Free Video Capture Application
Chances are your web cam or video capture device came with video capture software. But if you need a good, easy to use application, WinAVI Video Capture is worth looking at. The program is free, and it works as advertised. Encoding in a number of formats is supported, including AVI, WMV, ASF, DivX, Xvid, RM, VCD, SVCD, DVD, and MPEG1/2/4. The software can be used with almost any video source – TV tuner cards, web cams, video capture cards, and so on.
My daughter mentioned that she wanted a cam for her laptop. I dug out an ancient Intel web cam, and downloaded WinAVI Video Capture for her. It did the trick, at least until I can get her something from this century.
