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Postby jonmartensen » Wed Jan 15, 2003 7:38 pm

I want to record video from one of my computer games. I know how one could capture video from an outside source like a PS2 but how could I go about recording a game that is on my computer?
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Postby burntoast » Wed Jan 15, 2003 8:37 pm

This should be pretty easy, but I haven't exactly been successful in doin' it yet.. eh heh. :?

In theory, though:

1) Insert the game disc into ur cd drive.

2) "Explore" the disc.

3) Take whatever video files you want and copy n' paste to a folder.

I haven't been able to find any movie files from my games yet.. but this should work.. I think that the file extensions aren't really .avi, but more likely something else.

I only know about rippin' PS1 gamez, so sorry if this doesn't help. :(
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Postby burntoast » Wed Jan 15, 2003 8:40 pm

ahh shit, I didn't read your post for any cd's..

my reply was worthless if you don't have one for ur game, my fault.
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Postby jonmartensen » Wed Jan 15, 2003 8:48 pm

Really, what I wanted was capture of in-game play, not pre-rendered files. That's what has me confuzzled over how to get the footage.
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Postby burntoast » Wed Jan 15, 2003 9:19 pm

hmm.. in game..

lol, the only way i can think of is to take screenshots of ur game and just keep doing that over and over... then you get a nice vid! :lol:

sorry, otherwise, i have no idea.. thanks for clarifying though.
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Postby HellBlazer » Wed Jan 15, 2003 9:29 pm

jonmartensen wrote:Really, what I wanted was capture of in-game play, not pre-rendered files. That's what has me confuzzled over how to get the footage.


Hook the system up to your comp and record... even my trash computer can do that.. :?
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Postby jonmartensen » Wed Jan 15, 2003 9:40 pm

No, I meant my Computer games i.e. CS, UT, Half-Life. Games like that.
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Postby HellBlazer » Wed Jan 15, 2003 10:06 pm

fuckin OHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

sorry cant help you :?
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Postby jonmartensen » Mon Jan 20, 2003 12:55 am

Hey really, I need some help. At least let me know if it's not possible.
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Postby klinky » Mon Jan 20, 2003 1:30 am

You could always use the TV ouput function on your video card(if it has it) to ouput to a VCR, then pipe it back in via a capture card.


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Postby jonmartensen » Mon Jan 20, 2003 2:10 am

I geuss that's the only way to go about it....

I don't have a VCR or a capture card though :( .... :? .... :x teh suck.
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Postby Knowname » Mon Jan 20, 2003 7:10 pm

jonmartensen wrote:I geuss that's the only way to go about it....

I don't have a VCR or a capture card though :( .... :? .... :x teh suck.


*ahem* hypercam... *ahem* MSCam (hypercam is better...) what you do is (last I checked) give it dimensions of the screen to record and when you want to start/ finish... I didn't really get farther than that cuz I was just 'fuck it I don't want it that bad...'

oh you could record it on your vcr ya know (but ya gotta put it through the vcr not direct to the tv)... only the putting it back on Comp part that needs a capture card. (or if you had two computers!)
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Postby Dannywilson » Tue Jan 21, 2003 11:49 am

Camtasia recorder. Find it. It works.
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Postby klinky » Tue Jan 21, 2003 10:23 pm

The only problem is how fast is your game going to run while compressing a huffYUV or DivX stream in the background? I am also guessing there would be dropped frames and skips :|

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Postby Deaths_ally » Wed Jan 22, 2003 1:14 am

have a look in the game as well.. sometimes they give you the option of being able to record the game..
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