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Tracking Gaming Stats With Video Capture Devices

Posted by simoniker on from the ingenious dept.

galtish writes "M. Schrag has put together an amazing PC stat tracking system called 'Soul Calimeter' for use with the GameCube version of fighting game Soul Calibur II. The software is as yet unreleased, but uses a cheap video capture card to analyze the video feed from the console and create a stat database. It's not just stats, there's also a web browser-based front-end for analyzing the stats and starting circuit matches, and voice synthesis using AT&T Natural Voices for in-game commentaries on the action. His website includes pics of the stats screens, and samples of the synthesized audio commentary. Pretty sweet - I'd love something like this for the weekly Halo LAN matches..."

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  2. weee by trosenbl · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    1. Re:OT: How to stop blog comment spammers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  7. wow by randomdef · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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