True Digital Video Output card available?

ponyboy wrote on 5/23/2004, 9:47 AM
You guys are the brains when it comes to video capture so I tyhought I would throw this out there:

I am trying to capture some flight simulation using two PC's. 1st PC for the game FS2004 and the 2nd PC for the capture to reduce CPU overhead on the 1st PC. Right now I use an S-video connector between the two and it works ok but I lose a lot of quality.

I really don't want to buy a camcorder just for this process and programs like Fraps & Camtasia reduce framerates beyond aacceptance.

Is there a card on the market that offers "true" digital video output (IEEE1394?) ?

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TheHappyFriar wrote on 5/23/2004, 10:44 AM
The only way to output the video from your computer to something else is to buy a device that does this. That's what the s-video on cards is for. Yeah, you will loose a lot of quality (it's meant to downgrade everything to 640x480 for TV viewing).

The only thing you could do (if your video card supports HDTV out) is buy a VGA/DVI to HDTV adapter (like the one for ATI cards), then, on the other computer, buy a capture card that supports component capture for the other computer.

It would probley be cheaper to buy the camcorder though.

Also, some games can export themselves to frames. Search on the net for stuff other people have done to get videos from FS2004. Forums for the game would be a good place to start.
Spot|DSE wrote on 5/23/2004, 11:28 AM
Canopus makes the TwinPact 100, which takes the video out from your graphics card, converts it to DV, and then passes the signal to a DV device, RBG monitor, and broadcast monitor simultaneously.
Also has a remote for zooming, color correction, etc, that are managed right at the external box. It can also be used for converting DV to analog signal, like the ADVC100