Quick question for those who have or had a PS3. What can I use for video capture software? I don’t want to buy hardware. I looked quickly into Arc Soft Total Media Extreme. Seemed sketchy.
I would love to post my boring GT5 replays for those who need something unexciting to watch before bed 
All I know are hardware solutions sadly. I’ve always used Elgato products, for all types of video capture, going back quite some time now. Is the primary reason you don’t want hardware is price?
Yes. Im cheap. I would love saving as a .avi from the replay theater and moving to my media server.
I don’t think you can get the replay files from GT5 off your PS3 in any kind of a format your PC could use. I think the data is stored as something the game engine can re-render when you want to watch it, so no PC is going to be able to use that data to play the video back.
I don’t know how you’d capture any video off of a PS3 without some kind of hardware. I’ve used an Elgato and a Blackmagic PCI Intensity card before. There are some cheap RCA to USB type devices out there. I don’t know if they’re easy to use with something like OBS though.
If all you’re looking for is software, OBS is free and is really good at capturing video sources.
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I’ve used an Elgato and a Blackmagic PCI Intensity card before.
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I might have to make a purchase sometime. They’re not too cheap but it would improve my grouvee posts and make me feel like I’m getting some feedback or comments about my ridiculous colored maserati and BMW
Have you checked eBay for used ones? Maybe there’s a decent price there.
I did check there. Maybe Craig’s List? Not sure.
Modifications completed:
-Swapped out breadboard for solderable perf board
-Mounted perf board on some really tiny screws. Secured with very small and difficult to handle hex nuts.
I like that color a lot!
Thanks. Its def a conversation piece.
I think over time it will chip. I will probably repaint with truck bed liner paint as @GigaDeathNullGolem suggested. More durable.
I know I asked you guys for feedback constantly, and I appreciate it all, but in the top picture I posted, there are open ports in the bottom case (top right corner). I wouldn’t want pet hair getting into the system. What should I do to close that up? I could use trusty Sugru but I’m thinking something a little more high tech.
My idea would be to take some screen material, glue into place and have a mini computer fan on the opposite side to cool the pi. Might be overkill because I do have heat sinks and the pi itself never seems to get too hot.
Thoughts?
glad it’s coming along. It looks fun 
truckbed coating is good stuff. haha once you use it for something you will see how durable it is and likely find other things too at some point to use it for lol. It really is a versatile substance! Fire and forget! I find for something big and heavy (like a PC case, that weight 10+ pounds) it’s ideal.
for a console the rugged feat of TBC may not be as important, but you will never have to worry about flakey paint on oily plastics that dont like paint. like I said fire and forget… I wish they made it in a few colors but AFAIK they dont!
Also do note that texture surface. may or may not be to your liking it’s a very uniform texture with no aberrations, etc. I have painted it on super cheap plastic drive bay covers from china so your nes should be safe from any chemical interactions.
texture surface probably is going to catch pet hair a bit. (However, a wipe with a towel is easy enough to clean) a big heavy PC case (with weight) will scuff against things that it comes into contact with like the walls of my old high school, wouldand get white marks on it (you can actually scrape and sand these off).I would imagine something light (and isnt moved about much) it would not happen at all. You coudl also sand the finished thing down if you want a smoother look maybe, i’m sure you could do that i just havent tried it, i actually wanted a rough raw gritty industrial look.
I would think that this thing probably doesnt need any cooling at all. If that’s the case it probably really isnt going to be a big issue with dust or hair unless fans get added. fans will make dust management more complicated. I would say dont do it and just see how it goes without any modding with the fans and no need for a mesh and whatnot and just clean it out with a vacuum cleaner with an nozzle extension, just stick it in the pi hole! I can understand you wanting to mesh that area you mention. Yeah need to come up with something to do with it… You’ve probably thought of other things like windows and maybe slapping a plate over it but rather than a mesh this would also look nice (read comments)
If those holes are too small for jabbing a vacuum into (hard for me to tell, but they might be) or ramming stuff inside it is not really a good idea to your liking, or you figure you will need to open it up and close it to mod the innards time to time anyway. then maybe its best to come up with some sort of assembly plan for top and bottom shells. magnets seem like they would work well for something so small and little stress points on the two shells but i’m not sure where on the NES you could have a magnet type assembly. Maybe you could glue them to those struts the screws came out of? that’s easier than working with those screws themselves if you go in and out of it to mod/clean/etc.
