How To Capture Video With Windows Movie Maker

Windows Movie Maker is a great piece of software that comes bundled
with Windows xp. To capture videos with windows movie maker follow
these steps :

1. Go to Start > All Programs & click on Windows Movie Maker
to open movie maker.

2. Press Ctrl+R or or select File > Capture Video & click on it.

3. This will open a windows . Under Available Devices choose your
desired video capture device & under Audio Devices choose your desired
audio capture device. Under Audio capture source choose desired audio
capture source such as mic in, line in etc.

4. You can configure more advanced options of your camera or
TV tuner card by clicking on configure button.

5. When you are done click next.

6. On box number 1 enter a name for your captured video file &
box number 2 chhose where do you want to save your captured video file
by clicking on browse button if you don’t like the default location.
Click Next.

7. In this window you can configure settings about captured videos quality
if you don’t like the default setting
” Best quality on playback on my computer ” . You can choose from DV-AVI
( but I think you’ll need a DV camera to enable this feature ) or
Other Settings. Under Other Settings you’ll find many more options to
capture your video. Under Settings details & Video File Size you can
find important infos such as video format, resolution, file size etc.

8. Turn on your camera recor mode if it it not already turnded on. Click
next.

9. In this window you can see a preview of the video you’re going
to capture. Click on Start Capture to strat the Video capture.
If you want to edit the captured video check the box
“Create clips when the wizard finishes “
If you want to capture the video for limited period of time check
the box of capture time limit & put in your desired duration.

10. If you want to pause while capturing click on Stop Capture. Then
click on Start Capture again to capture Video. When you’re done click on Finish.

This will open your captured video as an clip or several clips
( Depends on what you’ve choosen on Step No.9 under
“”Create clips when the wizard finishes “” )

You can edit the clip or clips as you wish or you can just
exit movie maker without any changes.

Play the video file from the location where you’ve saved
it on Step No.6 Option No.2.

Enjoy

Note : I’ve used winxp sp2, a usb web cam for this tutorial

How to Create FreeBSD 7 DVD From CDs

Ok. I’am going to start this tutorial from scratch.
I’ll present this tute as a workshop in front of you
so that you don’t have to suffer in confusions.

Here I go :

1. login as root. Create a folder under root and name
it freebsd (eg./freebsd). create a folder under freebsd
and name it mnt (eg./freebsd/mnt)

2. Copy all 4 bsd disc images from digit dvd
(or download from http://www.freebsd.org) to /freebsd folder.

3. open terminal window & type
cd /freebsd & press enter.

4. Now type
mount -o loop -t iso9660 7.0-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso /freebsd/mnt
& press enter.

5. Now go to the /freebsd/mnt folder & copy paste the
cdrom.inf file on desktop.

6. in terminal window type :
tar -C /freebsd/mnt -cf – . | tar -xf -
& press enter.

7. Then issue this command :
umount /freebsd/mnt
& press enter.

8. Now on the terminal repeat this step
for all remaining three images. eg.

[root@localhost freebsd]# mount -o loop -t iso9660 7.0-RELEASE-i386-disc2.iso /freebsd/mnt
[root@localhost freebsd]# tar -C /freebsd/mnt -cf – . | tar -xf -
[root@localhost freebsd]# umount /freebsd/mnt

[root@localhost freebsd]# mount -o loop -t iso9660 7.0-RELEASE-i386-disc3.iso /freebsd/mnt
[root@localhost freebsd]# tar -C /freebsd/mnt -cf – . | tar -xf -
[root@localhost freebsd]# umount /freebsd/mnt

[root@localhost freebsd]# mount -o loop -t iso9660 7.0-RELEASE-i386-docs.iso /freebsd/mnt
[root@localhost freebsd]# tar -C /freebsd/mnt -cf – . | tar -xf -
[root@localhost freebsd]# umount /freebsd/mnt

9. Now go to the /freebsd folder and delete
the mnt & rr_moved folder. Also delete the four iso images.

10. Now copy the cdrom.inf file from desktop
& paste it into the /freebsd folder.

11. In terminal window type :
cd /freebsd/packages
& press enter.

12. Type in : for eg:
[root@localhost packages]# sed -ie ’s/|2/|1/g’ INDEX
[root@localhost packages]# sed -ie ’s/|3/|1/g’ INDEX

13. Go to /freebsd/packages folder & delet a file called INDEXe

14. On the terminal issue this command to get a bootable dvd iso image of freebsd:
mkisofs -V FreeBSD-7-dvd -J -R -b boot/cdboot -no-emul-boot -o /FreeBSD-7.0-RELEASE-i386-dvd.iso /freebsd

This will create FreeBSD-7.0-RELEASE-i386-dvd.iso under /.

15.  Issue this command to burn the created iso file :
growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/cdrw=/FreeBSD-7.0-RELEASE-i386-dvd.iso

or Burn this with your your desired burning app like k3b, brasero etc.

