P4, 3.2 Ghz computer, with a Asus P5GD2 motherboard, 1 disk dedicated
> to the Operating System, and 3 extra drive to handle the video stream.
> performances:
>
> 1024x768, 16 bit @ 66 fps. CPU load is 33 %, direct to disk, no frame drop.
> 1280x1024, 16 bit @ 40 fps, CPU load is 40%, direct to disk, no frame drop.
> 1280x1024, 32 bit (BRGx) @ 20 fps, CPU load is 20%, direct to disk, no frame
> drop.
>
> ------------------------------------
>
>
> Thanks again
> Phil
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsi@Softimage.COM on behalf of James De Colling
> Sent: Mon 03/12/2007 10:08
> To: XSI@Softimage.COM
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: OT: Full Screen capture @ up to 30fps
>
>
>
> might be a long shot...but what about a black magic intensity? its hdmi
> in / out, so you could pump the output from video card into the
> intensity, then back out to the monitor, whilst recording (it does
> 1920x1080 recording I believe...so plenty of res im guessing)...although
> you might need some sort of dvi splitter as well if you wanted
>
>
> james,
>
> Hajo ten Thije wrote:
>> Hi Phil,
>> still no answers yet? Maybe you want to give Wisdom's
>> AutoScreenRecorder a try. It seems to be able to capture 1024+
>> resolutions at 30fps. There's a free version too.
>> http://www.wisdom-soft.com/products/autoscreenrecorder.htm
>> Hajo
>>
>>
>> Phil Williams schrieb:
>>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> I want to use screen capture recording software / hardware to record
>>> an interactive application that includes a lot of processor-intensive
>>> animation at 1024 by 768. As we need to show the interactivity, it
>>> needs to be a screen capture.
>>>
>>> I canÂt use Camtasia or similar because itÂs dependant on the CPU for
>>> displaying AND recording the images to the hard drive and therefore
>>> drops too many frames (fine for tutorials but we are showcasing work
>>> that needs to run at the full frame rate).
>>>
>>> IÂve tried Virtual VCR alongside Hmelyoff Labs' custom driver
>>> VHScrCap to pass much of the workload over to the graphics card and
>>> the number of dropped frames is half that of Camtasia. However, there
>>> are still dropped frames and IÂm restricted to PAL resolution.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know of dedicated hardware to solve this problem? Maybe
>>> two machines linked together?
>>>
>>> Any help much appreciated.
>>>
>>>
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