TBC only:
Hmm. I like this idea of undercoating something in a base color then stenciling on top with TBC… I’m not knowledgable about stencilling but it seems like a real good way to do stuff.
Thanks for the great ideas! I might just leave it alone for a bit until things start looking shabby. I have a tendency to overwork things and then mess up. Or I get impatient. Sometimes it just comes down to inexperience.
I do like the textured look though.
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I would think that this thing probably doesnt need any cooling at all.
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Agreed. I just left in on for a couple hours and it seemed fine.
This the kind you wanting? I didnt know you could get this stuff until I read your post yesterday. Pretty cheap too.
Also that 1/4 inch honeycomb looks pretty cool its huge holes. if you wanted to put that on the main deco cutout it might look interesting. I kind of want to buy a cheap console, maybe a (wii, dreamcast or something ) and do something with it now, haha
That stuff is pretty cool. I was thinking of salvaging something from a junk yard or thrift shop to keep the price down. I don’t need much. An old screen section would work well.
I have some window film to put over the main cutout. Haven’t experimented with it yet. I like the way it is now but looking down at the console when its on can be blinding.
You should. It’s a ton of fun!
I actually did this two years ago, when I gave my my mum’s old Gameboy a complete makeover.
You don’t have to use a complicated concoction, however. It appears that it’s the hydrogen peroxide that causes the reaction, and the various admixtures only serve to make it creamy so that it sticks to the surface. I found this nice little video which explains that you can use regular hair bleach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU7vXMezW_I
To try it out, I purchased this product http://tinyurl.com/hwfc5qc, slapped it onto the gameboy’s shell case with a paintbrush, and put it under my parent’s tanning bed. I put some aluminium foil underneath so the light would be reflected to the hard-to-reach places, and some plastic clingfilm (shrink wrap) on top so that the heat wouldn’t make the hair bleach evaporate.
The whole procedure made a terrible mess in my parent’s basement (I’m not good with my hands) and used up a lot of disposable plastic gloves as well as a ton of old newspapers, but the result was truly miraculous – the gameboy ended up looking as good as new. That is…until I got carried away and slapped one last bit of hair bleach onto just that one spot that wasn’t quite perfect yet. Then I got the dreaded “bloom” effect that many other people have also reported, meaning: An uneven blotch appeared on the plastic, spoiling the gameboy’s hitherto perfect front. My mum says she likes it ;-), but I was so disappointed I didn’t even take a fail picture.
Moral: It does work, it’s well worth doing, but once you have a decent effect, you have to content yourself with it, because too much bleach is gonna cause “bloom” spots.
The prepping phase.
The cooking phase.
The result. (Like I said, no picture of the front because of the blasted blotch. ;-)).
This thread is amazing but it makes me flip-flop between “I should actually try a project like this someday” and “I’d never do something as cool as that so maybe it’s more fun watching other folks do it.” 
wow thanks for the reply and sharing your expeirence I do find this interesting… I really like that video it’s a really good demo and it shows him trying to find other uses for it.
Maybe you can put a sticker or decal over it. Or even get new parts?
That Ebay link is pretty amazing. I better step away!
If you have time, money, patience, and perseverence take it on. Before I even got serious about the project I never thought I would solder, learn circuits or do basic script editing. But I started doing smaller projects and wasnt afraid of failing, learning, then trying again.
That stuff really does look tempting. The stickers are a bit big for my retrobrighted gameboy, but I know a lot of other places that they’d be just right for…
