On Oct 20, 2005, at 4:40 PM, Marc Chrusch wrote:

>
> So who has recommendations for the best streaming-video-with-audio  
> capture software that ignores any brain-dead DRM?
>

"streaming-video-with-audio capture software" sounds like "widest  
longest steepest" to me, so I'm not exactly sure exactly what you  
mean, but I would venture to answer, "QuickTime."

o If by "capture," you mean "live video capture," QuickTime  
Broadcaster is free, and works with Darwin Stream Server, which is  
free. Sure, you need a Mac to run the former, but any u*ix box will  
run the latter. Of course, in the context of ski movies, the  
difficulties in remote networking of camera and laptop in the field  
we preclude it;s use for much of anything iinteresting

o If by "capture," you mean digitize pre-existing material such as  
video tapes or DVDs, then QuickTime Player Pro 7 ($29) can record to  
disk in MP4 format in real time.

o As an budding web videographer, I have come to prefer Apple's  
iMovie software as the quickest and easiest way to capture, edit, and  
prepare for distribution my own fun and exciting ski movies

o For general delivery, QuickTime file format is nearly ubiquitous  
and only employs DRM in the most recent case of ABC TV shows made for  
the iPod Video. Canned content generally doesn't even need a  
streaming server: over broadband connections, the "QuickStart start  
playing while stilll downloading" performance rivals or exceeds that  
of streaming the same content. Example:

         http://www.uvm.edu/~waw/movies/wdi05hs2b-2.html

o For PodCasting, the iPod video prefers QuickTime movies in MP4 or H. 
264 format. Watch for a crop of Wesley, Jimmy, and Scott videos  
optimized for the iPod, coming this winter to a blog near you. And on  
the Mad River Glen website, too, I might expect.

o $10 to watch Born in Ice for a week on my computer? They must be  
nuts. But I'd buy it for $1.99 if the Apple Music Store sold it.

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