diff --git a/engine/src/desktop/com/jme3/app/state/MjpegFileWriter.java b/engine/src/desktop/com/jme3/app/state/MjpegFileWriter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65956f26b
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+++ b/engine/src/desktop/com/jme3/app/state/MjpegFileWriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,484 @@
+package com.jme3.app.state;
+
+import java.awt.Graphics2D;
+import java.awt.Image;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
+import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
+
+/**
+ * Released under BSD License
+ * @author monceaux, normenhansen
+ */
+public class MjpegFileWriter {
+    int width = 0;
+    int height = 0;
+    double framerate = 0;
+    int numFrames = 0;
+    File aviFile = null;
+    FileOutputStream aviOutput = null;
+    FileChannel aviChannel = null;
+    long riffOffset = 0;
+    long aviMovieOffset = 0;
+    AVIIndexList indexlist = null;
+
+    public MjpegFileWriter(File aviFile, int width, int height, double framerate) throws Exception {
+        this(aviFile, width, height, framerate, 0);
+    }
+    
+    public MjpegFileWriter(File aviFile, int width, int height, double framerate, int numFrames) throws Exception {
+        this.aviFile = aviFile;
+        this.width = width;
+        this.height = height;
+        this.framerate = framerate;
+        this.numFrames = numFrames;
+        aviOutput = new FileOutputStream(aviFile);
+        aviChannel = aviOutput.getChannel();
+
+        RIFFHeader rh = new RIFFHeader();
+        aviOutput.write(rh.toBytes());
+        aviOutput.write(new AVIMainHeader().toBytes());
+        aviOutput.write(new AVIStreamList().toBytes());
+        aviOutput.write(new AVIStreamHeader().toBytes());
+        aviOutput.write(new AVIStreamFormat().toBytes());
+        aviOutput.write(new AVIJunk().toBytes());
+        aviMovieOffset = aviChannel.position();
+        aviOutput.write(new AVIMovieList().toBytes());
+        indexlist = new AVIIndexList();
+    }
+
+    public void addImage(Image image) throws Exception {
+        byte[] fcc = new byte[]{'0', '0', 'd', 'b'};
+        byte[] imagedata = writeImageToBytes(image);
+        int useLength = imagedata.length;
+        long position = aviChannel.position();
+        int extra = (useLength + (int) position) % 4;
+        if (extra > 0) {
+            useLength = useLength + extra;
+        }
+
+        indexlist.addAVIIndex((int) position, useLength);
+
+        aviOutput.write(fcc);
+        aviOutput.write(intBytes(swapInt(useLength)));
+        aviOutput.write(imagedata);
+        if (extra > 0) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < extra; i++) {
+                aviOutput.write(0);
+            }
+        }
+        imagedata = null;
+    }
+
+    public void finishAVI() throws Exception {
+        byte[] indexlistBytes = indexlist.toBytes();
+        aviOutput.write(indexlistBytes);
+        aviOutput.close();
+        long size = aviFile.length();
+        RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile(aviFile, "rw");
+        raf.seek(4);
+        raf.write(intBytes(swapInt((int) size - 8)));
+        raf.seek(aviMovieOffset + 4);
+        raf.write(intBytes(swapInt((int) (size - 8 - aviMovieOffset - indexlistBytes.length))));
+        raf.close();
+    }
+
+    // public void writeAVI(File file) throws Exception
+    // {
+    // OutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(file);
+    //
+    // // RIFFHeader
+    // // AVIMainHeader
+    // // AVIStreamList
+    // // AVIStreamHeader
+    // // AVIStreamFormat
+    // // write 00db and image bytes...
