video capture software
 

does anybody know any? the stuff that came with the camera is rubbish and doesnt work.

Start with Ulead if you're a novice.

If you've done video editing before, go for Adobe Premiere on a pc, or Final Cut Pro on a mac.

Hello.

for crap footage from a crap camera i'd say windows movie maker (pc) or i-movie (mac) will do the trick, both of which are more of less free.

both premiere & fcp require big bucks, as does AVID. there is adobe premiere elements that sells for about $100 however, which should be enough.

no serious camera will come with "free software", so stick to the cheap solutions. and certain crap cameras have their own special formats which are not compatible with anything else and require the rubbish software they came with.

thanks. hello.

i know premiere very well indeed its just getting it on there in the first place. bloody modern technology.

I'd rather grab a torrent of the real deal, than pay for crap software.
It would be a different story if I ran a business though.

oh come on. theftware is not cool. plus it's often stuffed with trojans, doesn't work right, etc. i-movie is more than enough for civilians. the new windows media does an ok job.

i originally bought avid xpress dv for $300 on sale-- upgraded to xpress pro (value $1K) for $500, and now i'm getting an offer to updgrade to avid media composer for another $500. best purchase ever.

yes i make money off this but in my experience warez are not "free"-- they can cause you trouble and waste your time.

in other words-- people who don't want to be serious don't need good software, and people who want to be serious are better off paying for the good stuff.

Don't get me wrong. All my software is licenced.
The point I was trying to make is that if you're only going to use it once or twice, $300 is a lot of money.

i used nabbed software up until about 3 years ago when i started making enough out of music to buy the sw i need

I'm after a program that can take videos of what's going on on your computer screen. Like a screen shot but a movie. If you know of anything, PM me.

if youre on a mac and you just want a video still:

command + shift + 4

and this little crosshair will come up and you can hold down the left mouse button and select the area of the screen you want.
it will be saved as a .png file on the desktop.

adobe captivate

you can get a 30-day free trial

But I want warez! I'll have to hit pirate bay.
Thanks anyway, evil twin.

well i *cough* never mind but hm it's more trouble than it's worth.

there's a lot of free tools out there these days though, shit that runs in liinux like kino, cinelerra, lives, etc. in windows you've got virtual dub which is actually quite powerful, and you can actually find yourself a copy of avid free (now discontinued), or buy an older or educational version of good software. premiere elements actually sells for a mere $100, which anybody with an internet connection living in a developed country can afford without stealing.

then again you can reisntall your OS and get 30 day free shit all over again :D

no, but really...

duuuudes, jon boy just asked a simple method to transfer stuff from his camera to the computer, methinks.

ha ha ha

but you can still try it free & legal for 30 day before you decide to steal-- re: evil twin i know who you are now ha ha ha ha

Depends what you're capturing from and what format you want it in.

I second the Virtualdub recommendation for most things and I've always found Adobe Premiere does a good job of capturing DV .

Yeah, trials are annoying though. Chock your computer with files then it's gone after 30 days.

or find a key*cough*gen

So the trial version is just a crippled version of the full version then?

a trial version is a FULL VERSION that works for 30 days. you can do absolutely everything with it until it expires.

when you buy it, you get a serial number and it activates for evarrrrr.

occasionally it phones home looking for updates. mind yr fyrwll.

Ahh good stuff then. Might as well grab it from pirate bay during my offpeak time on the weekend.

beware

It's cool, pirate bay is pretty trusty. I scan everything and test it on my old laptop. Also, you can read comments of thousands of other consumers.

i guess. i've given up on warez since i started depending on software to make a living. time = money.

anyway its 2am here i should go take a nap.

laters

Bye, Evil twin.