Video for Windows

[Richard Miller]

Someone here's just got to have some thoughts on this one. Here's what I 
know, all of which can be readily seen from the Video Capture stack that 
comes with any copy of Rev (in the Resources --> Sample Projects folder).

Plug a camcorder or webcam into a PC and set the program to VFW (Video 
for Windows).
Press Start Preview
Press Video Compression

Now at this point, the selection of any compressor IS saved somewhere, 
because if you select a compressor and hit OK, then hit Start Recording, 
that newly-selected compressor IS used during the recording of the next 
video. Further, if you open Video Source, make a change, then go back to 
Video Compression, the change from before is still intact. But if you 
quit the program and reopen it, the changes are gone. So the change IS 
being stored somewhere (a variable?... a Windows setting?) for the time 
during a given session AND passed to some place where Start Recording 
can then access it. Any thoughts on where it is stored and how to make 
it available to future recording sessions? What is it that Start 
Recording (under VFW) is tapping into as the settings to be used in the 
next recording?

Thanks.
Richard Miller




Richard Miller wrote:
> Is there a way to save (and later access) the compression and video 
> format settings using the Video for Windows option when capturing 
> video through Rev? I've only ever used Quicktime, which I know can 
> save these using the revVideoGrabSettings. But that option doesn't 
> work for VFW. Anyone figure out a workaround for this?
>
> Thanks.
> Richard Miller
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