March 1, 2001
Today's issue is for those of you who are using Windows 95/98...and
there seems to be a whole helleva lot of you guys using that OS.
Well, if you want to play with some videos, set your eyeballs on
this issue for we introduce you to some fun and inexpensive video
making tools.
If you're ready for new ideas on how to jump-start your eBusiness
projects, then you must attend this free webconference from
Bowstreet.
Best Wishes,
Pete,
WebSiteNotes Editor
Windows 95/98 Video and Animation Tools
Eyes & Ears
Eyes & Ears is a surveillance/webcam package that integrates
frame-grabbers, web cams and sound cards into a powerful and easy
to use package. Includes automated FTP and SMTP uploads. And now
includes a video phone interface to the Remotion video phone.
Video capture sessions can be motion-sensitive or time-lapsed.
Also, the user can specify an area in the cameras field of view
to focus the motion-sensitive logic. A flexible schedule editor
allows you to schedule daily capture sessions with 3 different
start/stop times per day. Audio capture sessions are
sound-activated. And the user can specify recording
quality/duration. Demo is full-featured, but capture sessions
are limited to 15 minutes.
www.intech2.com/intech2.html
Price: $21.95
Eyes & Ears Lite for $12.95. Same software but without SMTP and
FTP file transfers.
Diqicam Webcast
Diqicam Webcast enables you to broadcast personal video content
onto the Internet. Now you can easily stream anything, anywhere
and anytime using any regular webcam. Live content streamed with
Diqicam software can be easily viewed using any standard Java
capable web browser at http://your.ip.address. The access to your
webcast can be protected via password. You can also publish a
webpage on a remote server and refresh images using FTP-upload
method.
diqicam.com
Price: $20.00
Win a hand-held Garmin GPS eMap Deluxe Receivers (global-positioning system)!
VideoMach
VideoMach is a powerful audio/video builder and converter. Use
it to build video clips from still images, add music to videos,
extract audio tracks and pictures from movies, or just convert
media clips from one file format to another. Take advantage of its
abilities to change the compression, frame rate, color depth,
audio format and other properties of media clips. Resize your
video content in non-standard ways, arrange pictures in matrices
or enhance video clips with filters such as sharpen, emboss, gamma
correction, brightness, contrast, saturation, resample, crop,
rotate, and dozens of others. (Never expires for non-commercial
use.)
gromada.com/VideoMach.html
Price: $49.00
CinePlayer DVR
Record Video straight from your TV Card! Record as MPEG-1, MPEG-2
or ASF. Easy to use. Program Scheduler Watch TV, Record and Play
your Favorite Shows Works with PII 350/Celeron 400 Video CD
Compliant PAL and NTSC Support. With CinePlayer DVR Plus you can
turn your PC into a VCR. CinePlayer DVR records TV and video from
your TV tuner card directly into MPEG-1, MPEG-2 or ASF. Use
CinePlayer DVR for making digital copies of your videos.
ravisentdirect.com/store/cpdvrp.html
Price: $79.95
Jump-start your eBusiness
SupervisionCam
A shareware application that turns your PC into a video surveillance
system. Captures and compares images from a video camera at
intervals you define. It starts optional activities when a movement
is detected. These activities can be: Save the images as BMP or JPG
to your hard disk; Play a sound; Send a message to any computer in
the network; Send a mail (MAPI or SMTP) with the image as attachment
that causes the alarm; Start a program; Minimize the active Window
(for our game players); Create a protocol as a HTML document;
Upload this protocol including the images to a server with optional
dial in support; SupervisionCam can also capture images in a
defined time interval. This allows to use it as a WebCam program,
to add the current image to your HTML protocol or simple capture
the frames of a slow motion activity like an opening blossom.
supervisioncam.com/index.html
Price: $25.00
