btw since I have your attention,. is there
a way to record from the computer to a device
or drive or flash key or something?

Record what?
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Likely to be "screen recording".

(I assume since you haven't said otherwise that that _was_ what you were
asking about.)
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CamStudio would be an example of a desktop video recorder, but
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CamStudio was usually loaded with "adware", so the promoter
could make a buck from it. The "open source" folder is missing
a file, to prevent compiling your own version.
Sneaky )-:
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So as for video, there aren't really a lot of good options.

Adobe has Captivate, but that's commercial, and today, is
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ChassicShell, VirtualBox has a screen recorder that you can
select without too much trouble. It records in .webm
and the output is too soft to be really useful. (The recorder
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The tool I actually use is FFMPEG, but not many people
[Seems that can do anything (-:]
will enjoy using that, so I won't be mentioning that
one either in any detail. It's command line, and that
means some work when using it.
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FWIW I found "Debut Video Capture" was OK the one time I wanted such
software, but (a) it did what I wanted then so I've not looked at
anything else, (b) if it still exists, the current product may have
little resemblance to the one I used. [And (c) it may well have ffmpeg
at its core anyway - last time I Everythinged ffmpeg, I found I had lots
of copies, inside other software!]

I think "snippingtool.exe" for static shots, is
"enough of an experience", and video will have to

To the extent that I've never learnt what extra it gives me over
Alt-PrtScn (note: not just PrtScn) followed by trimming in IrfanView.
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With regards to static shots I just use
screenshots and save them as .jpg files
and they turn out well.

I think also I'm switching to PostImage vs
Tinypic. There's no pop-ups and the quality
is much better.
Good, I really find Tinypic a pain to use (as a recipient; as a poster,
I just put things on my [tiny] website).

Thanks,
Robert
YW (-:
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I used to make miscellaneous VHS tapes with
all sorts of programs on them. With the advent
of DVD's I've lost those programs. I've managed
to find some of them online on YouTube etc. and
would to record them somehow because I've found
that over time some links no longer work and the
documentary can no longer be found, at least in
the original version.

Robert