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RE: Has anyone been capturing video from tablets (iPad)?
Subject:RE: Has anyone been capturing video from tablets (iPad)? From:Kelley Walker <kelley -dot- walker -at- libtax -dot- com> To:"ryan -dot- minaker -at- ca -dot- pwc -dot- com" <ryan -dot- minaker -at- ca -dot- pwc -dot- com>, "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 1 Oct 2012 09:43:07 -0400
I'm not sure if this is answering your question, but you might want to contact Jenn Downs a researcher at MailChimp. I just saw a presentation she did on testing applications on mobile devices. She needed to capture what was happening on screens while people were actually using the devices.
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> Subject: Has anyone been capturing video from tablets (iPad)?
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> I've been looking into ways of capturing tablet screens (i.e., I want to
> reproduce the iPad screen on my laptop and then use Captivate to record a
> demo the same way we do withl desktop software). From what I can see,
> this is possible, but you need to use a capture card, which my laptop doesn't
> have and I'm pretty sure it's not even possible to install one internally.
> So I believe what I need is an external capture device.
>
> So... my questions are:
>
> Has anyone ever done anything similar to this? If so, how did you do it?
>
> Has anyone ever used an external capture card type device? I'm looking at
> these Blackmagic devices, and I 'think' one of the external ones is what I
> need, but I'm not sure: http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/
>
> Any suggestions are appreciated! Thanks!
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