+    // }
+    public static int swapInt(int v) {
+        return (v >>> 24) | (v << 24) | ((v << 8) & 0x00FF0000) | ((v >> 8) & 0x0000FF00);
+    }
+
+    public static short swapShort(short v) {
+        return (short) ((v >>> 8) | (v << 8));
+    }
+
+    public static byte[] intBytes(int i) {
+        byte[] b = new byte[4];
+        b[0] = (byte) (i >>> 24);
+        b[1] = (byte) ((i >>> 16) & 0x000000FF);
+        b[2] = (byte) ((i >>> 8) & 0x000000FF);
+        b[3] = (byte) (i & 0x000000FF);
+
+        return b;
+    }
+
+    public static byte[] shortBytes(short i) {
+        byte[] b = new byte[2];
+        b[0] = (byte) (i >>> 8);
+        b[1] = (byte) (i & 0x000000FF);
+
+        return b;
+    }
+
+    private class RIFFHeader {
+
+        public byte[] fcc = new byte[]{'R', 'I', 'F', 'F'};
+        public int fileSize = 0;
+        public byte[] fcc2 = new byte[]{'A', 'V', 'I', ' '};
+        public byte[] fcc3 = new byte[]{'L', 'I', 'S', 'T'};
+        public int listSize = 200;
+        public byte[] fcc4 = new byte[]{'h', 'd', 'r', 'l'};
+
+        public RIFFHeader() {
+        }
+
+        public byte[] toBytes() throws Exception {
+            ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+            baos.write(fcc);
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(fileSize)));
+            baos.write(fcc2);
+            baos.write(fcc3);
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(listSize)));
+            baos.write(fcc4);
+            baos.close();
+
+            return baos.toByteArray();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class AVIMainHeader {
+        /*
+         * 
+         * FOURCC fcc; DWORD cb; DWORD dwMicroSecPerFrame; DWORD
+         * dwMaxBytesPerSec; DWORD dwPaddingGranularity; DWORD dwFlags; DWORD
+         * dwTotalFrames; DWORD dwInitialFrames; DWORD dwStreams; DWORD
+         * dwSuggestedBufferSize; DWORD dwWidth; DWORD dwHeight; DWORD
+         * dwReserved[4];
+         */
+
+        public byte[] fcc = new byte[]{'a', 'v', 'i', 'h'};
+        public int cb = 56;
+        public int dwMicroSecPerFrame = 0;                                // (1
+        // /
+        // frames
+        // per
+        // sec)
+        // *
+        // 1,000,000
+        public int dwMaxBytesPerSec = 10000000;
+        public int dwPaddingGranularity = 0;
+        public int dwFlags = 65552;
+        public int dwTotalFrames = 0;                                // replace
+        // with
+        // correct
+        // value
+        public int dwInitialFrames = 0;
+        public int dwStreams = 1;
+        public int dwSuggestedBufferSize = 0;
+        public int dwWidth = 0;                                // replace
+        // with
+        // correct
+        // value
+        public int dwHeight = 0;                                // replace
+        // with
+        // correct
+        // value
+        public int[] dwReserved = new int[4];
+
+        public AVIMainHeader() {
+            dwMicroSecPerFrame = (int) ((1.0 / framerate) * 1000000.0);
+            dwWidth = width;
+            dwHeight = height;
+            dwTotalFrames = numFrames;
+        }
+
+        public byte[] toBytes() throws Exception {
+            ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+            baos.write(fcc);
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(cb)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwMicroSecPerFrame)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwMaxBytesPerSec)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwPaddingGranularity)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwFlags)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwTotalFrames)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwInitialFrames)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwStreams)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwSuggestedBufferSize)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwWidth)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwHeight)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwReserved[0])));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwReserved[1])));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwReserved[2])));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwReserved[3])));
+            baos.close();
+
+            return baos.toByteArray();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class AVIStreamList {
+
+        public byte[] fcc = new byte[]{'L', 'I', 'S', 'T'};
+        public int size = 124;
+        public byte[] fcc2 = new byte[]{'s', 't', 'r', 'l'};
+
+        public AVIStreamList() {
+        }
+
+        public byte[] toBytes() throws Exception {
+            ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+            baos.write(fcc);
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(size)));
+            baos.write(fcc2);
+            baos.close();
+
+            return baos.toByteArray();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class AVIStreamHeader {
+        /*
+         * FOURCC fcc; DWORD cb; FOURCC fccType; FOURCC fccHandler; DWORD
+         * dwFlags; WORD wPriority; WORD wLanguage; DWORD dwInitialFrames; DWORD
+         * dwScale; DWORD dwRate; DWORD dwStart; DWORD dwLength; DWORD
+         * dwSuggestedBufferSize; DWORD dwQuality; DWORD dwSampleSize; struct {
+         * short int left; short int top; short int right; short int bottom; }
+         * rcFrame;
+         */
+
+        public byte[] fcc = new byte[]{'s', 't', 'r', 'h'};
+        public int cb = 64;
+        public byte[] fccType = new byte[]{'v', 'i', 'd', 's'};
+        public byte[] fccHandler = new byte[]{'M', 'J', 'P', 'G'};
+        public int dwFlags = 0;
+        public short wPriority = 0;
+        public short wLanguage = 0;
+        public int dwInitialFrames = 0;
+        public int dwScale = 0;                                // microseconds
+        // per
+        // frame
+        public int dwRate = 1000000;                          // dwRate
+        // /
+        // dwScale
+        // =
+        // frame
+        // rate
+        public int dwStart = 0;
+        public int dwLength = 0;                                // num
