wwswimming@yahoo.com wrote:
> hi
>
> for example, i'm watching video in an explorer window and want to
> capture what i'm watching.
>
> whether it's a surfcam, that is, video of the ocean, or a news segment
> from a news website, i'd like to be able to capture the audio & video
> from the screen.
>
> that is, to be able to pick a rectangle containing the video of
> interest, and to then just save "it" (the video & audio appearing in
> the capture window) to a file.
>
> in the past i've pointed a webcam with a microphone at the computer
> screen. that's kind of a clunky way to do it, and it generates huge
> file sizes.
>
> is there a Video Screen Capture program like this, available for
> Windows XP ?
>
> thanks !


Look into Windows Media Encoder 9. More info at http://tinyurl.com/9rz5l

Mike