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Introduction to Video Capture for Dummies\\
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* This page lists an overview of information to get video into your Windows computer. \\
* What this page is NOT about: ScreenCasting, and Watching/pausing digital TV shows on your computer.\\
* Similar pages on this website: Video Cables. \\
* At the moment I'm focusing on Windows7, but I have a feeling Ubuntu Linux would be better suited for this process.\\
* Ensure the survival of this page by leaving feedback!\\
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Tools People Use To Capture Video\\
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* Common video sources to record from: DVD Player, BluRay Player, VHS Player, Camcorder, Security Camera, Web Cam, PS3 Eye Web Cam, Cable TV, Satellite TV. \\
* Security Camera Capture Card.\\
* Internal TV Tuner Card.\\
* External TV Tuner Card.\\
* Information Transfer Accessories: Memory Card such as MicroSD, USB2 ThumbDrive.\\
* Common cables: DVI, HDMI, USB2, Firewire, Composite, Component, S-Video.\\
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Terms/Lingo\\
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* FPS: Frames Per Second. Video is made of lots of still images, called frames. Like ancient projectors. \\
* GB & MB: GB is Gigabyte. It's a size standard. A new computer holds about 200GB to 500GB. A movie DVD is about 4 to 8 GB. An MP3 song, is about 2MB which means 2 Megabytes. There are about 1000 Megabytes in a Gigabyte. So 2GB = 2000MB. 500MB = 1000GB.\\
* MP: MP is MegaPixel. A good digital camera photo ranges from 7 to 12 megapixels. A cell phone camera is often half a megapixel. Video recordings are often far lower quality than camera photos.\\
* The "i" and "p" in 1080i or 1080p: \\
* 16:9: "Sixteen by Nine" means the image is very wide, as in WideScreen tv's.\\
* SD/SDHC: SD is a memory card. SDHC means it stores far more information.\\
* HDMI/AV: HDMI is a high quality video cable. AV means AudioVideo, referring to low quality cables.\\
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Free Video Capture Software\\
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* Thanks to thefreecountry.com for this listing: Virtualdub, VirtualVCR, CaptureFlux, Debut Video Capture Software, Broadcaster StudioPRO, Video Caster, Video DVD Maker, Exsate DV Capture Live, and quite possibly more. \\
* WinDV (simple tiny capture tool).\\
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Cautions, Problems and Error Messages\\
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My Personal Frustrations\\
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* "The current video capture format is not compatible with avi files." - VirtualDub 1.9.8\\
* My ATI video card came with Video-In, but the video-in drivers seem quite unstable. My next card will not be ATI.\\
* All your devices are detected as PAL instead of NTSC. This is my current problem. Turned out that my Hauppauge USB Gadget was not meant to be used with Skype.\\
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Internet Resources\\
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(To view the site address, hover your mouse over the link, and look at your browser's status bar.)\\
* thefreecountry.com graciously lists free video capture software.\\
* thefreecountry.com lists free video editing software.\\
* Wikipedia on Video Capture.\\
* moviecodec.com Codec Downloads & Forum.\\
* Unrelated, Microsoft talks about watching live tv on your pc.\\
* Wikipedia List of Video Playing Software aka Media Players.\\
* Wikipedia List of Video Codecs!\\
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Manufacturers of Video Capture Devices\\
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* Hauppauge.com: \\
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