Record PC screen straight to video camera?

[Craig321]

Hi,

Is there any way I can record what's on my PC screen straight to a video camera?

What wires would I need & any programs if needed??

It'd just be cool to record any game laglessly

Craig.

 

[michael baxter]

If you have TV out port on the PC, then plug that into the camera. It will probably be a S-Video cable you need.

 

[Chaos]

Just enable tv out on your card and stick the cable from the tv out port to the video camera in , you camera might have audio in, im assuming it will be red and white phono for audio so you would need a 3.5mm jack to phono lead if you want to record sound from games. you might also want a 3.5mm stereo splitter so that you can listen to your game sounds as well as record them, all this is available from electronic stores.

 

[trojan698]

Try using fraps - fraps.com

 

[Craig321]

Try using fraps - fraps.com

Have done, lags in high graphic games though.

Craig.

Just enable tv out on your card and stick the cable from the tv out port to the video camera in , you camera might have audio in, im assuming it will be red and white phono for audio so you would need a 3.5mm jack to phono lead if you want to record sound from games. you might also want a 3.5mm stereo splitter so that you can listen to your game sounds as well as record them, all this is available from electronic stores.

Hmm, OK, thanks. I think we've got all that stuff, I'll look into it.

 

[Energize]

You can also use a stand alone dvd-rw, but be warned recording with tv out using s-video often gives blurry results, anything you record will be limited to 720x576 and will be interlaced, so really the res would be 720x288..

 

[Craig321]

OK, thanks for the help everyone