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8. Recording Videos Using the VirtualDub DirectShow Applications to Record Video Files
User Guide Page 147
Note: You can also use GraphEdit
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GraphEdit ) to view images
captured by a VGA2Ethernet device. To view captured images
with GraphEdit you insert a new filter (go to Graph > Insert
Filters ). Select the VGA2Ethernet device from the Video Capture
Sources category and select Insert Filter . Render the
VGA2Ethernet stream and select Play the graph to view the
captured images.
Before You Start Recording Videos With
VirtualDub
You must have the following components before starting to
record images using VirtualDub:
• A VGA2Ethernet device
• A VGA video source
• A video capture workstation running Windows 2000, XP, or
Vista
Use the following steps to download and install the required
software and make the required connections before starting to
record captured images using VirtualDub.
1 Follow the steps in “Installing the Drivers and Application for
Windows” on page 21 to download and install the
VGA2Ethernet device driver.
Unless you have developed your own device driver, you must
install the VGA2Ethernet device driver, which is part of the
VGA2Ethernet drivers and application package.
2 Go to http://www.virtualdub.org/ and follow the
instructions to download and install VirtualDub.
3 Optionally download and install a video codec such as the free
ffvfw codec pack available from
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/ffvfw.htm .
Step 4 in the following procedure describes how to configure
VirtualDub to use this video codec when recording a video
file.