Creating a video of Corona by combining captured images

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#1

Hi,

I would like to have the ability to record a video of my corona app.  I need this because coaches are generating plays that need to be shared with their players through twitter, instagram, email, web etc.

I know corona does not currently have the ability to capture itself to a video file, but

If I capture a screenshot ever second, could I glue the screenshots together into a .mp3 or similar video formats?  

Any suggestions greatly appreciated,

Greg

#2

You could combine them using an external program on your PC, but I’m not sure about how you’d do this right on the mobile device.

#3

I’m wondering if @StarCrunch has any ideas.  He is quite clever and I wouldn’t be surprised if he encountered something that might help in his high-tech wanderings.  

#4

@roaminggamer In fact, I did incorporate Jon Olick’s MPEG writer into my impack plugin. In the sample for that, I decode a GIF then save random frames of it back as a new GIF and MPG both. I just take a big array of per-frame byte blobs, though, which probably doesn’t scale very well to a long (or growing) file. I could add incremental support but might be a few days before I can get to it.

#5

@StarCrunch ,  that is just what I need, I generate a series of display captures in series, then call your plugin to convert to mpg.  These wouldn’t be huge files, typical time is less than 20 seconds, so probably < 200 captures.  Let me know if you can add incremental support and I’ll give it a try!

Thanks, Greg

#6

You could combine them using an external program on your PC, but I’m not sure about how you’d do this right on the mobile device.

#7

I’m wondering if @StarCrunch has any ideas.  He is quite clever and I wouldn’t be surprised if he encountered something that might help in his high-tech wanderings.  

#8

@roaminggamer In fact, I did incorporate Jon Olick’s MPEG writer into my impack plugin. In the sample for that, I decode a GIF then save random frames of it back as a new GIF and MPG both. I just take a big array of per-frame byte blobs, though, which probably doesn’t scale very well to a long (or growing) file. I could add incremental support but might be a few days before I can get to it.

#9

@StarCrunch ,  that is just what I need, I generate a series of display captures in series, then call your plugin to convert to mpg.  These wouldn’t be huge files, typical time is less than 20 seconds, so probably < 200 captures.  Let me know if you can add incremental support and I’ll give it a try!

Thanks, Greg