{"id":124,"date":"2008-11-05T16:14:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T16:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roysac.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/2008\/11\/video-editing-ripping-converting-and-capture-tools-for-the-pc\/"},"modified":"2008-11-05T16:14:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-05T16:14:00","slug":"video-editing-ripping-converting-and-capture-tools-for-the-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.roysac.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/video-editing-ripping-converting-and-capture-tools-for-the-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Editing, Ripping, Converting and Capture Tools for the PC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Someone asked me recently, which tools I am using for all my video stuff (see for example my four YouTube<\/a> channels: CirqueDuSoleilGuru<\/a>, SACReleases<\/a>, CumbrowskiCom<\/a> and TurnbeutelvergesserB<\/a>). An interesting question, which I decided to post the answer for here at my person blog, because it might also interest some other folks as well. <\/p>\n

Okay, here is a quick 101 of the tools that I use<\/strong> personally for all my video, images and audio stuff. <\/p>\n

\"DivX DVD Ripping and Converting<\/h3>\n

For ripping video from a DVD and converting it into an AVI, I use various different tools. <\/p>\n

I like iLead DVD Ripper<\/a> (download<\/a>), if I just want to get a specific and short snippet of content from a DVD and converting a whole chapter or VOB file would be way too much. <\/p>\n

To convert whole DVDs or individual chapters I am using either ImToo DVD Ripper<\/a> (download<\/a>) or Nidesoft DVD to AVI Converter<\/a> (download<\/a>). <\/p>\n

\"Download<\/a> Video Downloading and Stream Recording<\/h3>\n

To download movies from web sites, such as CirqueDuSoleil.com<\/a> where it is a bit harder, i am using Jaksta<\/a> Stream Recorder (download<\/a>), unless it works already fine with the download Browser Plug-in from RealPlayer<\/a> or Replay Media Catcher<\/a> by Applian. <\/p>\n

\"MP4<\/a> Video Conversion<\/h3>\n

I then convert the videos with either MP4 Converter<\/a> (download<\/a>) by 4Media or Moyea FLV Converter<\/a> (download<\/a>). I wrote a post about video downloading<\/a> at my personal blog for more information about this subject.<\/p>\n

\"Video<\/a> Video Editing<\/h3>\n

I do some basic cutting and filtering with the free tool VirtualDub<\/a>. <\/p>\n

If I have to do some more editing, I am using ImToo Mpeg Encoder<\/a> (download<\/a>) to convert videos to Mpeg2 and edit them with Adobe Premiere<\/a>. You have to convert all video footage to one format, one that the editing software handles well, or you might get all kinds of issues. I also to resizing to one resolution before hand. I do that mostly with VirtualDub<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"Audio<\/a> Images and Audio Editing<\/h3>\n

For still images, I am using Adobe Photoshop<\/a>, Snag-It Editor and an old version of Paintshop Pro (without Layers). For audio editing I am using the free tool Audacity<\/a> or Adobe Soundbooth<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"mac-apple-coloricon\"<\/a>… and I am sick and tired of Windows<\/a> and issues with video and audio Codec etc. and THAT<\/strong> close to get a Macintosh<\/a>. :)???? <\/p>\n

I used in the past Camtasia Studio<\/a> by TechSmith for video composition, because it was easy to use, just like the (free) Windows Movie Maker<\/a> by Microsoft, just a little bit better. <\/p>\n

\"AVI<\/a> Screen Captures and Screen Recordings<\/h3>\n

For screen captures and recordings I am using TechSmith’s Snag-It<\/a> or the CamRecorder<\/em> that comes with TechSmith’s Camtasia Studio<\/a>. To record demos and intros (sacreleases<\/a> account at YouTube<\/a>), I am either using the capture feature that comes with the emulators (DOSBox<\/a> or WinUAE<\/a>) and for Windows stuff the free tool called KKapture<\/a>, which was developed by the famous (in the demoscene) demo group Farbrausch<\/a>. <\/p>\n

That’s about it…the whole deal \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n

I use and used to use some other tools, but that is often only for convenience reasons, nothing more. I could do everything with just the tools that I mentioned. <\/p>\n

Cheers!
Carsten aka Roy\/SAC<\/p>\n

Applications List<\/h3>\n