How do I get a Video Capturing sistem. Where? How do I use it?

Answer 1

oh, you need it for youtube right??yeah...you can also downlaod the vids to your comp using firefox

open up firefox (if you don;'t have it downlaod it and install it then open up this message using firefox)

1. Install the Greasemonkey Extension for Firefox: http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/

2. Right-click this link: http://www.joshkinberg.com/blog/files/youtube_to_me.user.js and select "Install User Script" (if you don't see that option try step one again)

3. Now on every youtube video page there should be a red bar at the top, that says "Save As" to download Flash video.

4. Right click the text in the red bar, select "Save Link As," and save the file as a .flv file. Firefox will try to save it as "get_video.php," you need to change the ".php" to ".flv," and change the first part to whatever you prefer.

Now you need to download a media player that plays .flv files, I recommend this one http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

after you install that program, right click your downlaoded video from youtube (the flv file) and choose properties, then where it says "open with" click change and choose "VLC media player"

Answer 2

That's a real easy question, the tough question is how much do you want to spend and what quality do you want. I own a small video production company so I have a little knowledge on this issue.

I feel that if you're going to play with video you should get the best capture card possible so that you final production looks good, otherwise your just waisting your time.

I have found great deals on eBay. I would strongly recommend that you find a Pinnacle systems DV-500 capture card. This card is the bridge card from analog to digital video. It can accept both analog and digital (fire-wire) data. This is the card that I have and it works great with no flaws. Updates are available on the pinnacle site to version 4.05. It works great with adobe premier, which is a great starter professional editor. The DV-500 card captures at a rate of 25MB/s so your DV video has virtually no loss.

On eBay I have seen packages with both the DV card and Premiere version 6, keep your eyes open for a great deal. A good price would be under $200.00 Originally the DV card sold for about $3,000.00 and Premire sold for about $2,500.00+.

Premier has all the elements needed to create a professional looking video from the starting titles to the transistions from each scene to the final credits.

You should be really careful on using a USB adaper style capture device. They only have a capture rate of about 2.5MB/s which is about half the quality that a vcr produces, which is not very good and after editing will not look very good.

Happy editing....

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Answer 4

Video capture cards are available at stores like CompUSA & Best Buy in addition to online sources like Amazon, Ebay, CDW etc.

You can purchase a card that installs into a PCI slot in your computer, or an external one that connects via USB. If you choose a USB version, make *SURE* your computer has USB 2.0 ports.

When you've got the card and its software installed, you simply connect the output from your cable box/satellite receiver/antenna or even a camcorder to the capture card, just like a TV. You can then record onto your hard disk (better have a big one, since video uses LOTS of space).

Answer 5

You can buy these at computer stores... just plug in your source, vcr, dv camera. Run the capture software and then you need to edit the content and save to a file or burn it to a DVD, VCD, etc.