Kelly Rush of Techsmith has just posted a video showing how you can record a screencast of your iPad2 or other tablet device. To do it you have to capture the video out from the tablet; you can't do the recording on the tablet, which would be ideal, IMHO. Kelly's solution consists of the following pieces:
- A tablet (tested and verified with an Asus Transformer and Apple iPad 2; iPad 1 DOES NOT work)
- An HDMI cable (preferably 6-10 feet so you can pull it a ways from the computer tower)
- An adapter for your device (HDMI to iPad adapter, HDMI to mini HDMI, etc. Varies depending on your tablet)
- PCI-Express Avertv HD DVR High Definition Capture Card by AverMedia
- Camtasia Studio or Jing
- A computer with an open PCI-Express slot
I'm guessing based on a quick search that the speed of video capture is important, and that's what the PCI-E slot is required for. I couldn't find anything that would do the trick as a USB2 external capture solution, but did find the Blackmagic Intensity Shuttle, which is an external USB3 device that should allow the same trick. There's also a PCI-E capture card that works for Windows, Mac and Linux (for the Mac you'd obviously need a Mac Pro).
Guess I'll take a peek at the office machine to see if I have room for such a beastie and maybe come up with an excuse to record screencasts off the iPad :-)
