Video capture and editing

[angels355]

Hello,

I've done some screen shots over the years but have never taken the time to become proficient at FS video capture and editing.

First everyone is familiar (except me) with Fraps. they say it is free for a limited number of minutes, if you want the restrictions removed looks like it is $37 US now. http://www.fraps.com/

While I was looking up the Fraps website I found this webpage with five alternatives to Fraps that are free: http://www.anewmorning.com/2009/01/0...ives-to-fraps/

Next, I was wondering about video editing software. I recall a really cool product from Apple, or rather it was on an Apple computer as a demo. What payware and freeware or opensource products are there that can be used to edit videos? What would be appropriate if I got my own video camera and wanted to do small productions?

What format is accepted by youtube? Is it a standard format, or is there an formal professional format and or the every day youtube format? What can be done in Linux or Windows? Apple computers are so expensive I can't imagine it, I've been a little frugal through these recessions.

Oh, while on this subject, I wonder if anyone can help me on this Linux point also. Let's say you have an NTFS partition which both Linux and Windows can read and write on:

You create new folders with Linux, or Windows on the NTFS partition (separate from the Windows partition), and, Linux and read and write either, no problem whatsoever, it's really amazing.

If however you create folders with Linux on the NTFS partition, Windows can not read them at all and use such words as corrupted file, and has caused real problems reading any such files using Win 2000, Win 7, and WIn 8. What's up with that? Is there a Linux program that can correct this?

[MdMax]

Hello !

If however you create folders with Linux on the NTFS partition, Windows can not read them at all and use such words as corrupted file, and has caused real problems reading any such files using Win 2000, Win 7, and WIn 8. What's up with that? Is there a Linux program that can correct this?

What's your GNU/Linux distro and version ? Are you using an encrypted NTFS partition, or encrypted files and folders ? Did you name your folders with special characters ?

[angels355]

Hello !



What's your GNU/Linux distro and version ? Are you using an encrypted NTFS partition, or encrypted files and folders ? Did you name your folders with special characters ?

Basically Mint 7 and the same with Ubuntu and Sabayon, from that generation through Mint 12, Gnome, and KDE. Nothing exotic, no encryption, no special names, just ordinary plain methods as described. And here's the kicker, don't plant a Linux file onto a Windows partition (where Winows resides), it drives Windows bonkers, I've had direct experience with this with Win 2000, and Win 7. Windows senses something wrong with the file system, and tries over and over to correct the problem, causing loss of data possibly, but maybe not if the files are read by linux. Linux can read and write anything, Windows does not like linux at all. I'm wondering if a full Wine installation or something similar would correct this problem, so that Linux can put down Windows friendly files onto an NTFS partition. I completely avoid putting such files onto a Windows system partition (in other words a partition where Windows resides) however why tempt fate?

Also have a really bad problem with Gnome LinuxMint on my computer, and a lot of people have been having similar problems on the LinuxMint forum. I have an intel mobo DG314PR running a Q9450 processor, and Asus (nvidia) 550 Ti 1 gb video card all suitable for FSX. Gnome LinuxMint 7 through 12 does not boot at all, not even a menu, just a blank screen as the system continues to try to boot it up but is stalled. LM KDE however works just fine as some have found on the Mint forum, however I sorta like Gnome better. I installed Synaptic and installed all of the Gnome programs I like. After an update going from Mint 12 KDE RC to Final, the update manager icon disappeared and Synaptic no longer started up. I uninstalled Synaptic then reinstalled it, I think it's working again. But still no update manager icon and no reference to it in the menu! I have downloaded the Mint 12 KDE Final 64, may try reinstalling it or Sabayon 8 64. Just tried Synaptic it's working again. I'm tempted to download the whole gnome desktop. Actually I have Cinnamon desktop and Gnome and other desktops included running the KDE system, but wondering if it would work to download the whole gnome desktop environment. Strangely Ubuntu Gnome the latest 64 bit version works just fine boots and runs, but every time I install all the programs I want and do the big update it doesn't want to work properly. For example it refuses to allow me to write on that NTFS partition, says it is a read only partition which it is not supposed to be and won't convert it to read and write. LinuxMint is so much better. Sabayon Gnome also works well in that respect, it has its' eccentricities but it seems more polished than Ubuntu. Problem I keep having is, I install Sabayon, install the nvidia driver and reboot, everything is fine. Then I install 293 updates and it wipes out the reference to the nvidia driver and I lose the video it goes blank. It's happened many times. I'm wondering if i need to try first installing the 293 updates, then before rebooting install the nvidia driver. This problem has locked me out of Sabayon over and over. I try to keep Linux on a separate disk from Windows, and disconnect Windows when installing linux.

Wonder what happened to Ultimate linux, I got version 2.8 quite a while ago, now on the download mirror sourceforge only a few download links work, and the Ultimate website is down. They're supposed to be up to version 3.0. Ultimate is derived from LinuxMint, I was hoping Ultimate might have the remedy but couldn't download a later version to try.