I need to record a presentation from my notebook computer onto my
camcorder. Can anyone walk me through how to do it?
(My computer has Firewire, S-VHS and USB outputs.) |
Clarification of Question by
sdchap-ga
on
04 Oct 2004 06:06 PDT
This may be WAY too much additional information, and you can most
likely ignore it to answer my question; but, in case it's helpful...
:-)
My 7 year old son is making a video CD for a school project that has
to be viewable on his school's computer (a fairly recent PC). Because
he wants to include a "really neat" presentation of an aerial
fly-over of our town, I bought a software program called Keyhole 2 LT.
(The presentation actually is really neat!) The Keyhole software,
though, doesn't save the presentation as an MPG, AVI, or
any other standard video format. Here, then, is the question:
How do we capture the presentation we see on our computer's screen
into a format that we can edit on the computer?
I tried SnagIt capture software, but it looks horrible. Can we somehow
connect our computer to a camcorder to capture the presentation, and
then input it back into the computer for editing? (Our computer is a
Compaq/HP Presario 2500 with 2.60GHz Celeron; 1GB RAM; Radeon IGP 345M
Video Card; DVD/CD-RW combo; FireWire, USB and S-VHS outputs.)
Thank you!!!
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Request for Question Clarification by
aht-ga
on
04 Oct 2004 09:06 PDT
sdchap-ga:
The "professional" way to do this would be to use something like
Camtasia Screen Capture to record a high-quality full-resolution
capture of your screen during the fly-in; however, Camtasia is about
$300 USD, a little more than most people would want to spend on a
school presentation.
Since your computer has S-Video output, though, what you can do
(accepting some loss of quality) is:
1. Connect your computer's S-Video output to a VCR (or even your
camcorder if your camcorder can take in video input through an onboard
S-Video input connector).
2. Set your computer to output through the S-Video port; I suggest
setting the resolution of the S-Video port to no more than 800x600,
and activating a virtual desktop (so that you can pan and scan with
the mouse to position the output view over the actual area of the
screen you want to capture)
3. Start recording, then start the fly-in
In order to get any such captured video back into your computer,
you'll need a camcorder with FireWire or USB2.0 video output, or else
you'll need a video capture peripheral with USB or Firewire output.
Does this sound like the sort of set-up you had in mind? If so, let me
know, and also let me know what model camcorder you have, and I'll
look further into it to see if it is possible using the equipment you
have at hand.
Regards,
aht-ga
Google Answers Researcher
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Clarification of Question by
sdchap-ga
on
05 Oct 2004 00:23 PDT
Sounds perfect! Unfortunately I'm away from my camcorder for the next
few days, but I'll check to see what model it is and what features it
has as soon as I get back.
By the way, one thing I'm not clear about is what's a "virtual
desktop" and how do you activate it?
Thanks!
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Request for Question Clarification by
endo-ga
on
06 Oct 2004 05:59 PDT
Hi,
Can you post a sample file from Keyhole please? It might be in some
other format that can be converted to something usable.
Thanks.
endo
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