[MOVE THIS TO VIDEO BOARD] How to record high quality video, and where to post them!

[Srules]

I have noticed that a good amount of the videos I have been watching are really low quality. I decided to make this post to help those who are less technically inclined record there brawling.

This is how I record video. Post your method, questions, or comments.

Dogenzaka's method:

http://www.kworld.com.tw/product_overview.aspx?P_ID=241

Plug in your composite cables into the jacks, plug the USB port in your PC. Capture the video instantly. Got it at CompUSA.

Simple as that.

If you want to go all out and buy an HD capture card, however, that captures up to 1080p HDMI signals, get the BlackMagic card for $300.

Here is what I use

composite amplifier
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103065&cp=&sr=1&origkw=composite+amplifier&kw=composite+amplifier&parentPage=search

usb tv tuner with composite input (I couldn't find the one I have but this looks to do the same thing)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009JR4HE?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=cnet-ce-20&linkCode=asn

Get 2 composite cables
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2428720&cp=&pg=2&searchSort=TRUE&sr=1&y=12&retainProdsInSession=1&origkw=composite&s=A-StorePrice-RSK&x=19&kw=composite&parentPage=search

Next you just need to find software.
I use this because I works with my tuner, not sure if it would work with the one I linked to.
http://www.sharewareconnection.com/snappysoft.htm


Here is what you do basically:

Insert the wii's composite cables into the amplifiers composite input.

Take the 2 composite cables you bought and plug them into the outputs.

Take one and plug it into your tv

Take the other one and plug it into your tv tuner

Plug the usb tuner into your computer

Run the software

And thats it!

Using this method you can get high quality video that we all can enjoy!

Here is where to post your videos (ZOMG stage 6 is down?)

Two solutions for the YouTube crapness:

1. Don't use YouTube, use Stage6.
2. Wait for it.

Hope this helped someone out

 

[Ban Heim]

The problem isn't usually the quality of video, but the huge quality drop most videos suffer after being uploaded to youtube. It seems to kill video quality pretty hard. It's done that with nearly every video I've updated.

 

[Srules]

Thats obvious. But some people just hold up cameras to there TV. Thats the audience I am after.

 

[GaryCXJk]

Two solutions for the YouTube crapness:

1. Don't use YouTube, use Stage6.
2. Wait for it.

 

[Ojanya]

Is there a CHEAPER way to do this?

 

[Srules]

Is there a CHEAPER way to do this?

That is the question now isn't it? I accumulated all of this stuff over time so it wasn't so bad for me, but if someone knows an easier way to do this PLEASE be my guest and post a solution.

 

[Ban Heim]

Two solutions for the YouTube crapness:

1. Don't use YouTube, use Stage6.
2. Wait for it.

Don't know why, but Stage6 takes forever to load for me and I have a high speed connection. Glad to hear youtube is going to have HQ vids though. Good ****.

 

[Dogenzaka]

Or you could do it the much cheaper, easier way.
K-World USB 2.0

Costs about $20-40

http://www.kworld.com.tw/product_overview.aspx?P_ID=241

Plug in your composite cables into the jacks, plug the USB port in your PC. Capture the video instantly.

Simple as that.

If you want to go all out and buy an HD capture card, however, that captures up to 1080p HDMI signals, get the BlackMagic card for $300.

 

[Srules]

Or you could do it the much cheaper, easier way.
K-World USB 2.0

Costs about $20-40

Could you give a link to the one you use, and how it differs from my method please?

 

[Dogenzaka]

http://www.kworld.com.tw/product_overview.aspx?P_ID=241

Plug in your composite cables into the jacks, plug the USB port in your PC. Capture the video instantly. Got it at CompUSA.

Simple as that.

If you want to go all out and buy an HD capture card, however, that captures up to 1080p HDMI signals, get the BlackMagic card for $300.

 

[Srules]

good stuff thanks man

 

[K Balls]

kworld is what i use to and its good. You can buy it at frys electornics.

 

[Dogenzaka]

kworld is what i use to and its good. You can buy it at frys electornics.

Yep. Do you use the built in Ulead DVD Factory 4.0 factory? Or a different software? Just curious =P

I use the DVD Factory software usually. With the right codecs, it's great for getting a certain kind of quality/file-size.

 

[StealthFighterX]

Hmmm pretty good stuff youtube better hurry and get there act together.. >_<

 

[DarthBrittinias]

Two solutions for the YouTube crapness:

1. Don't use YouTube, use Stage6.
2. Wait for it.

I just watched some Brawl videos at Stage6 and the quality is so much more superior than youtube. I wish everyone would use this as the standard for now.

 

[GUIGUI]

Two solutions for the YouTube crapness:

1. Don't use YouTube, use Stage6.
2. Wait for it.

Amen to that, bro. Amen to that.

 

[Ichida]

*bought the Adaptec GameBridge* I recommend it highly.

 

[okiyama]

1: Wrong place, should be in videography.
2: This is just a Grambridge clone, which we already have a topic for.

 

[OddCrow]

You could also use a Dazzle DVC 80 or 100

 

[SomeRandomGuy]

Stage6 is to laggy for me, make it better and i'll think about going there.(though the quality is great on there.)

anyways great guide. i read most of it.

