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'Allo!
Does anyone know if it's possible to add either text or a voice-over in fs9 videos?
I'm referring of course to the 'flight lessons' provided in the learning center. Several folks have asked about flying an instrument approach; I want to make a brief video with either voice or text pointers during the flight as a tutorial that can be uploaded to SimV.
I haven't found such within FS9 itself; but if there are any addons or 3rd. party software that'll do this; I'll be grateful to be pointed towards it.
Cheers!

Is'nt that already covered in the lessons?

Anyway, your question interested me so did a little recall and research.

The FS9 Flight Video is not a video file, but simply flight parameters recorded at interval and then 'played back'.

If your intent is to creat a video, that would require a video screen capture program, like Fraps, or hardware video capture, and audio recording for voice over. Combine these with video editing program (if you have XP includes Windows Movie Maker which might do the job).

If you looking to create an FS9 lesson type tutorial.....

Looking in FS9 the lessons appear to be generated using 3 files, *.wx, *.flt, and *.abl.;.wx and .flt are the same type files used to 'save flights'.; .flt and .abl are text script files.

As for the voices these are seperate .wav files, called by one of the above, I believe the .abl file.

Looking at the FS9 sdk page there is an 'abl sdk' download.

Thanks for the info Dave; I'll check into it. Great - an SDK is ideal!
As for being covered in the lessons; it is, but folks are still posting. I'd like to whip one up (i.e. a lesson) that covers the most common questions.

Besides; I'm a bloody show-off. Ask my students.  ;D