Trying to display my Wii through my laptop...

[Nysyarc]

Okay so, I could be going to some other techie forum but I already have an account here and figured you guys might know how to do this.

Basically I want to record some of my Brawl replays in really good quality and put them on YouTube. My laptop which is a MacBook Pro has a program, ScreenFlow, which can do just that. However, I cannot figure out a way to make my Wii display onto my computer screen rather than my TV screen.

I've been told that it can be done, but I've looked for quite some time online and have found nothing about how to do this for a Mac, only for PCs. If anyone could help me out here it would be greatly appreciated.

 

[RipN]

You have to have some sort of input device. I'm not 100% sure that the MacBook Pro does (not a big fan of Mac's myself). But once you have a capture device installed and configured then and all you need to do is run the program to capture your games.

Mac and PC are just about the same all around. Except Mac has more of a linux based OS. You should be able to install a capture device quite easily on a Mac as if it was a PC. You Mac may have an S-Video in or something along those lines, this you will have to find out yourself. But if it does, you can get a RCA to S-Video adapter at like Radio Shack or something along the lines of that, online would be better. Then you can stream your matches to your laptop and capture with your program.

 

[Nysyarc]

Okay, thanks for the advice, I'll try asking around for something at a local store. Also, if I got an adapter, would it work for all video game consoles?

Actually a better question, does it hook up directly to the console or does it hook up to the TV and display what the TV is displaying on your computer screen? I've seen adapters that do that, but I haven't seen any that connect your computer directly to a game console.

 

[Terra~]

What about SD card for the replays? Can't you just transfer? Although I have no idea what format they're saved as

 

[defsithe]

if u were to try to play and capture ur matches directly on ur laptop it will be basically impossible to play. there will be a delay from ur input to what u see on the screen. the best way to record matches is with something like Dazzle that connects to the tvs output/consoles output and capture that on ur laptop.

as for replays on SD cards u can only play them on ur wii. they r .bin files not video.

 

[RipN]

Okay, thanks for the advice, I'll try asking around for something at a local store. Also, if I got an adapter, would it work for all video game consoles?

Actually a better question, does it hook up directly to the console or does it hook up to the TV and display what the TV is displaying on your computer screen? I've seen adapters that do that, but I haven't seen any that connect your computer directly to a game console.

Okay, here's what you need:

1. Dazzle Card that connects to your computer via USB (best buy has them)
2. 3 RCA cable Y splits (one for each cable on an RCA cable)
3. 2 RCA cables (length's depending on what you need)

Install the dazzle card on your computer. Connect each one of the wii cables into the "input" side of the RCA Y split. Connect a RCA cable into each side of the split (obviously... match the cable colors). Run one cable to your Dazzle and the other to your TV. This will NOT cause you to have a delay on your computer OR tv when capturing matches. You may have a delay when recording if your computer isn't sufficient enough to run the capture program at the quality level you are wanting to. Start capture, play, stop capture, save.

 

[noradseven]

You have to have some sort of input device. I'm not 100% sure that the MacBook Pro does (not a big fan of Mac's myself). But once you have a capture device installed and configured then and all you need to do is run the program to capture your games.

Mac and PC are just about the same all around. Except Mac has more of a linux based OS. You should be able to install a capture device quite easily on a Mac as if it was a PC. You Mac may have an S-Video in or something along those lines, this you will have to find out yourself. But if it does, you can get a RCA to S-Video adapter at like Radio Shack or something along the lines of that, online would be better. Then you can stream your matches to your laptop and capture with your program.

more of a Unix based Os man, linux is an off branch of unix.
Windows is based off of QDOS which became (MS-DOS)

yeah there is plenty of stuff all you have to do is get something that connect those wii output cables to your computer, probably usb, and I'm sure there is plenty of software out there than can do the rest of the job for you.

There are programs to convert the files on your wii to video ones I forget what they are called but the videos are just short binary files that store the inputs of your character, so I imagine it would be tricky to do and would probably be more work than just recording.