Video Recording

Ovo Studios' eight-source recording technologies enable you to record every device in your lab up to a combination of eight cameras and computer screens. As always, Ovo Studios records all video directly to your computer's hard drive. The format we use to save video is extremely compact which facilitates storage and enables streaming. Ovo Studios Video Recording technologies offer you the following benefits:

Ovo Studios can record any video camera in your lab (i.e., composite or s-video, NTSC or PAL) so you can replace your existing tape-based system with Ovo Studios technologies.
Video is recorded directly to your computer's hard disk in a format that takes about 100 MB per hour. This means that if you are recording three NTSC (or PAL) video sources and one VGA source, total disk space required is about 500 MB per hour -- some of our competitors require 1 GB+ per hour for a single source!
All recorded video adheres to Ovo Studios' modular video architecture which enables:
- removing user face shots from the video record via simple file deletion, thus protecting user confidentiality
- time-stamp linking for all screen and video recording from logged observations
- multi-source video highlight generation
We use native Microsoft Media technologies so your video will be compatible with your customer's media player software which means no custom CODECs to download and maintain.

Three cameras and
one user computer.

Two cameras and
one user computer.

One camera and
one user computer.

Two cameras.

8-Source Recording

Ovo Studios' modular recording architecture enables simultaneous recording of up to eight video sources.

Sample configurations include:

1 Source: record the user's computer screen for a software usability test.

2 Sources: record the user's face and the user's screen for a software usability test.

3 Sources: record the user's face, a piece of hardware, and the user's computer screen for an out-of-the-box test.

4 Sources: record two computer monitors and two cameras for a two-user collaborative test.

...and so on up to eight independent video sources including cameras, eye tracking system output, and computer screens.