+        // frames
+        public int dwSuggestedBufferSize = 0;
+        public int dwQuality = -1;
+        public int dwSampleSize = 0;
+        public int left = 0;
+        public int top = 0;
+        public int right = 0;
+        public int bottom = 0;
+
+        public AVIStreamHeader() {
+            dwScale = (int) ((1.0 / framerate) * 1000000.0);
+            dwLength = numFrames;
+        }
+
+        public byte[] toBytes() throws Exception {
+            ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+            baos.write(fcc);
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(cb)));
+            baos.write(fccType);
+            baos.write(fccHandler);
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwFlags)));
+            baos.write(shortBytes(swapShort(wPriority)));
+            baos.write(shortBytes(swapShort(wLanguage)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwInitialFrames)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwScale)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwRate)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwStart)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwLength)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwSuggestedBufferSize)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwQuality)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwSampleSize)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(left)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(top)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(right)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(bottom)));
+            baos.close();
+
+            return baos.toByteArray();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class AVIStreamFormat {
+        /*
+         * FOURCC fcc; DWORD cb; DWORD biSize; LONG biWidth; LONG biHeight; WORD
+         * biPlanes; WORD biBitCount; DWORD biCompression; DWORD biSizeImage;
+         * LONG biXPelsPerMeter; LONG biYPelsPerMeter; DWORD biClrUsed; DWORD
+         * biClrImportant;
+         */
+
+        public byte[] fcc = new byte[]{'s', 't', 'r', 'f'};
+        public int cb = 40;
+        public int biSize = 40;                               // same
+        // as
+        // cb
+        public int biWidth = 0;
+        public int biHeight = 0;
+        public short biPlanes = 1;
+        public short biBitCount = 24;
+        public byte[] biCompression = new byte[]{'M', 'J', 'P', 'G'};
+        public int biSizeImage = 0;                                // width
+        // x
+        // height
+        // in
+        // pixels
+        public int biXPelsPerMeter = 0;
+        public int biYPelsPerMeter = 0;
+        public int biClrUsed = 0;
+        public int biClrImportant = 0;
+
+        public AVIStreamFormat() {
+            biWidth = width;
+            biHeight = height;
+            biSizeImage = width * height;
+        }
+
+        public byte[] toBytes() throws Exception {
+            ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+            baos.write(fcc);
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(cb)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(biSize)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(biWidth)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(biHeight)));
+            baos.write(shortBytes(swapShort(biPlanes)));
+            baos.write(shortBytes(swapShort(biBitCount)));
+            baos.write(biCompression);
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(biSizeImage)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(biXPelsPerMeter)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(biYPelsPerMeter)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(biClrUsed)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(biClrImportant)));
+            baos.close();
+
+            return baos.toByteArray();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class AVIMovieList {
+
+        public byte[] fcc = new byte[]{'L', 'I', 'S', 'T'};
+        public int listSize = 0;
+        public byte[] fcc2 = new byte[]{'m', 'o', 'v', 'i'};
+
+        // 00db size jpg image data ...
+        public AVIMovieList() {
+        }
+
+        public byte[] toBytes() throws Exception {
+            ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+            baos.write(fcc);
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(listSize)));
+            baos.write(fcc2);
+            baos.close();
+
+            return baos.toByteArray();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class AVIIndexList {
+
+        public byte[] fcc = new byte[]{'i', 'd', 'x', '1'};
+        public int cb = 0;
+        public List<AVIIndex> ind = new ArrayList<AVIIndex>();
+
+        public AVIIndexList() {
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+        public void addAVIIndex(AVIIndex ai) {
+            ind.add(ai);
+        }
+
+        public void addAVIIndex(int dwOffset, int dwSize) {
+            ind.add(new AVIIndex(dwOffset, dwSize));
+        }
+
+        public byte[] toBytes() throws Exception {
+            cb = 16 * ind.size();
+
+            ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+            baos.write(fcc);
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(cb)));
+            for (int i = 0; i < ind.size(); i++) {
+                AVIIndex in = (AVIIndex) ind.get(i);
+                baos.write(in.toBytes());
+            }
+
+            baos.close();
+
+            return baos.toByteArray();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class AVIIndex {
+
+        public byte[] fcc = new byte[]{'0', '0', 'd', 'b'};
+        public int dwFlags = 16;
+        public int dwOffset = 0;
+        public int dwSize = 0;
+
+        public AVIIndex(int dwOffset, int dwSize) {
+            this.dwOffset = dwOffset;
+            this.dwSize = dwSize;
+        }
+
+        public byte[] toBytes() throws Exception {
+            ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+            baos.write(fcc);
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwFlags)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwOffset)));
