captioning program suggestion

[washuchan]

to those who have the means to make vidcaps of DVD (or any movie media), what program do you use?

so far I mostly found powerdvd recommended in most site. However, I only got winDVD, media player, divx etc.. and print screen definitely doesn't work.

Any suggestions (esp. those cheap, shareware, or even freeware programs??)

thx

[theravenisdead]

VirtualDub is good for AVI files, and is okay with MPEG-1 files.

As for DVD, I use PowerDVD (came in the box with my Sony DVD drive) but I'll look out for some good capture progs.

Although I'm kinda shocked that WinDVD doesnt have that feature :-/

[washuchan]

my winDVDversion happens to be incapable of caption :-/

this would be a good tips, watch out when buying laptop equipped with dvd if you have captioning function in your mind. Mine's toshiba s1805 and its windvd has limited feature

[theravenisdead]

Pre-installed software... *cringes*

I have a personal principle to always completely nuke a preinstalled OS and its programs whenever I get a laptop. As for desktops, I build em 'n set em up myself.
I enjoy the personal touch in mah comps  

There may be some good freeware dvd playback progs on the net, try searching, ya never know what you may find  

[larewen_evenstar]

I have WinDVD, and I have the cationing option. what version is it? I think only versions 4 and up have that option, although it might be 3 and up.

Try right clicking, and then look for a thing in the list that says: Caption browser. If you don't have that, then you can't take captions. Sorry.

[Saucer]

For AVIs, I just uses Apple's Grab. But for DVDs, since it won't let you run grab and Apple DVD player at the same time, I use a great freeware prog called Capture Me.

These are, of course, Mac programs. But whenever you need freeware or shareware, regardless of what platform you're running, I always recommend http://www.versiontracker.com ^_^

[Spanner]

ps. and oh, Spanner, would u mind telling me in the caption thread the program u use to caption all the pics in dual Ifurita website

For most of the images on my website, I used the Intel Video Capture Utility, which came installed on the older of my two computers (the Win95 one). It was a handy little gadget, great for getting movies and screencaps. As long as you didn't mind that it could not produce movies and screencaps larger than 160 pixels wide by 120 high (i.e., the size of all the screencaps on my website). It served my purposes nicely, though, considering the format of my webpage. It's also most likely totally useless to you, both because it's a very old program, and also because I'm pretty sure it was software tailored for my video card, which you probably don't have since it's a very old video card. Additionally, this program probably wouldn't work for you if you're intending to get screencaps from DVDs. It works by reading data fed into the computer through its audio/video ports (the red, white, and yellow cables) which works fine if you wanna get stuff from a VCR or TV, but not so good if you want to try to hook up a DVD player (most are encrypted against this kinda thing).

More recently, I've begun using my newer computer (Win98) to get screenshots from DVDs. To do so, I use my computer's DVD player to play the movies, and then I take pictures using a program called HyperSnap. This program is NOT freeware; you can use it for free, but if you do, it prints the companies name on every picture you produce. I purchased a license for this software, and so am able to create clear pictures. On the plus side, it's very easy software to use, and has no problem getting pictures from DVDs. The pictures I added in the "Ifurita lookalike" thread were created in this manner.

If you look hard enough (or just take the advice of others in this thread), you can probably find free software that works just as well. I, on the other hand, was lazy. When I found something that worked, I was willing to just pay money for it, rather than continue my search for something free.