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**ShowPlay Reference Manual, Chapter 1 (Introduction): | **ShowPlay Reference Manual, Chapter 1 (Introduction): | ||
===== Saving a ShowPlay paradigm as an AVI movie ===== | ===== Saving a ShowPlay paradigm as an AVI movie ===== | ||
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+ | Showplay allows you to create an AVI video file of what appears on the screen while running a paradigm. To create an AVI, you first load your task file (PPF), then set the AVI options, then run your task. | ||
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+ | Specifically, | ||
+ | * In the Showplay menu, select "Load parameter file" to load your task file | ||
+ | * In the Showplay menu, select " | ||
+ | * Set the parameters in the " | ||
+ | * In the Showplay menu, select " | ||
+ | * Verify that the named AVI file has been created | ||
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+ | In the CreateAVI dialog box, the following settings are required: | ||
+ | * Filename: the name of the AVI file to create (example: mytask.avi) | ||
+ | * Frame Pixels: | ||
+ | * Center: screen offset of where to grab frames from the screen, relative to center (0,0 is centered) | ||
+ | * Frames/TB: the maximum number of video frames per each TimeBase interval | ||
+ | * TB: the TimeBase interval in whole seconds (e.g. for 30frames/ | ||
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+ | The specified timing parameters (TB and Frames/TB) give the maximum rate for saving video frames in the AVI. The actual rate may be less because new frames are only stored if the screen image has changed. | ||
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+ | AVI is a Windows video format with lots of different variants. CIGAL creates AVIs using the simplest uncompressed frame format, which can result in large video files. | ||
**See Also:**\\ | **See Also:**\\ |