Scrubba



OVERVIEW:

Scrubba is video capture software that uses a disk ring buffer to continuously capture frames from a live source, eventually overwriting old frames with new ones. Meanwhile, you can "scrub" (view individual frames in the ring buffer), export still images, and export movie clips. Scrubba can even perform time-lapse playback.

Features:

  • capture live video with simultaneous scrubbing and playback.
  • raw video input from bt848 card: 320X240, 16 bpp, 29.97 fps.
  • DV input from IEEE-1394 card: 720X480, 32bpp, 29.97 fps.
  • export still images using BeOS translators (jpeg, png, etc.).
  • export movie clips from raw source as Quicktime or AVI files using BeOS encoders (pjpeg, indeo, etc.).
  • export movie clips from DV source as Quicktime or AVI files using your camera's encoder (includes the audio).
  • keyboard control of all functions for familiar users.

System Requirements:

  • BeOS version 5.0.3 (x86).
  • BeOS compatible video capture card (bt848 or IEEE-1394).
  • 300+ MHz CPU(s) (less may be OK).
  • 1+ GIG free disk space (the more disk space you use, the more recording time you'll have).

LATEST RELEASE:

The latest release of Scrubba is a public beta. It draws a pattern on top of exported images and clips. A registered version of Scrubba without the overlay pattern, added features, better documentation, and bug fixes will be available soon.

Download Scrubba 1.0, Beta 2:
BeOS (Intel) Scrubba-1.0.b2.zip 103K

Added Features:

  • Scrubba now has a setting to automatically delete the ring buffer on exit. This option allows users to trade-off between spare disk space and having a persistent ring buffer.
  • When the playback slider has focus, the left and right arrow keys will scrub a variable number of frames depending on which modifier keys are down. The control key moves 6 frames and the option key moves 30 frames.
  • The pattern Scrubba uses to drop DV frames before decoding them (but after capturing them) can now be specified using the Options menu. This allows users to "fine-tune" online playback of DV. This setting does not effect offline playback.
  • The values Scrubba uses for raw (bt848) video resolution and bit-depth are now kept in its settings file and can be adjusted using the Options menu. This reduces the need to use the Media preferences application before running Scrubba. However, changes to these settings do require you to restart Scrubba before they take effect.
  • Added Transport menu containing items analagous to the three buttons. The new items have keyboard shortcuts to improve keyboard control of core functionality.
  • Reorganized menus, moving all items related to settings into the Options menu.

Bug Fixes:

  • string values input via command prompt now trimmed of spaces and tabs.
  • paths input via command prompt can now contain whitespace.
  • empty strings input via command prompt now recognized as bad values.
  • bad ring buffer file names now handled a little better.
  • start & stop capture menu item now tracks current capture filter state properly.
  • when playback head is paused, current frame is redrawn when needed.
  • no longer reading current frame on pause...
  • on pause, focus now goes to the playback head.
  • on start-up, default values now set for missing settings. upgraders should keep their old settings and get the proper defaults new ones.
  • better error handling in clip export process.
  • clip menu now allows selection of quicktime or avi for raw DV export.
Precaution: Scrubba uses a large disk file for its ring buffer. After you quit, you can delete the file (named "scrubba.ring" by default) to reclaim the space.

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