The easiest way to create a movie

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Dear developers,

First of all, thank you for this awesome software! I am just a beginner user, and my problem is that I frequently need to show my training task to others; and the best way is to make a movie in common format about what happens on the screen. I wonder whether there is already a build-in function to implement this; or are the frames shown on the screen somehow saved in the “.mwk” datafile? (I searched on the forum but there has not been any similar discussion yet) .

Thank you for your attention!

Cheers,

Cheng

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Hi Cheng,

No, MWorks doesn’t have a built-in way to record a movie of the stimulus display. Probably the easiest option is to use a screencasting application. I don’t have enough experience in this area to recommend a particular package, but I think ScreenFlow is a popular choice.

When recording your screencast, you probably should configure MWorks to use only a mirror window (and not a fullscreen display). To do this, edit setup_variables.xml so that the #mainScreenInfo variable contains the following settings:

<dictionary_element>
    <key>always_display_mirror_window</key>
    <value type="integer">0</value>
</dictionary_element>
<dictionary_element>
    <key>display_to_use</key>
    <value type="integer">-1</value>
</dictionary_element>

(That is, always_display_mirror_window should be 0, and display_to_use should be -1.)

If you need further assistance, please let me know.

Cheers,
Chris Stawarz

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Hi Chris,
It turns out to be good enough! Thanks!!
Cheers,
Cheng