Blitz 3D to VIDEO

I think one of the coolest way to use
Blitz3d would be for Video Output
or in conjuction with video editing.

Imagine rendering out a scene and then keying in live
video over it. Or record a demo out to DVD...

I was wondering if there was a way to render out
Blitz output to a MPG or AVI or even a series
of screens (JPG)...

Thanks

Tom

Two options.

1. Use FRAPS - http://www.fraps.com/ (doesn't record sound though).

2. Get two PCs - one with a TV OUT socket, the other with a video capture card. Play the game on one PC and record it on the other.

Video Editor is on my todo list. Anyone have links for the format. I'm sure there are lot's but maybe someone has a good one:)

L8r,

Is there a way to do a screen capture. Then maybe a frame-by-frame???

The Savebuffer command will captuure screen, but maybe a bit slow because I think it actually writes to a .bmp file or something...

Take a look at BlitzAVI. Although the demo code seems to fail (I think WritePixelFast is going outside the buffer), this works well:

Graphics 320, 200, 0, 2
SetBuffer BackBuffer ()

Include "blitzavi.inc"

If CreateAVIFile ("Test AVI", "test.avi", 30, "temp.bmp", 1, 1)

	Repeat
	
		Cls
		Rect MouseX (), MouseY (), 32, 32
		
		SaveBuffer BackBuffer (), "temp.bmp"
		WriteImageToAVIFile ()
		
		Flip
	
	Until KeyHit (1)
	
	DeleteFile "temp.bmp"
	CloseAVIFile ()
	
EndIf

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