Posted by Larry J. on 09/13/05 19:42

Waiving the right to remain silent,
kaveh@delete_this.river-valley.com (Kaveh) said:

> Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] <neil@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> The practical reason why I didn't suggest Producer is because
>> it's inappropriate for this use. Apart from anything else, he
>> doesn't want to install software on the target computers
>> (constraint 1), nor could he (constraint 2) if it was a Mac or
>> Linux box, or (constraint 3) he didn't have access to install
>> software on them beforehand, as stated.
>>
>> And finally, Producer really only addresses powerpoint, AFAIK
>> it doesn't do the screen capture profiles a-la windows media
>> encoder. So you couldn't capture the output of "another
>> software" (constraint 4)
>>
>> Hope that clarifies the suggestions so far.
>
> Thanks for the summary, Neil. I go to computer programming
> conferences, and often there is a live demo of a program running
> on a Linux machine.
>
> For now, I am not worried about grabbing full motion video, so I
> think 10fps will be OK, if that helps find a solution.

What is your ultimate purpose for recording these presentations..?
Is it going on videotape, mixed with cameras, as you alluded to
previously..?

If so, the REAL way to do this is with a good scan converter.

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Larry Jandro
Video Engineering & Equipment Rentals
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
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