I wish to record Kinnect movements on BVH, which sensor do i need?

Questions & Answers
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I’m about to buy a kinnect sensor to use with brekel and record the needed points in a BHV to work in other programs, and then use those animations in my unity project, is this possible? I just wanna know which sensor should i buy: the Kinnect for Windows version or the XBox360 version, this misunderstanding came up when i downloaded Brekel and it says in the download page:

“(Both ‘Kinect for XBox’ and ‘Kinect for Windows’ devices work, although the motor can only be controller on the ‘XBox’ version)”
(http://www.brekel.com/?page_id=160)

What does it mean?

Although in the Kinnect SDK download page from Windows it says it’s recommended to use the windows version because it’s designed…welll, to use in computers, i’m not sure yet, just tell me from your experience, and thanks!

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You can use either, but I’m not sure if the Windows one works on a Mac. The MS SDK, would that work on a Mac (probably not). So I use XBox myself, generally with OpenNI as it works on PC and Mac, but will not control the motor, I think only the MS SDK can control the motor. If you don’t need to do that, don’t worry about it. I think the MS SDK can handle more connected Kinects than the OpenNI stuff, in case you need that. Also look at the Asus XTION Live which has no motor but then does not need external power either (the XBox one needs a wall adaptor).