Create a video from your data

Aim

To export the animated track and the plots of the dependent variables to a video file, for instance for presentation purposes.

Procedure

1.Choose Analysis > Results > Integrated Visualization.

2.From the toolbar, select the Analysis profile that contains the variables to plot.

3.If you do not want the Track Plot Settings pane be part of the screen capture, click the Show/Hide button on the toolbar and deselect Track Plot Settings.

4.Position the video where you want your recording to start, or click the Jump to begin button to start from the beginning of the trial.

 

5.Click the Start screen recording button.

 

6.In the Screen Recording window, under Region, choose whether you want to capture the Video, tracks and plots (see the example below, left) or the Full screen (right):

   

Note that with Full screen you also record the Experiment Explorer and the desktop (if visible).

7.Choose the Frame rate (default: 25 fps) and the Resolution (default width: 1280; see the note below).

8.Choose the video file Saving location and File name.

9.Click Start. EthoVision XT shows the message:

 

10.Play the video at the speed you require.

11.To stop screen recording, click the Stop screen recording button.

 

Notes

▪If you choose Video, tracks and plots, the Track Plots Settings pane is also recorded. To remove this from your video, see step 3.

▪Video resolution is available in a number of steps. The values of width are 320, 480, 640, 800, 1024, 1280 (default), and 1600 pixels. The values of height are adjusted in each step, based on the Region option you choose, and the current size of the EthoVision screen.

▪The video file is saved in DivX format; the file extension is *.mpg.

▪The suggested video file name is Screen Recording n, where n is a progressive number (0001, 0002, etc.).