capture visualizations

peacefrog · Post by **peacefrog** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:54 am

Hi all,
Is it possible to capture (about 40 seconds) of those visualizations that are played on WMP to music? I want to somehow intergrate a particular
visual to the background when "creating a disc" step in VS9?

I have tried using FRAPS but sometimes it starts and sometimes it freezes, so is there another program perhaps?

cheers
froggy

DVDDoug · Post by **DVDDoug** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:18 pm

Suddenly, this is a popular question...

DVDDoug wrote:AFAIK you can't capture the PC's screen with Video Studio, but you can find Screen Capture software.

Just be aware that you are going to get some strange formats, including non-standard resolutions and framerates. Video Studio may have trouble editing these formats. If you can't capture to AVI/DV* you may be able to convert the file to DV with Video Studio before you edit, or you may need a 3rd-party program to do it.

*An AVI file can contain video in many different formats. DV is less-compressed than most formats, and users rarely have trouble with it.

I have tried using FRAPS but sometimes it starts and sometimes it freezes, so is there another program perhaps?

I've never tried it myself, but check-out the link above. It's possible that your PC is not fast enough to play the music, generate the graphics, and capture at the same time.

peacefrog · Post by **peacefrog** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:00 am

Hi,
yes, the system is indeed finding it hard to process this
type of action whether i use FRAPS or MEDIA ENCODER.

thanks for your time
froggy