Posted by FCP User on 09/12/07 21:55

In article <QISdnQWMRIaHDH7bnZ2dnUVZ_jqdnZ2d@comcast.com>,
Ty Ford <tyreeford@comcast.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 8 Sep 2007 09:28:39 -0400, Martin Heffels wrote
> (in article <jl85e3ttikeoqnoqs6lfb7rfi47e2o8f3i@4ax.com>):
>
> > On Sat, 8 Sep 2007 08:58:32 -0400, Ty Ford <tyreeford@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >> I'm working on some trance music and the vizualizer in iTunes works very
> >> nicely. Does anyone know how to capture the visualizer display so that I
> >> can
> >> make complete quicktime movies with the music and the visuals?
> >
> > What operating system??? ;-)
> >
> > For Windows I could suggest Snagit or it's bigger brother Camtasia.
> > http://www.techsmith.com/
> >
> > No idea about Mac capture ultilities.
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > -martin-
> >
>
> Thanks Spex and Martin.
>
> Sorry, OS X 10.4.9
>
> Ty
>
>
>
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Ty,


You can try direct capture - (lots of video capture tools available via
VersionTracker.com) - but I've always found that direct full screen
capture to the desktop generates a pretty large data stream and clogs
things up pretty fast - particularly since most apple displays work at a
native resolution much larger than the 720x470 needed for a full rez
digital video clip.

I've found it most efficient to output the desktop display to a
camcorder or VTR and do the recording there - then just treat the
recording as any other piece of video.

Plug in a $39 VGA to Composite/S-video adaptor from the apple store and
your screen will automatically resize/sync to the appropriate video rate
and size - then you can output the full screen at full rez directly to
any videotape recorder in real time.

FWIW

--
Bill Davis
StartEditingNow.com
DVD editing instruction with Multi-Track Movies

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