Mat Hounsell wrote on Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:06:39 +1000 (EST): > I want to take seperate images, sound, text and create digital video (and > menus) preferablely to make a VCD or maybe a DVD. > > Can anyone recommend a free (or not too expensive) tool (or set of tools) for > beos/linux/win that is capable stable and doesn't lock you into their product? Most lock you into their product. But then that's only for one video production, you can do the next one in whatever tool you need. I use Personal Studio on BeOS (surprised at how cheap it was - $90 at the time) and Quicktime Pro on Windows. Plus ffmpeg and other tools to fiddle with the audio and video. Personal Studio is good for grabbing live video in BeOS (better results than in Windows on a PIII/550 with a Haupage video board) and titling. Quicktime is mostly for recompression, with crude editing (you can sort of cut and paste clips to make a complete video). - Alex