hi

is there a way to capture or buffer e.g. 1h of livevideostream for direct access?
is pix_buffer and pix_buffer_read/write the right choice?

thx
m.

1 hour of uncompressed video is a huge amount of data, requiring more RAM than any reasonable computer has (for example: 320 x 240 x 3 x 25 x 60 x 60 = 20,736,000,000 = 20GB).

I would look into saving every frame to disk in jpeg format, I think pix_write is the object you need for this, and also [makefilename] and [f] [+] to make a counter.

You may also use the [pix_write] object from the CVS version of Gem that allows to write a .mov file to the harddisk stright from the render window.

thx for the answers.
i have little time at the moment so i give it a try and reply later