Making a gameplay video

April 26, 2004 7:39 PM

I've got to take some short sequences of gameplay off of the outputs of a gamecube, an old nintendo, and a SuperNES, and produce a CD with the video on it. Since all of the machines have RCA out, it seems pretty straight forward, right? What equipment will I need, and are there any pitfalls I should be aware of?
posted by crunchland to computers & internet (3 comments total)

You need an Analog/Digital converter, like this, and a computer with firewire and a cd burner, and some software, such as Nero.
posted by headless at 8:01 PM on April 26, 2004

also, some video capture software. I use media100 or final cut pro but there are plenty of others.

Re your second question: you could just capture the video while you play the games, or you could play them onto a vcr and then capture from that (might be easier, but lower quality). It is very straighforward as long as you can handle the software.
posted by headless at 8:06 PM on April 26, 2004

for the SNES and NES you could use emulators if you don't need "perfect reproduction accuracy." Some emulators have "movie" modes where you can output AVI/MPG files or you can use screengrab programs. That would eliminate the old analog hole!
posted by neustile at 7:40 AM on April 27, 2004