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this project has been canceled. see this post for why.
windows: http://nate.quandra.org/norichan_b12.exe
mac: http://nate.quandra.org/norichan_b12.zip
samples: D1F1 (script); D4F1 (script)
i'm seeking feedback on norichan, my new analog video capture program for windows xp+ (32- and 64-bit) and mac os x 10.5+ (intel only for now) designed to work only with the easycap, a $5-10 US usb 2.0 capture device.
note that there are at least two kinds of easycaps out there: those with high-quality audio and those without. unfortunately it's impossible to tell the difference without opening the case and looking at the electronics (the ac97 codec is missing on the ones without high-quality audio). if the audio sounds terrible, just go to the audio menu and switch to line-in; you'll probably need a y adapter for your audio cables to go into your line-in port on your computer.
i'm planning on buying up a bunch of easycaps with high-quality audio and sending them out to people who request them.
do not buy any of the easycaps currently listed on the american amazon.com. i've received several of them and they're all without high-quality audio. i will update this thread when i've found a source of easycaps with high-quality audio if you don't want to wait for me to send you one.
note that the driver norichan installs under windows (which comes from my day job - that's why it's not called norichan) is incompatible with the common "stk1150" and "stk1160" easycap drivers. you will need to uninstall those before you install norichan. unfortunately the uninstaller doesn't uninstall the driver and afaik it's not possible under xp to get rid of it without hacking the registry. under vista and 7 you should be able to go into device manager, right click on the easycap, go to uninstall, and check "delete the driver". alternatively, you can try plugging the easycap into a new/different usb port than you've plugged it into in the past. windows will prompt to install the driver and you should have a choice at that point if you've installed norichan. also note that uninstalling norichan does not yet uninstall its driver (i'm working on that), so you will need to repeat the same procedure if you wish to switch back to the 1150 or 1160 driver for that particular usb port.
you will need to install the cccp (windows) or perian (mac) to play back the captured videos or, in the case of windows, to import them using anri.
finally, please remember that this is a beta test. having said that, i guess you can try to capture the best run ever as long as you don't blame me when norichan crashes.
specs/features
- outputs interlaced yuy2 (4:2:2) ffvhuff avi, 48 khz 16-bit stereo audio. you will need about 600 megs of disk space per 1 minute of video recorded. this sounds like a lot until you realize that 2 tb externals are < $100 US and you can fit over 48 hours of video on there.
- auto-increments output filename. norichan is incapable of overwriting a file.
- autosplits at ~5 hours to avoid problems with audio length. norichan should be able to do this without dropping a single frame. you can use anri to recombine the files when encoding your run.
- preview display is field-split (f1), resized to d1. perfect for d4 stuff, less so for d1. for d1 stuff try f2 display.
notes/caveats
- norichan will never drop frames just because the hard drive is being slow. this means that norichan's memory usage will go up until the backlog is cleared or your computer runs out of memory or norichan hits 2 gb and crashes, whichever comes first.
- closed source for now. yeah ... i know.
- the norichan driver has nothing to do with directshow. at first glance this seems to rule out streaming, but actually all it means is you have to pretend that the norichan window is a pc game window and stream that way. this method works on macs too - just download ustream producer.
- you will have to decide for yourself whether you can play using the norichan window. there is some lag, but it may not be significant for certain kinds of games. i haven't had the time to measure the exact amount on my computers yet.
thanks in advance for helping me test this out.
mac: http://nate.quandra.org/norichan_b12.zip
samples: D1F1 (script); D4F1 (script)
i'm seeking feedback on norichan, my new analog video capture program for windows xp+ (32- and 64-bit) and mac os x 10.5+ (intel only for now) designed to work only with the easycap, a $5-10 US usb 2.0 capture device.
note that there are at least two kinds of easycaps out there: those with high-quality audio and those without. unfortunately it's impossible to tell the difference without opening the case and looking at the electronics (the ac97 codec is missing on the ones without high-quality audio). if the audio sounds terrible, just go to the audio menu and switch to line-in; you'll probably need a y adapter for your audio cables to go into your line-in port on your computer.
i'm planning on buying up a bunch of easycaps with high-quality audio and sending them out to people who request them.
do not buy any of the easycaps currently listed on the american amazon.com. i've received several of them and they're all without high-quality audio. i will update this thread when i've found a source of easycaps with high-quality audio if you don't want to wait for me to send you one.
note that the driver norichan installs under windows (which comes from my day job - that's why it's not called norichan) is incompatible with the common "stk1150" and "stk1160" easycap drivers. you will need to uninstall those before you install norichan. unfortunately the uninstaller doesn't uninstall the driver and afaik it's not possible under xp to get rid of it without hacking the registry. under vista and 7 you should be able to go into device manager, right click on the easycap, go to uninstall, and check "delete the driver". alternatively, you can try plugging the easycap into a new/different usb port than you've plugged it into in the past. windows will prompt to install the driver and you should have a choice at that point if you've installed norichan. also note that uninstalling norichan does not yet uninstall its driver (i'm working on that), so you will need to repeat the same procedure if you wish to switch back to the 1150 or 1160 driver for that particular usb port.
you will need to install the cccp (windows) or perian (mac) to play back the captured videos or, in the case of windows, to import them using anri.
finally, please remember that this is a beta test. having said that, i guess you can try to capture the best run ever as long as you don't blame me when norichan crashes.
specs/features
- outputs interlaced yuy2 (4:2:2) ffvhuff avi, 48 khz 16-bit stereo audio. you will need about 600 megs of disk space per 1 minute of video recorded. this sounds like a lot until you realize that 2 tb externals are < $100 US and you can fit over 48 hours of video on there.
- auto-increments output filename. norichan is incapable of overwriting a file.
- autosplits at ~5 hours to avoid problems with audio length. norichan should be able to do this without dropping a single frame. you can use anri to recombine the files when encoding your run.
- preview display is field-split (f1), resized to d1. perfect for d4 stuff, less so for d1. for d1 stuff try f2 display.
notes/caveats
- norichan will never drop frames just because the hard drive is being slow. this means that norichan's memory usage will go up until the backlog is cleared or your computer runs out of memory or norichan hits 2 gb and crashes, whichever comes first.
- closed source for now. yeah ... i know.
- the norichan driver has nothing to do with directshow. at first glance this seems to rule out streaming, but actually all it means is you have to pretend that the norichan window is a pc game window and stream that way. this method works on macs too - just download ustream producer.
- you will have to decide for yourself whether you can play using the norichan window. there is some lag, but it may not be significant for certain kinds of games. i haven't had the time to measure the exact amount on my computers yet.
thanks in advance for helping me test this out.
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