 

[pesticide]

hmmm. i got a flip video camera. lol that's probably crappy quality XD

i may need to update my methods of getting a vid so that when brawl comes out i'll be ready to post as many as i can.

 

[kilroy]

*bought the Adaptec GameBridge* I recommend it highly.

could you elaborate a bit more on the gamebridge, and perhaps link to some vids taken through it?

thanks.

also, does anyone know of any options available for Mac?

 

[Luigi player]

Would you see the videos blurred (like on the tv) or pixelated (like on an emulator)?

I'd really like to know this...

 

[gangstajuice02]

it could depend on your computer too!!

 

[Ichida]

All I know is, it hooks your console directly to the computer, views it on the theater software, and allows you to record high-quality clips, etc.

 

[GUIGUI]

All I know is, it hooks your console directly to the computer, views it on the theater software, and allows you to record high-quality clips, etc.

Does it allow to record at 60fps? (I think that Brawl can have that framerate).

 

[Ichida]

Just look it up; I don't know much about it.

 

[Jeepy Sol]

Or you could do it the much cheaper, easier way.
K-World USB 2.0

Costs about $20-40

http://www.kworld.com.tw/product_overview.aspx?P_ID=241

Plug in your composite cables into the jacks, plug the USB port in your PC. Capture the video instantly.

Simple as that.

If you want to go all out and buy an HD capture card, however, that captures up to 1080p HDMI signals, get the BlackMagic card for $300.

I have a question. Let's say I bought that, but my PC is in a completely different room than my Wii and I don't have a laptop. What would I do? Sorry, I don't know much about recording videos.

 

[ShortFuse]

Suggesting Composite over S-Video? Fail

If you split the signal, you can get a high quality MPEG2 encoder. If not, you need something that doesn't have much lag time.
These are good for live play+record on same signal
XCM V-BOX (It's a USB to Wii Adapter and runs on S-Video)
ATI USB HDTV Wonder 650 (600 works well too)
Adaptec Gamebridge that you guys were talking about

These are USB. Dazzle DVC 90 is good, if you use DScaler. I have one lying around but there's no support for x64 means I don't use it anymore.

My videos on Youtube use XCM V-Box. http://www.youtube.com/CLShortFuse

Svideo is better than composite but both are limited to 30fps. There are also PCI cards that can do full 480p 60fps via component or the D-Sub connection used in Japan.

 

[Mechageo]

Suggesting Composite over S-Video? Fail

I'm pretty sure that composite is good enough to record matches of the game, considering that uploading the video will already wreck what quality your better signal had.

Besides, composite tuners are a dime-a-dozen, and have really good delay recently as the technology matures.




Of course, I'm using VGA with my Wii, so take this with a grain of salt.

 

[ShortFuse]

I'm pretty sure that composite is good enough to record matches of the game, considering that uploading the video will already wreck what quality your better signal had.

Besides, composite tuners are a dime-a-dozen, and have really good delay recently as the technology matures.


Of course, I'm using VGA with my Wii, so take this with a grain of salt.

And all those composite only capture devices are old and crappy. There's 0 benefit to using composite over s-video and what modern day capture card doesn't take s-video?

 

[Kashakunaki]

I have a question.

So I have a camcorder and I have my TV and Wii... and I don't want to use my computer to capture video.

Can't I somehow split the video? Plug the output into my camcorder and TV with a male/female AV splitter cable?

That way I can record the footage directly onto my camcorder and still see the image and play the game on the TV?

 

[Yojimbo]

I've really been wanting to know how to do this, and the only answers I've gotten were vague and didn't give any solution. Thanks for the links and the instructions!

 

[ShortFuse]

You can get an S-Video splitter at Radioshack. That's where I got mine. Or you can order one cheap from monoprice.com

By the way, there are ways to record Component with a composite video capture device. Basically, you plug in RGB in to YWR composite connections and use some software to capture the 3 seperate streams. if you want audio, you can use an RCA to 1/8" adapter and use line-in.

 

[Witchking_of_Angmar]

This belongs in the Video Board, where there is also a guide on how to make cheap videos.

 

[A New England Winter]

Got anything for Mac? Everything I see here is for Windows only.

 

[Chaosblade77]

My only question is where is a cheaper composite splitter. That is cheaper than all of the ones I have seen, can you not buy a 1 to 2 splitter? The smallest I have seen in 1 to 4.

I'd use S-Video or component, but I don't have the output for Wii in S-video and component amplifiers are like $100 at the cheapest. I figure composite will be fine for replaying recordings. It's better than a blurry image from a moving camera at least.

Edit: Found this one http://www.summitsource.com/antenna...-viewing-permacolor-part-10g203-p-6054.html?=

Although I can't say I've heard of the company or the site selling it.

 

[Riolu]

Two solutions for the YouTube crapness:

1. Don't use YouTube, use Stage6.
2. Wait for it.

It's a real shame Stage6 shut down.

I've used the capture/tuner cards and they work great. =D

 

[Srules]

holy crap, NOooooOOooOoooOooOOooOOOoO stage 6? WHY......

 

[Mienaikage]

I have an X1900 with video capture, but PAL60 looks extremely terrible on it