Using two video sources at once, not mixed

[Peter B]

Hi--I can't seem to find any good hints on how to do this and I am thinking
there is probably only a hardware solution. What I need to do is to have two
live video inputs coming in from analog sources--with one say being displayed
live on the screen while the other can be captured.

Example, we are video taping someone using a mobile phone. We also are
taking a video of their facial expressions. We could use Techsmith Morae to
capture our 'screen' + one Windows video source no problem, so I was thinking
we are able to route on source to play through VLC or something on the
screen, and one is natively captured by Morae as the 'default Windows video
device'. However, I can't think of a way that Windows would allow TWO video
sources to be plugged in (we are using A/D converters so these pop up as
devices--a Canopus ADVC box is one of them).

Thanks for any help you can give!

Peter

[Peter B]

I should note that I realise I can use a video mixer to do a picture in
picture or some such thing instead--though we were hoping to try another
solution if possible.

"Peter B" wrote:

> Hi--I can't seem to find any good hints on how to do this and I am thinking
> there is probably only a hardware solution. What I need to do is to have two
> live video inputs coming in from analog sources--with one say being displayed
> live on the screen while the other can be captured.
>
> Example, we are video taping someone using a mobile phone. We also are
> taking a video of their facial expressions. We could use Techsmith Morae to
> capture our 'screen' + one Windows video source no problem, so I was thinking
> we are able to route on source to play through VLC or something on the
> screen, and one is natively captured by Morae as the 'default Windows video
> device'. However, I can't think of a way that Windows would allow TWO video
> sources to be plugged in (we are using A/D converters so these pop up as
> devices--a Canopus ADVC box is one of them).
>
> Thanks for any help you can give!
>
> Peter
>

[Peter Benda]

Looks interesting--how would it work--have you tried one of these?

Cheers

Peter


"Bill's News" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?UGV0ZXIgQg==?= <Peter >
> wrote in
> :
>
> > Hi--I can't seem to find any good hints on how to do this and
> > I am thinking there is probably only a hardware solution. What
> > I need to do is to have two live video inputs coming in from
> > analog sources--with one say being displayed live on the
> > screen while the other can be captured.
> >
> > Example, we are video taping someone using a mobile phone. We
> > also are taking a video of their facial expressions. We could
> > use Techsmith Morae to capture our 'screen' + one Windows
> > video source no problem, so I was thinking we are able to
> > route on source to play through VLC or something on the
> > screen, and one is natively captured by Morae as the 'default
> > Windows video device'. However, I can't think of a way that
> > Windows would allow TWO video sources to be plugged in (we are
> > using A/D converters so these pop up as devices--a Canopus
> > ADVC box is one of them).
> >
> > Thanks for any help you can give!
> >
> > Peter
> >
>
> How's an ~$500 solution? Up to 4 of these OnAir USB2 capture
> devices http://www.autumnwave.com/ can be attached to a modest
> PC. They can all display, pause, and/or capture video
> simultaneously. Perhaps one of the interfaces available will
> suit your application? I suspect there are other, less expensive
> capture devices which support multiple connections as well.
>
>