[ODE] making a movie

[gl]

Either way this free lossless video codec is handy:
http://neuron2.net/www.math.berkeley.edu/benrg/huffyuv.html
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gl

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Manohar B.S" <sciphilog at yahoo.com>
To: <ode at q12.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: [ODE] making a movie


> 
> Making Movie,
>              Recording simulation output into a video
> is trivial only when you have a powerful pc. Any third
> party recording tool you use (like fraps) on the same
> PC which is running the simulation will
> _significantly_  alter the performance of the
> similation (like frame rate etc). This is something
> you dont what I guess.
> 
> 
> Here's what I do:
> 
> You need two PCs, one on which your simulation is
> running and the other (with a video grabber card) for
> recording. You must also have S-Video out in your
> simulation PC. Connect the S-video out to the S-video
> in of the second PC and record. The performace is very
> good -> 640x480 25fps, you need a resonably good
> grabber card. Later compress the way you want.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> -- Manohar B. Srikanth
> http://ssl.serc.iisc.ernet.in/~manohar
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Easiest is probably to download something like
>> Fraps.
>> 
>> You probably will get even better answers in a forum
>> dedicated to, say, 
>> graphics, or making movies, rather than a forum
>> dedicated to physics :-)
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> / h+
>> 
>> 
>> Esra Suel wrote:
>> > How do I make a movie in avi or mpeg or in any
>> other format
>> > out of the graphical simulation output of ODE.
>> > 
>> > Thanks
>> > Esra
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