Record from HDMI(on laptop) to Main Tower?

luces1 wrote on 11/29/2012, 4:20 PM
Hello. I have not posted anything here in a LOOOOOOOONG Time,but I have a situation and since video is not my main vocation(audio is) I hope somebody with some experience can help me out.

We have relatives that we skype with and I want to be able to record our "session" from my laptop(which has a HDMI connection) to my tower(which has usb and firewire). I would like to use Vegas 9.0 to capture the stream in realtime.

Is this possible?

Thanks so much to anyone who can help!

luces

Comments

john_dennis wrote on 11/29/2012, 4:59 PM
The Black Magic Intensity Pro will probably get this done in fine fashion.

http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/intensity/models/
videoITguy wrote on 11/29/2012, 6:00 PM
HDMI is peculiar spec and embedded protocol - you have to be sure that you have the required stream out port to go to a stream-in port.
This becomes a functional handshake similar to Firewire but even more complicated. Not sure you are going to get there!
luces1 wrote on 11/29/2012, 6:30 PM
Thanks for the info!

luces
ritsmer wrote on 11/30/2012, 3:57 AM
If you just want to record the Skype session from the screen of the laptop - but want to be sure that the recording in not lagging etc - you could use the cheap but good program Fraps http://www.fraps.com/

There is a trial version for testing it.
luces1 wrote on 11/30/2012, 11:12 AM
Thanks ritsmer for the suggestion. Have you used Frapps? I am ALWAYS skeptical of software that seems so cool and is so CHEAP! I am always fearful of some type of bloat ware or spy ware getting installed. Please let me know your thoughts.

Thanks,

luces
ritsmer wrote on 12/1/2012, 3:06 AM
Yes - I have tried several free and also not free programs.
The problem was always some disturbing lagging - even if I I dutifully installed the proposed codecs, lowered the frame rates, the resolution etc.

Searching on I found Fraps.

Also to me the description sounded "too good" as you say - but anyway - I downloaded the trial and 1) It did not vandalize my machine adding strange codec packs etc and 2) It worked surprisingly well.

So: check out how it works here: http://www.fraps.com/faq.php and maybe try their free trial, which - as far as I remember - works like the paid for version but is limited to recording up to some 30 seconds at a time.
Geoff_Wood wrote on 12/2/2012, 7:43 PM
Also check out SnagIt

geoff
wwaag wrote on 12/2/2012, 8:15 PM
+1 for Fraps. I've used it to capture navigation tracks from Google Earth. Works very well.

wwaag

AKA the HappyOtter at https://tools4vegas.com/. System 1: Intel i7-8700k with HD 630 graphics plus an Nvidia RTX4070 graphics card. System 2: Intel i7-3770k with HD 4000 graphics plus an AMD RX550 graphics card. System 3: Laptop. Dell Inspiron Plus 16. Intel i7-11800H, Intel Graphics. Current cameras include Panasonic FZ2500, GoPro Hero11 and Hero8 Black plus a myriad of smartPhone, pocket cameras, video cameras and film cameras going back to the original Nikon S.

luces1 wrote on 12/3/2012, 10:31 AM
Thanks for the advice everybody. Another question regarding Fraps.....


I read somewhere tha it records in 5 min. segments. Is this true? seems like editing a 25-30 min video would be cumbersom if that is the case.

Can anyone confirm or deny?

Thanks,

luces
luces1 wrote on 12/3/2012, 4:10 PM
Also,not to belabor the point,but Fraps will NOT install adware ar malware or anything nasty?...Should it?

luces
PeterDuke wrote on 12/3/2012, 6:36 PM
I tried Snagit, but didn't like it. (I forget why now, but it was a fairly basic problem, which surprised me, given Snagit's good reputation.)

Debut Video Capture did the job for me.