Note : You need a linux box to create this dvd. I’ve used fc8.
Also login as root to avoid stay hassle free

Windows keyboard Shortcuts Overview

General keyboard shortcuts :

Press:CTRL+C
To:Copy

Press:CTRL+X
To:Cut

Press:CTRL+V
To:Paste

Press:CTRL+Z
To:Undo

Press:DELETE
To:Delete

Press:SHIFT+DELETE
To:Delete selected item permanently without placing the
item in the Recycle Bin

Press:CTRL while dragging an item
To:Copy selected item.

Press:CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item
To:Create shortcut to selected item.

Press:F2
To:Rename selected item.

Press:CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
To:Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word.

Press:CTRL+LEFT ARROW
To:Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word.

Press:CTRL+DOWN ARROW
To:Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph.

Press:CTRL+UP ARROW
To:Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph.

Press:CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys
To:Highlight a block of text.

Press:SHIFT with any of the arrow keys
To:Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop
or select text within a document.

Press:CTRL+A
To:Select all.

Press:F3
To:Search for a file or folder.

Press:ALT+ENTER
To:View properties for the selected item.

Press:ALT+F4
To:Close the active item, or quit the active program.

Press:ALT+Enter
To:Displays the properties of the selected object.

Press:ALT+SPACEBAR
To:Opens the shortcut menu for the active window.

Press:CTRL+F4
To:Close the active document in programs that allow you
to have multiple documents open simultaneously.

Press:ALT+TAB
To:Switch between open items.

Press:ALT+ESC
To:Cycle through items in the order they were opened.

Press:F6
To:Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop.

Press:F4
To:Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer.

Press:SHIFT+F10
To:Display the shortcut menu for the selected item.

Press:ALT+SPACEBAR
To:Display the System menu for the active window.

Press:CTRL+ESC
To:Display the Start menu.

Press:ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name or Underlined letter
in a command name on an open menu Carry out the corresponding command.
To:Display the corresponding menu.

Press:F10
To:Activate the menu bar in the active program.

Press:RIGHT ARROW
To:Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu.

Press:LEFT ARROW
To:Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu.

Press:F5
To:Refresh the active window.

Press:BACKSPAC
To:View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer.

Press:ESC
To:Cancel the current task.

Press:SHIFT
To:when you insert a CD into the CD-ROM drive Prevent
the CD from automatically playing.

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Dialog box keyboard shortcuts :

Press:CTRL+TAB
To:Move forward through tabs.

Press:CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
To:Move backward through tabs.

Press:TAB
To:Move forward through options.

Press:SHIFT+TAB
To:Move backward through options.

Press:ALT+Underlined letter
To:Carry out the corresponding command or select the corresponding option.

Press:ENTER
To:Carry out the command for the active option or button.

Press:SPACEBAR
To:Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box.

Press:Arrow keys
To:Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons.

Press:F1
To:Display Help.

Press:F4
To:Display the items in the active list.

Press:BACKSPACE
To:Open a folder one level up if a folder
is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box.

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Windows Key Related keyboard shortcuts :

Press:Windows Key
To:Display or hide the Start menu.

Press:Windows Key+BREAK
To:Display the System Properties dialog box.

Press:Windows Key+D
To:Show the desktop.

Press:Windows Key+M
To:Minimize all windows.

Press:Windows Key+Shift+M
To:Restores minimized windows.

Press:Windows Key+E
To:Open My Computer.

Press:Windows Key+F
To:Search for a file or folder.

Press:CTRL+Windows Key+F
To:Search for computers.

Press:Windows Key+F1
To:Display Windows Help.

Press:Windows Key+L
To:Lock your computer if you are connected to a network domain,
or switch users if you are not connected to a network domain.

Press:Windows Key+R
To:Open the Run dialog box.

Press:Windows Key+U
To:Open Utility Manager.

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Accessibility keyboard shortcuts :

Press:Right SHIFT for eight seconds
To:Switch FilterKeys on and off.

Press:Left ALT +left SHIFT +PRINT SCREEN
To:Switch High Contrast on and off.

Press:Left ALT +left SHIFT +NUM LOCK
To:Switch MouseKeys on and off.

Press:SHIFT five times
To:Switch StickyKeys on and off.

Press:NUM LOCK for five seconds
To:Switch ToggleKeys on and off.

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Windows Explorer keyboard shortcuts :

Press:END
To:Display the bottom of the active window.

Press:HOME
To:Display the top of the active window.

Press:NUM LOCK+ASTERISK on numeric keypad (*)
To:Display all subfolders under the selected folder.

Press:NUM LOCK+PLUS SIGN on numeric keypad (+)
To:Display the contents of the selected folder.

Press:NUM LOCK+MINUS SIGN on numeric keypad (-)
To:Collapse the selected folder.

Press:LEFT ARROW
To:Collapse current selection if it’s expanded, or select parent folder.

Press:RIGHT ARROW
To:Display current selection if it’s collapsed, or select first subfolder.

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