Dumping CAVE simulator footage on tape

  1. Setup Zbox. (This is the digital part of the process)

    1. Login to zbox 0.0 (or whatever machine is running to the edit suite)
    2. [Run your application on the simulator.]
    3. In another window, type 'vcp' at the prompt. After a pause the Video Panel window should appear.
    4. Examine the figure below to see what the Video Panel settings should look like.
    5. Under the 'Utilities' option, selsct 'Live Video Output'.
    6. A window outline should appear. Position it over your simulator window.

  2. Setup Edit Suite. ( This is the analog part of the process)

  3. Setup the Simulator . ( see 1.2. above)

  4. walldisplay simulator -1 648x486+0+0
  5. remove the CAVE outline by pressing INSERT on the keyboard
  6. remove the user's head by pressing 'u'
  7. remove the wand by pressing 'w'
  8. NOTE: If, when dumping simulator footage to tape, you wish to have the cursor displayed also, there is a program that SGI has provided to allow for the cursor to show as part of the graphics. To run it, type /usr/local/bin/cursor.

photo of video suite




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