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(dwSize)));
+            baos.close();
+
+            return baos.toByteArray();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class AVIJunk {
+
+        public byte[] fcc = new byte[]{'J', 'U', 'N', 'K'};
+        public int size = 1808;
+        public byte[] data = new byte[size];
+
+        public AVIJunk() {
+            Arrays.fill(data, (byte) 0);
+        }
+
+        public byte[] toBytes() throws Exception {
+            ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+            baos.write(fcc);
+            baos.write(intBytes(swapInt(size)));
+            baos.write(data);
+            baos.close();
+
+            return baos.toByteArray();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private byte[] writeImageToBytes(Image image) throws Exception {
+        BufferedImage bi = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        Graphics2D g = bi.createGraphics();
+        g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, width, height, null);
+        ImageIO.write(bi, "jpg", baos);
+        baos.close();
+        bi = null;
+        g = null;
+
+        return baos.toByteArray();
+    }    
+}
diff --git a/engine/src/desktop/com/jme3/app/state/VideoRecorderAppState.java b/engine/src/desktop/com/jme3/app/state/VideoRecorderAppState.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a939f73f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/src/desktop/com/jme3/app/state/VideoRecorderAppState.java
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+package com.jme3.app.state;
+
+import com.jme3.app.Application;
+import com.jme3.post.SceneProcessor;
+import com.jme3.renderer.Camera;
+import com.jme3.renderer.RenderManager;
+import com.jme3.renderer.ViewPort;
+import com.jme3.renderer.queue.RenderQueue;
+import com.jme3.texture.FrameBuffer;
+import com.jme3.util.BufferUtils;
+import com.jme3.util.Screenshots;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author normenhansen, Robert McIntyre
+ */
+public class VideoRecorderAppState extends AbstractAppState {
+
+    private int framerate = 30;
+    private VideoProcessor processor;
+    private MjpegFileWriter writer;
+    private File file;
+    private Application app;
+
+    public VideoRecorderAppState(File file) {
+        this.file = file;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void initialize(AppStateManager stateManager, Application app) {
+        super.initialize(stateManager, app);
+        this.app = app;
+        app.setTimer(new IsoTimer(framerate));
+        processor = new VideoProcessor();
+        app.getViewPort().addProcessor(processor);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void cleanup() {
+        app.getViewPort().removeProcessor(processor);
+        super.cleanup();
+    }
+
+    public static final class IsoTimer extends com.jme3.system.Timer {
+
+        private float framerate;
+        private int ticks;
+
+        public IsoTimer(float framerate) {
+            this.framerate = framerate;
+            this.ticks = 0;
+        }
+
+        public long getTime() {
+            return (long) (this.ticks / this.framerate);
+        }
+
+        public long getResolution() {
+            return 1000000000L;
+        }
+
+        public float getFrameRate() {
+            return this.framerate;
+        }
+
+        public float getTimePerFrame() {
+            return (float) (1.0f / this.framerate);
+        }
+
+        public void update() {
+            this.ticks++;
+        }
+
+        public void reset() {
+            this.ticks = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class VideoProcessor implements SceneProcessor {
+
+        Camera camera;
+        int width;
+        int height;
+        FrameBuffer frameBuffer;
+        RenderManager renderManager;
+        ByteBuffer byteBuffer;
+        BufferedImage rawFrame;
+        int videoChannel = 0;
+        long currentTimeStamp = 0;
+        boolean isInitilized = false;
+
+        public void initialize(RenderManager rm, ViewPort viewPort) {
+            this.camera = viewPort.getCamera();
+            this.width = camera.getWidth();
+            this.height = camera.getHeight();
+            rawFrame = new BufferedImage(width, height,
+                    BufferedImage.TYPE_4BYTE_ABGR);
+            byteBuffer = BufferUtils.createByteBuffer(width * height * 4);
+            this.renderManager = rm;
+            this.isInitilized = true;
+        }
+
+        public void reshape(ViewPort vp, int w, int h) {
+        }
+
+        public boolean isInitialized() {
+            return this.isInitilized;
+        }
+
+        public void preFrame(float tpf) {
+            if (null == writer) {
+                try {
+                    writer = new MjpegFileWriter(file, width, height, framerate);
+                } catch (Exception ex) {
+                    Logger.getLogger(VideoRecorderAppState.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, "Error creating file writer {0}", ex);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void postQueue(RenderQueue rq) {
+        }
+
+        public void postFrame(FrameBuffer out) {
+            byteBuffer.clear();
+            renderManager.getRenderer().readFrameBuffer(out, byteBuffer);
+            synchronized (rawFrame) {
+                rawFrame.getGraphics().clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
+                Screenshots.convertScreenShot(byteBuffer, rawFrame);
+                try {
+                    writer.addImage(rawFrame);
+                } catch (Exception ex) {
+                    Logger.getLogger(VideoRecorderAppState.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, "Error writing frame: {0}", ex);
+                }
+            }
+            currentTimeStamp += (long) (1000000000.0 / (double) framerate);
+        }
+
+        public void cleanup() {
+            try {
+                writer.finishAVI();
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                Logger.getLogger(VideoRecorderAppState.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, "Error closing video: {0}", ex);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}