FSX Play and swing cameras

[StanMI]

Am I able to use my existing (cheap) swing cameras with FSXPlay? Order I need to also purchase the Swing Catalyst upgrade.

[vrpunk]

Test them with free trail of swing catalyst my 120fps from china cheap ones worked, I didn’t purchase swing catalyst though. But presume it works with play when set to using the launch monitor to trigger recording.

[Kmurray]

FSX Play currently has no camera capability . I'm not sure if anyone knows if there is a timeline for this or what the nature of camera integration will be.
I hope that the interface that FSX2020 has which allows use of cheap cameras such as I have is an option as I don't need high end cameras.

[StanMI]

This might sound dumb because I have no idea, but....... My thought was, I'll be using a computer with a 1070 video card which I believe is near the minimum requirement. This may cause issues if I try to run FSX and SC at the same time. One of the things I really like about using 2020 for play and practice is when I hit a bad shot I can immediately look at the video and see/guess what I did wrong. And I do that a lot !! If I'm correct and this is how it functio s my $500 may just be for 2 courses with better graphics. I'm not opposed to that but would like a little more.

[Seanheenan]

SC works with 2020, I tried to using SC while using Play and it did not work on the same computer!

[jasonreg]

I have had SC running with FSX play but I had to ramp down my frame rates on the cameras for the Card to keep up - I run an RTX2080 Super. I agree that a 1070 card my be challenged.

[preludesam]

I would think that has more to do with the USB controller than the GPU right? I know SC is using the GPU as an accelerator instead of hitting the CPU for the replays. Does it have trouble when you high-speed scrub the replay or is it having trouble actually dropping frames on the captures?

[jasonreg]

No, the limitation is the GPU - I can get 240fps in FSX2000 with SC. Exact same set up.

[Baller]

I have an RTX 2060 and it struggles to run both Play and SC with two cameras. It works, but...

2020 and SC, no problem at all, all day long.

[MongoOnlyPawn]

Couple of things you can check for in Swing Catalyst. First, make sure that "Settings - Video Capture", the GPU Nvidia NVENC 264 is selected as the video encoding option, NOT the CPU. Secondly, you can adjust the FPS potential by "Settings-Cameras-Advanced-Options-Configure Video Source Pin" under "Color Space/Compression" is set to RGB 16 or 32 (Ignore the red underline for now). Then, if you can, adjust your resolution down a bit from the default, that will help also. I run mine at 1280x1024 and get just under 300 FPS. One last thing, and I'm sorry but I don't have a screenshot, if you go to "Settings-Cameras-Advanced-Options-Image" (the red underlined tab) you can adjust the shutter speed, which while darkening the image a bit, will greatly reduce the amount of blur, particularly at impact.

[Roosteroo]

Does FSX now have swing camera capability?

[StanMI]

To my knowledge, NO. It does not have swing cameras as part of the program. I think that's why Swing Catalyst worked to be part of Foresight or at least running along with Foresight.

If I'm wrong (and I hope I am) others will add in.