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Posted by Quanta on 10/24/06 21:30
"Tony Morgan" <Tony@zen54488.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In message <65l%g.46474$6C2.6940@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net>, G Hardy
> <gareth.hardy1@ntlwrold.com> writes
>>"Quanta" <none@none.NET> wrote in message
>>news:ehjqu0$gu9$1@daisy.noc.ucla.edu...
>>
>>
>>> I did try the latest version, and it does, sort of, capture. The audio
>>> is
>>> non existant and the video is absolutely horrible for a window
>>> displaying
>>> mpeg video...or anything with motion.
>>
>>But that's not what the OP wants: Moving mouse and separate voiceover, I'd
>>guess.
>>
>>To be honest, I'd be surprised if anything can record good-quality screen
>>captures of MPEG output, partly because (for perfomance) it's displayed in
>>an overlay window, but mostly because the CPU is already busting a bollock
>>decoding the MPEG, and you've given it the task of encoding video at the
>>same time. It's probably a lot better with dualies, and if your source and
>>saved video data are coming down two different channels.
>>
>>I'm not entirely sure why you'd even want to screencap an MPEG. It's
>>already
>>in digital format. Just drop it on the timeline. ;o)
>>
> Indeed. It's at the very least foolish to expect a program to do something
> that it's not intended to do. Quanta, I notice, doesn't say how he
> "post-processed" his dynamic screen captures. Did he use the TCC codec and
> use the Camtasia Player, or did he use a video editor? And did he (as
> recommended by Techsmith) use a higher sample-rate?
YES.
>
> It's so very easy to rubbish an application when it hasn't been used
> properly. The very fact that he tried to capture screen-displayed video
> suggests that he hasn't bothered to read the manual or any of Techsmith's
> tutorials or forums. It also appears that he hasn't even bothered to read
> what's written on the box :-)
>
> --
> Tony Morgan
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