this is more of a question than a thought, and i figured an intelligent message board like straight dope would know something about it. how can movies be ripped off a computer game? i know its possible to take screen shots but can movies be done too?
You might want to try posting this in General Questions, it’s the sort of thing that would be right up their alley. As for your question…
- Are we talking about a PC computer game, or something like a Playstation/Nintendo/Sega/XBox?
If it’s one of the latter, then maybe a video capture device of some kind could be hooked up to grab whatever’s showing on the T.V. and run it into your computer. I can’t give you any more info than that, as I’m still learning about things like that myself.
- Some PC games have their cut scenes saved as .mpg files on the CD itself, so that would solve your problem right there. Aside from that, I don’t know how one would go about converting some proprietary game file format into workable video output. I’m sure someone will come along in General Questions and know exactly how to capture video of a PC game, though. Good luck!
Moving to General Questions.