– You could also connect a DV camera and record the screen cast if that is of any use to you…
– Keep the QuartzComposerLiveDV app visible – if you go apple+H the DV signal stops. – It’s only possible to capture the primary screen due to the way that v002ScreenCapture works. I think this i because there is no sound included in the QuartzComposerLiveDV app. – No sound is transmitted although sound is a part of the DV codec. This is because DV is a compressed format and so it also takes some CPU resources on both machines – There is a visible delay as with other DV sources. Let me know if get it working on other versions of Mac OS. Open the Recording tab in the Preferences pane of Quicktime to check that a new video source has been created. Check that it works by going to the receiving computer and open Quicktime Player. Now if you see a live screen capture in the window inside QuartzComposerLiveDV you’re up and running.ħ. Click apple+o and open one of the files inside the ‘screen sizes’ folder – select a file that matches the area of the screen you want to capture.Ħ. Start up QuartzComposerLiveDV on the computer that you want to capture video from.ĥ.
#Connect camcorder to arkaos grandvj install#
Unpack the file and install the plugin into /Library/Graphics/Quartz Composer Plug-InsĤ. This is to fool the computers into believing there is a hardware DV device connectedģ. Download the software and start up the VirtualDV app on both computers. Connect the two Macs with a Firewire cable.Ģ. Please be aware that as I have not created the software I have no way of making changes or helping out if this hack does not work for you.ġ. Here are the links for the original sources of the components in the zip file: Have a look at this video tutorial or read on for a text version – sorry about the less than optimal video and audio quality – this is my first attempt at doing a tutorial:įirst of all you need to download a couple of components which I have collected in a handy zip file: DV screen capture components
This might be useful for VJs who want to mix video from two computers without using a capture card – the 5$ in the title of this post is for buying a Firewire cable. I have found a way to transfer a live video screen capture from one Mac to another Mac using DV over Firewire.
#Connect camcorder to arkaos grandvj how to#
The 5$ video mixer – how to do a DV screen cast through Firewire
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