Hi,
I'm in the very early stages of research for a little project I need to do and I knew that the best place to find people who know their stuff would be here (I've asked before).
Essentially I need to be able to record video of things moving very fast and have it piped into a PC. It is then highly likely that I will need to have sprites added to that video feed and then shown to a user. All in real-time. Be aware that I know very little about this stuff and I will probably say some very dumb things.
So my questions are:
What sort of hardware will I need? Video card type? Is this sort of thing high end or pretty so-so for todays hardware?
Analogue or digital video camera equipment? Whats the difference between analogue and digital video cameras? Whats the point of digital? Oh and I just want a camera on its own, no other like a lcd screen or a tape to record onto, just a camera on its own.
The stuff that the camera will be recording will be moving fast so I need a high frame rate camera? What sort of rate?
The recording needs to be high resolution (the highest analogue I've seen is 640x480)
What sort of software will I need to modify the feed in real time and then display on a screen?
Is there a significant amount of grunt required cause of the real-time bit? (Cheaper is better but I can afford it so don't worry about recommending expensive stuff)
The camera equipment preferably needs to be light but this is not required.
Kind Regards,
Willie
I'm in the very early stages of research for a little project I need to do and I knew that the best place to find people who know their stuff would be here (I've asked before).
Essentially I need to be able to record video of things moving very fast and have it piped into a PC. It is then highly likely that I will need to have sprites added to that video feed and then shown to a user. All in real-time. Be aware that I know very little about this stuff and I will probably say some very dumb things.
So my questions are:
What sort of hardware will I need? Video card type? Is this sort of thing high end or pretty so-so for todays hardware?
Analogue or digital video camera equipment? Whats the difference between analogue and digital video cameras? Whats the point of digital? Oh and I just want a camera on its own, no other like a lcd screen or a tape to record onto, just a camera on its own.
The stuff that the camera will be recording will be moving fast so I need a high frame rate camera? What sort of rate?
The recording needs to be high resolution (the highest analogue I've seen is 640x480)
What sort of software will I need to modify the feed in real time and then display on a screen?
Is there a significant amount of grunt required cause of the real-time bit? (Cheaper is better but I can afford it so don't worry about recommending expensive stuff)
The camera equipment preferably needs to be light but this is not required.
Kind Regards,
Willie
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