[WEB4LIB] Video Capture - I need help

[Scott W. Sharpe]

Julia,

This is from my own personal experience, as opposed to work experience, but
last year for Christmas I made all of my family members a video of my then
one-year-old daughter.  I took the previous years worth of Hi-8 videos and
played them from the video camera into the computer, cut out the scenes I
wanted, and pasted about 12 hours worth of video down into about 33 minutes
of highlights complete with fading transitions and lots of Jim Brickman
music on top.  Then I was able to just copy that right out of my viedo card
to a VCR and made lots of copies.  The video card I have for that purpose is
an ATI all-in-wonder 128.  They run between $250-$300 for the 32MB version
or less than $200 for the 16MB version (last time I checked anyway!).  With
the video card came a software package that included some type of software
to actually record your computer screen while you worked, something like
SoftVCR or a name like that.  You could make an AVI from your computer
screen output and then record it to the VCR via the video card's TV OUT
connector.

I've never heard of the Camtasio you mention so I can be of no help there.

Feel free to email me if this makes no sense or you want to know more!

Scott W. Sharpe
swsharpe at eodls.lib.ok.us
www.tahlequah.lib.ok.us
Library Technology Specialist
Tahlequah Public Library
Tahlequah, Oklahoma