[OT] Instructional Video

[Richmond]

On 04/27/2012 08:57 PM, Tim Jones wrote:
> On Apr 27, 2012, at 10:39 AM, Richmond wrote:
>
>> All the stuff I read on doing this seemed a bit difficult, so I designed
>> my own method:
>>
>> 1. Use Livecode based standalone on a G3 iMac running Mac OS 10.4.11.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac_G3
>>
>> 2. Have a VGA to RCA converter connected to the Video-mirroring connexion at the back of the iMac.
>>
>> http://www.amazon.co.uk/1-8M-VGA-LEAD-CABLE-LAPTOP/dp/B000P3NZ68/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335547503&sr=8-1
>>
>> 3. Have the VGA to RCA converter feeding into a Miglia video converter.
>>
>> http://www.dvforums.com/pressflow/sites/dvforums.com/files/resize/remote/069622209bf5a4b37402f51b59e3275a-628x249.jpg
>>
>> 4. Have a Firewire cable running from the Migla box to a Firewire card on another computer (in this case a Pentium 4 running Xubuntu 12.04).
>>
>> http://www.pcshopper.com.au/files/images/thumbnails/t_43370.jpg
>>
>> 5. Capture Firewire video using Open Source software on PC.
>>
>> This has the advantage that you are not trying to do 2 things at the same time on a single computer.
>>
>> I have also done the same, not so satisfactorily by capturing Firewire Video with iMovie on a macMini PPC.
> I use Snapz Pro X on my existing system with a Blue Yeti mic.  Of course, I edit in Final Cut Pro, but that's just to add splash.  No cables, one machine, everything just works

I wonder how many computer people will actually have "everything just 
works" on their tombstones; every time I see that I get
a really bad case of the creeps.

>   (and I can choose to only record a portion of the screen).

You probably do; but I have NO money and piles of old hardware . . .  :)

I also prefer to leave the PC running Xubuntu to just get on with video 
capture while I get on with what I want to
end up on the video over on the iMac.

I then record my sound using a Logitech USB mike.

> 	http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/

$69 !!!

http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/about.php   FREE

>
> Tim
>
>
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