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Any way to output your computer's display to your computer's firewire port?

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I mean TV-Out style. But to the firewire port so I can use a resolution that doesn't look like ass.

Windows doesn't appear to let you by default, but I'm thinking some kind of third party software might.
 
Get something to get component video outs.

Oh, and what type of display are you trying to display the output onto and what is the resolution of this?
 
No, I'm looking for the quick and dirty way to make training tapes.

Composite sucks, S-Video sucks, component is MAD EXPENSIVE, and firewire is dead set for the job if I can just find some way to use it as a damn normal output. Oh, that and the fact that I don't have component inputs on the capture device.

800x600-ish res, I can go as low as 640x480 without driving myself insane, but that doesn't work well (if at all) on composite and S-Vid systems.
 
using a program like adobe premiere should allow you to export the video file to a device with a firewire port. like a dgital video camera. I am not sure on the particulars, but I think it can be done.
 
One method, is to output a Composite or S-Video signal using your video card, then capture and digitize that video signal using a realtime media converter. such as Sony's now-discontinued DVMC-DA1 or DVMC-DA2.

Alternatively, you can use two computers - one to export the a Composite or S-Video signal, and a second computer to digitize that signal using a "VIVO" video card capable of realtime analog capture.

Either way, you'll be limited to NTSC 640x480 resolution.
 
This, or other similar software would be another option. By saving the video signal directly to hard disk, you can avoid analog-to-digital conversion quality loss. As a previous poster suggested, you can then open the resulting video file with Adobe Premiere, and output it digitally via the Firewire port.

The main drawback to this method, is that it takes an enormous amount of computing power to digitally capture in realtime. Even with the best hardware, you may find that the speed (fps) of your capture is severely limited.

This method will also limit your final video output to 640x480 NTSC resolution.


 
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