[CS-FSLUG] Video Capture Cards

[EnzoAeneas]

I have done too much capture and encoding on Linux, though I have
gotten all of video capture/tv tuner cards (and USB adapters) to allow
me to watch television. In general, that is what I use it for in
Linux. You will definitely want an encoder and mencoder (comes with
mplayer)  is an excellent choice. I use it to download streaming video
to my computer. You may, though, want to get a frontend that is able
to use many different encoders so that you can use the best one in
every situation. I like mediacoder (
http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/ ). As far as video editing, I am
looking for a solution my self, but there are so many , that i need to
find time to test them. Anyone know of software that will allow you to
do real-time video overlay? I want to be able to take the live footage
of our services and place useful information, such as presentation
slides, announcements, song lyrics, on top of it so that our nursery
workers (who see the service live already) can get that other
information. This would also be useful for video offerings on our
website. Any ideas there?

Kevin

On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Davo Smith
<christiansource at davosmith.co.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Ed Hurst <ehurst at asisaid.com> wrote:
>> I'm considering making some instructional videos to post on YouTube. I
>> find the idea of using a webcam won't fit my vision for this project.
>> However, the digital videocams I've seen are outside my budget.
>>
>> On the other hand, I can get a video capture card -- ATI TV Wonder VE --
>> free. I may be able to get an older analog video camera. Does anyone
>> have any useful experience in using such a setup to produce videos of
>> that sort?
>
> I have a winfast pvr 2000 deluxe. I've generally used mencoder + a
> shell script to capture the video. Then Avidemux (
> http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/  ) to do simple editing. You can
> also use Kino for the editing (but it needs to convert your original
> file to DV format before it can do anything, and I've had  quite a few
> stability issues with it).
>
> If you are interested, I can cut & paste the contents of my shell
> script into another email (when I am not downstairs tapping on my
> laptop).
>
> Davo
>
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