video screen capture within Windows XP

[wwswimming@yahoo.com]

hi

for example, i'm watching video in an explorer window and want to
capture what i'm watching.

whether it's a surfcam, that is, video of the ocean, or a news segment
from a news website, i'd like to be able to capture the audio & video
from the screen.

that is, to be able to pick a rectangle containing the video of
interest, and to then just save "it" (the video & audio appearing in
the capture window) to a file.

in the past i've pointed a webcam with a microphone at the computer
screen. that's kind of a clunky way to do it, and it generates huge
file sizes.

is there a Video Screen Capture program like this, available for
Windows XP ?

thanks !

[Mike Kujbida]

wrote:
> hi
>
> for example, i'm watching video in an explorer window and want to
> capture what i'm watching.
>
> whether it's a surfcam, that is, video of the ocean, or a news segment
> from a news website, i'd like to be able to capture the audio & video
> from the screen.
>
> that is, to be able to pick a rectangle containing the video of
> interest, and to then just save "it" (the video & audio appearing in
> the capture window) to a file.
>
> in the past i've pointed a webcam with a microphone at the computer
> screen. that's kind of a clunky way to do it, and it generates huge
> file sizes.
>
> is there a Video Screen Capture program like this, available for
> Windows XP ?
>
> thanks !


Look into Windows Media Encoder 9. More info at http://tinyurl.com/9rz5l

Mike

[mdindestin@hotmail.com]

I haven't tried Encoder yet, but did try Microsoft Producer. Producer
is also a free download but only for power point 2002 and 2003 uers.

It's easy to use but one must have a lot of processor to obtain good
results. The still screen shot is great.

[Steve King]

"Ken Maltby" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Richard Crowley" > wrote in message
SNIP
>> None of them will do what the OP needs, namely
>> capturing screen images during reboot and in DOS
>> command-line and "protected mode". Can't be done
>> in software, by definition.
>
> Where does that last paragraph come from, was there
> another post/thread that tells us more about what the OP
> wants? It looked to me like he wants to capture what
> he's seeing while browsing the net.
>
> If he knows how to find the URL of the video he wants,
> he could have VLC "stream" it to a file.

Nope. What he's doing is making a 'how to' video about security issues on
PCs, which ocassionally requires re-booting. For his video, he needs to
show that. No operating system (during re-boot), no software, no screen
capture, hence another approach needed. It was a clarification early in the
thread.

Steve King

[Richard Crowley]

"Steve King" > wrote in message
. ..
>
> "Ken Maltby" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Richard Crowley" > wrote in message
> SNIP
>>> None of them will do what the OP needs, namely
>>> capturing screen images during reboot and in DOS
>>> command-line and "protected mode". Can't be done
>>> in software, by definition.
>>
>> Where does that last paragraph come from, was there
>> another post/thread that tells us more about what the OP
>> wants? It looked to me like he wants to capture what
>> he's seeing while browsing the net.
>>
>> If he knows how to find the URL of the video he wants,
>> he could have VLC "stream" it to a file.
>
> Nope. What he's doing is making a 'how to' video about security
> issues on PCs, which ocassionally requires re-booting. For his video,
> he needs to show that. No operating system (during re-boot), no
> software, no screen capture, hence another approach needed. It was a
> clarification early in the thread.

I think you are refering to the OTHER thread about
"Getting VGA ouput of one computer to apperar in window
on annother computer's desktop."

[Steve King]

"Richard Crowley" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Steve King" > wrote in message
> . ..
>>
>> "Ken Maltby" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> "Richard Crowley" > wrote in message
>> SNIP
>>>> None of them will do what the OP needs, namely
>>>> capturing screen images during reboot and in DOS
>>>> command-line and "protected mode". Can't be done
>>>> in software, by definition.
>>>
>>> Where does that last paragraph come from, was there
>>> another post/thread that tells us more about what the OP
>>> wants? It looked to me like he wants to capture what
>>> he's seeing while browsing the net.
>>>
>>> If he knows how to find the URL of the video he wants,
>>> he could have VLC "stream" it to a file.
>>
>> Nope. What he's doing is making a 'how to' video about security issues
>> on PCs, which ocassionally requires re-booting. For his video, he needs
>> to show that. No operating system (during re-boot), no software, no
>> screen capture, hence another approach needed. It was a clarification
>> early in the thread.
>
> I think you are refering to the OTHER thread about
> "Getting VGA ouput of one computer to apperar in window
> on annother computer's desktop."

Right. sorry.

Steve King

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>
> hi
>
> for example, i'm watching video in an explorer window and want to
> capture what i'm watching.
>
> whether it's a surfcam, that is, video of the ocean, or a news segment
> from a news website, i'd like to be able to capture the audio & video
> from the screen.
>
> that is, to be able to pick a rectangle containing the video of
> interest, and to then just save "it" (the video & audio appearing in
> the capture window) to a file.
>
> in the past i've pointed a webcam with a microphone at the computer
> screen. that's kind of a clunky way to do it, and it generates huge
> file sizes.
>
> is there a Video Screen Capture program like this, available for
> Windows XP ?
>
> thanks !


Tech-Smith's Camtasia is made for this. Many software tutorials are
produced using Camtasia. It records screen activity into an .avi file.

Just one little problem with it. If you're capturing video that's playing
from a video player (like Windows Media Player), you'll get a black
rectangle. (It will, however, capture Flash video, something I found out
just a week or so ago.) This limitation has something to do with the video
acceleration in your system. Supposedly, you can disable the video
acceleration in Control Panel and it should capture video, though I'm not
sure exactly how that will affect the video playback of what you're wanting
to capture. I've never tried it.

There is one sure-fire way of capturing video playback as it's happening on
the computer monitor. That's to convert the VGA signal, using one of those
contraptions that are used at churches all the time to throw a Power Point
presentation up on the big screen behind the stage. I forget what they're
called, but you can buy 'em for under $100 at Radio Shack. Output to a tape
deck, then bring the video back in and capture it with your editing
software. More hassle than it's worth, if you ask me.

Randy

[Gary Hendricks]

You can try HyperCam.

HyperCam is powerful video capture software that records AVI movies
(screencam) directly from your monitor, for software presentations,
software training, demos, tutorials, and fun! HyperCam supports text
annotations, sound, and screen notes (great for creating automated
software demos!). You can also select Frame rate and compression
quality prior to video capture.

If you're interested in general video capture, you can read this page:
http://www.desktop-video-guide.com/capture-video.html


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http://www.desktop-video-guide.com
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