video capture (one step) possible?

[HoosierDadE]

Hi,

I am involved with an on-line racing league and have been asked to produce movies of race highlights. The racing program (EA F1-2002) can replay a race with all the camera views, etc.. I am hoping there is a way to capture that with software/hardware in the same PC the race program runs on. Right now the only way I know is to record the PCs VGA output to a VCR and then capture that back into the PC. Seems like a waste of time and definetly hurts quality. The PC is a Dell 4500 2gHz P4 with 1GB DDR2100 and two WD120SEs. FWIW the CPU load isn't very high during the replays. The video card is a TI4200 with video in and out. I'm open to any and all suggestions.

Also, if this is the wrong forum, please point me to the right one.

TIA

 

[HoosierDadE]

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[Confused]

Fraps can record directly from any OpenGL, Direct3D or anything that uses Overlay.

Careful, though, as it captures uncompressed, so initially, until you convert them, you will need lots of HDD space!

The default is to press NumLock to start/stop the recording.

It will also sync the game to the framerate you set in Fraps, so if you set 30fps, don't be surprised when the FPS drops to that when recording


Confused