how to record sound and video

David Miles · #1 September 30th, 2006

Hi. I am new here and this is my first post.

Does anyone know if it is possible to record yourself ( sound and video ) and save to your computer?

David Miles.

si16 · #2 September 30th, 2006

Hello and welcome David,

It is certainly possible to record both sound and video, it can be done reasonably inexpensively with a webcam. If you do a site search using the word webcam you'll find a few threads with recommendations of some good webcams.

randomaire · #3 September 30th, 2006

I use my logitech cam for video if I need it, I'm not good enough to post anything worthwhile yet, so its not been much use yet, but I do also use my digital camera lol. It works well just doesn't copy over to mp3 too well, but does a great job if I don't have to convert it.

David Miles · #4 September 30th, 2006

Thanks si16 and randomaire for your input.
I do have an ancient camcorder ( analogue ) that I could use to get a copy onto video tape so that I could view on TV. But I would prefer to watch on PC. I tried using my wife's digital camera as a web cam. It worked well as a video camera, but I didn't realise that it didn't have an inbuilt mike untill no sound came on with the video clip. I was hoping that I could use a mike at the same time, using "windows sound recorder", but I don't think it will be possible. As I really don't want to get another PC gizzmo, I guess I will have to go down the old camcorder route.

David.

si16 · #5 September 30th, 2006

It's possible to do something like that too David. The difficult part would be getting the two parts in synch. There's a free windows program called movie maker (usually found in c:\program files\movie maker) which can be used to edit video files. You can also choose a soundtrack to go with the video file. So you could record the sound with a mic and video with the camera and then use movie maker to put the two together.

David Miles · #6 September 30th, 2006

I am running Win 98SE and I don't think movie maker is included. Thanks for the idea though, I will look for video editing software, to see if it will enable me to do what I want to do.

David.

randomaire · #7 September 30th, 2006

Honestly Dave you'd be better off upgrading to xp if you can afford to. Your options become almost limitless when you do so. Not a whole lot of stuff thats worth it, that is compatible with 98 anymore.

Stratrat · #8 September 30th, 2006

Dave - you can buy analog/digital converter cards for your PC that will allow you to convert your analog camera footage into digital and transfer it onto the computer. Only problem is, they're more expensive than a webcam! Webcams have gotten to the point that they're almost disposable items nowadays - you can pick one up for next to nothing.

fly135 · #9 October 4th, 2006

David, a WinTV will do the trick.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

or any of these...

http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/Su...SubCategory=47

Rockerbob · #10 October 4th, 2006

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Originally Posted by David Miles

I am running Win 98SE and I don't think movie maker is included. Thanks for the idea though, I will look for video editing software, to see if it will enable me to do what I want to do.

David.

Win98!?!? Run away! Run away!

I would make a wild guess by the age of your OS that your PC is also old. Video takes a bit of horsepower, so you might be heading towards some frustration.