[Lemontime]

Hello.
I was just wondering if anybody knew how I can make videos of the games I play on PS2, as in.. Making a movie of my round in Battlefield.
If anyone has any info, please tell.
Thanks!

[Mars Djinni]

It is possible to hook up your game console to your computer monitor via a special plug and a TV chip OR A TV player of some sort.

[Kemosabi]

Or you could do it the old fashioned way and plug your PS2 into your VCR (WTF IS THAT?!) and record the game as you play it onto a VHS tape. I do that sometimes for S&G's. It's useful if you want to show your friends a certain battle or capture a round of Halo or something like that.

However, like MD said, there IS the card that you can install on your computer that will download the streaming video right to the hard drive. You'd probably need expensive software, though. And God only knows how much a card like that would cost. But hey, if X-PLAY can do it, you can do it too!:blink:

[Sea of Time]

Can someone please clarify what this TV chip is called? I'm interested in console capture, and I'd like to know what it is specifically called.

[Mars Djinni]

Well if you have TV player on your computer (much like if you have a DVD player program), then you won't need the chip. Not sure which one's cheaper. Additionally, you'll need a special plug. I'll see if I can find a more indepth article on it.

[Sea of Time]

So would a Windows Media Center Edition computer have this TV chip of which you speak?

[Split Infinity]

You can also do this with a GBA game. Just hook it up to a GameCube and record it using the above methods.

[Mars Djinni]

I speculate that it should have the chip, it should say in the features list.

For GBA games, it's much easier to use other programs than that. It's too inconvenient.

[Max]

Windows Media Center Edition computers *should* have a TV Tuner built in, though I'm not sure how exactly you would go about recording from it arbitrarily.

I purchased a USB TV Tuner for my computer that has both cable and composite (red, yellow, and white connectors) inputs. So I can record both TV (from the cable line) and console (composite) right onto my hard drive. The product cost about $100, and the software was free. But I got it about two years ago, so I don't know what the current version is.

If you really want to do serious video though, I'd recommend getting a TV Tuner card, and not a USB version. Great cards are sold by ATI (the All-In-Wonder series) or Hauppage (one of the best).

[Mars Djinni]

Would a program like Fraps work with something like that?

[Max]

FRAPS just records the contents of your computer display. You need software to actually pull the image from the hardware device. Such software is free and usually comes bundled with whatever device you buy.

[Sea of Time]

Alright Max. It looks like we'll need to get a new computer before I can integrate a TV Chip, but thanks for the information and I can use it for future reference.