How do I capture video images and compress them into MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 formats?
First, you need hardware that can capture video images. Popular video devices through which video can be obtained are a video capture card, a TV turner card, PC camera, or a digital camcorder connected to IEEE 1394 (“Firewire”) port. You can connect your TV cable line, TV antenna, VCR, or analog camcorder to a capture card or TV turner card. Video capture come in 2 forms: PCI card or USB. (Most PC cameras are USB based.) With one of the above pieces of hardware, you can capture video images and turn them into AVI files using software that comes with the hardware. The main problem with an AVI file is its huge file size. Even as little as several minutes of AVI encoding requires a very large hard disk. The better solution is to compress AVI files into an MPEG format. The program used to do this is called “honestech MPEG Encoder 4.0” It has the advantage of greatly reducing the file size without compromising image quality. For example, it is possible to compress an AVI file into MPEG form
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