How I Create Videos Using Free Tools - Screen And Sound Capture At Once

alikl — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 23:09:18 GMT

Please visit landing page for these series How I Create Videos Using Free Tools where I explain the overall process for Video creation I use.

In this last post I've show you how to create screencast video including sound capture at once.

Start Media Encoder (free download). Plug in your mic.

1. Choose "Capture screen" template and press "OK".

2. Check "" option and press "Next".

3. Specify destination file name.

4. Choose high quality.

5. Specify some props and press "Finish".

6. Specify the resulting resolution (click the image to see it entirely):

7. Play a bit with "Video Smoothness" - I prefer 0 (Smoothest).

8. Hit "Start Encoding" green button - you are on the mic now.

Enjoy

How I Create Videos Using Free Tools

alikl — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:09:00 GMT

I've recently been hooked on doing some video stuff for demo purposes.

For example in this post I captured screen to show how to intercept web services http traffic with Fiddler - App Architecture with Security in mind - Video, Part I

There are plenty commercial tools available but I like free approach.

I am using Windows Movie Maker to create videos out of slides/pictures (that can be created for example with Paint) and for screen capture I use Windows Encoder (free download).

So here are the basic steps for the above sample:

1. Create video clip (WMV) out of static pictures using Movie Maker.

2. Capture screen using Media Encoder to produce WMV file..

3. Concatenate 1 and 2 using Media Encoder == WMV file

4. Get sound (WMA file) - either record your voice using Media Encoder or get some music (remember - copyright might apply).

5. Combine sound to the result of 3 using Media Stream Editor (installed with Media Encoder)

Media Encoder allows to do it all in one shot - screen and sound capture - but I like to separate.

Got better free techniques? Please share.

Enjoy

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How I Create Videos Using Free Tools - Screen And Sound Capture At Once

How I Create Videos Using Free Tools