Video for Windows

[stephen barncard]

The value is probably stored in a variable. Can you edit the stack and use a
custom property to store instead of RAM? A lot of REV demo stacks are very
basic and it is up to the programmer to take the hooks and actually make a
'program'.

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Stephen Barncard
San Francisco
http://barncard.com


2009/5/5 Richard Miller <wow at together.net>

> 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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