Screen Capture For Google Earth Tour? at DVinfo.net

Chris Long · May 2nd, 2007, 08:00 AM

Hi All-
I want to record a tour of a neighborhood on Google Earth--actually, it's a fly-by of a "path" that I have laid out. I know Google Earth Pro lets you record movies, but I can't afford the $400 for a subscription...especially for a one-time clip of about 30 seconds long (it's for a home video for my parents...)

I've tried a few freeware screen capture apps (Camtasia and Camstudio) and the results have been poor--very low framerates, jumpy and slow. Not at all usable...

I guess that I could film the screen with my PDX-10, but I'm sure it will pick up the scan lines on my CRT. I don't have an LCD (I'm assuming that if I had one I could get away with it, right?) Borrow a laptop, maybe?

Can anyone think of a way to do this? Is there another video screen capture app that you could recommend from experience?

Thanks!

Boyd Ostroff · May 2nd, 2007, 08:07 AM

Are you on the Mac or the PC? There are programs on the Mac which can capture any screen activity as a quicktime file and I assume there are similar things for the PC.

You should be able to shoot an LCD screen with your PDX-10 if that's the way you want to go. But with a Mac laptop you should also be able to use the S-video output to send the screen image to your PDX-10 for capture. I think you will find PC laptops with the same capability, and there are graphics cards for desktop machines which can also do this.

Russell Pearce · May 2nd, 2007, 08:37 AM

yeah try with the tv output from laptop to camera if you can usually s-video if not try http://www.fraps.com/ I used it for google earth for a client its only 37$ and will out put a raw avi at several frame rates ;)

Russ

Bredly Root · November 26th, 2009, 08:20 AM

hm...are you try Macvide ScreenCap? I use this prog...

May 2nd, 2007, 08:00 AM	#1
Chris Long Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Middletown, Maryland USA Posts: 177	Screen Capture For Google Earth Tour? Hi All- I want to record a tour of a neighborhood on Google Earth--actually, it's a fly-by of a "path" that I have laid out. I know Google Earth Pro lets you record movies, but I can't afford the $400 for a subscription...especially for a one-time clip of about 30 seconds long (it's for a home video for my parents...) I've tried a few freeware screen capture apps (Camtasia and Camstudio) and the results have been poor--very low framerates, jumpy and slow. Not at all usable... I guess that I could film the screen with my PDX-10, but I'm sure it will pick up the scan lines on my CRT. I don't have an LCD (I'm assuming that if I had one I could get away with it, right?) Borrow a laptop, maybe? Can anyone think of a way to do this? Is there another video screen capture app that you could recommend from experience? Thanks!

May 2nd, 2007, 08:07 AM	#2
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	Are you on the Mac or the PC? There are programs on the Mac which can capture any screen activity as a quicktime file and I assume there are similar things for the PC. You should be able to shoot an LCD screen with your PDX-10 if that's the way you want to go. But with a Mac laptop you should also be able to use the S-video output to send the screen image to your PDX-10 for capture. I think you will find PC laptops with the same capability, and there are graphics cards for desktop machines which can also do this.

May 2nd, 2007, 08:37 AM	#3
Russell Pearce Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Birmingham England Posts: 69 Images: 1	yeah try with the tv output from laptop to camera if you can usually s-video if not try http://www.fraps.com/ I used it for google earth for a client its only 37$ and will out put a raw avi at several frame rates ;) Russ

November 26th, 2009, 08:20 AM	#4
Bredly Root New Boot Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: USA Posts: 18	hm...are you try Macvide ScreenCap? I use this prog...