server based unity video capture

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Would it be possible to create a server based solution that would run a unity file, capture screenshots, convert to video and send the video back to the user.

I have an app on the iphone and I would like the user to be able to create a video of what’s playing on the iphone.

I was thinking I could use wwwform to send the animation data over to a standalone of unity running on a server.
Maybe php can launch a standalone with the data.
Maybe I could use captureScreenshots to capture the video
Maybe I could use some solution to turn the screenshots into a video.
Maybe I could use php to email the link to the video or the video to the user?

Any of these steps possible?

Dan

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Why not? Unity won’t stand in your way. It can be started from command line, there are even command line parameters which help with automating things. I thnk the hardest part will be creating the video out of unity. Your way of capturing screenshots and making a video out of that should be doable, but probably very slow.

Most people create videos from Unity with capture tools like Fraps, but there seems to be at least one directly integrated solution, which might be better suited for something automated.

And, of course, you will need lots and lots of processing power server-side :slight_smile: