the best way to record off a ds

Discussion in 'Technology' started by xemnasfan, Dec 2, 2010.

  1. xemnasfan King's Apprentice

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    i'm not trying to hook it up to my tv computer i know it either can't been done or to hard to do, i tried recording of the emulator desume but i couldn't figure it out for the life of me. also i'm not beating my way through the game for the 6th time on the emulator. also my computer's have never been able to run desume at full speed once i start recording my fps takes a fatal drop [5or 3 fps].

    so my options are a tripod [it's about the size of a soda can when in compact mode but can get as tall as me if needed, i'm 5' 7"] i've got a casio exilim, not sure what type it is but it may be the first style they made, it's a slim camara and it has video mode. and i got a refurbished [which just means i got a major discount on it really i'm not sure what broke on it the first time it's been wonderful] it's a sony handcam probably one of the first harddrive camaras that hit the stores back then, back then it was 600$ i got mine for 300$ on ebay.

    ok right now i use the casio on my tripod and try to video tape the top screen the best i can.

    the casio seems to give a more nicer picture to me the colors are more rich and if i can manage to hold the dang thing still it looks almost like it was taken off an emulator. but the edges are blurry i've done everything i know to sharpen the edges to no avail.

    the sony has a more washed out display as it has always had a habit of sucking the color off of any screen i point it at, but it has a clearer image the ds screen as small as it is still looks decent when recorded using the sony.

    i need something that has the has the colors of the casio and the clarity of the sony, but i'm broke right now. and i'm sure there is no camara like that.

    so tips? tricks? hints? anything?

    normally i don't care about quality but all those picky little youtubers won't watch a crap quality video.
     
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    Is there a 2nd-slot device that does it, or perhaps some other homebrew method?

    Another possibility is to alter the colours of the Sony cam post-recording.
     
  3. xemnasfan King's Apprentice

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    i've never heard of anything like that, and no homebrew that i'm aware of unless i missed something. the only person i've ever seen record perfect ds quality on his computer, he modded the ds so much i'm not even sure what he did, it was almost like he wired his capture card to the ds' motherboard, or his graphics card. not the point it is way beyond me.

    i forgot another thing the cam does, i'm not sure why either, i'm not making excuses i swear, i forgot it puts this like grid of black dots on every video, i could fix the color in vegas but the grid is impossible to remove without bluring the heck out of the video. i tried using it to record ff4 and black dot\grid city. why does my video camara do it and my still camara doesn't.
     
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    In that case, I guess do what you're doing. The Youtubers will watch something, and if it's as difficult as it seems, your competition will have just as much trouble, so you should be fine.

    You could shell out for this and a TV capture card, but that's probably out of your price range.