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Recording and tracking with videos

The videos described here are not suitable for playback in standard media players or inclusion in PowerPoint or other presentation software. If you would like to record such a video (which in ANY-maze is called a 'movie') you should refer to the Recording movies of tests for inclusion in a presentation topic.

Introduction

ANY-maze includes a built-in video recorder which can record videos of tests. Not only can you then review the video, perhaps to check on specific behaviours, but you can also track in a video in just the same way as you can in the live picture from a camera.

Using unlicensed copies of ANY-maze to record tests

Tracking in videos offers a way to extend your ANY-maze system without having to purchase multiple licences. This is possible because you can record videos using unlicensed copies of the program.

For example, if you have a water-maze, a plusmaze and an open-field you could set-up three ANY-maze systems, one for each piece of apparatus. You could then install unlicensed copies of ANY-maze on two of these systems and a licensed copy on the other one (it's OK, this is quite legal - we even encourage you to do it!). Now you could run experiments simultaneously in all your apparatus. However, in the unlicensed copies of ANY-maze, you would just video the tests, so you could track in them later using the licensed copy.

Recording videos using other software

ANY-maze can track in videos recorded in most standard video file formats (for example AVI, MP4 or Windows Media Video (WMV) file formats). Therefore you can record videos of tests using any software that can record in one of these formats, and then track in the video using ANY-maze.

Clearly, however, the details of how to record videos using such software is outside the scope of this help.

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