Posted by Quanta on 10/24/06 21:30

"Quanta" <none@none.NET> wrote in message
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> "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
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>>>> 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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>

WRONG. They acknowledge the limitation.

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