I am hoping someone out there can help me....

I am trying to make a video for a friend of mine for Christmas (yes I know it's late, but I thought I knew how to do it & thought I had plenty of time...)

For the last part of the video I need to do a screen capture (I guess that's the right term) of separate video. I have tried two separate software programs (RiverPast & Debut) and I can get the picture but no sound.

I had sound for a while with Debut but it was stacatco static not the real sound. Now I've lost that too (can't remember what settings I used to get the static).

Anyone have any suggestions or hints? I have an HP multimedia PC & I'm running Windows7.

You mean cutting the clip out? It seems like that. Screen capture means a picture cut out of a video. No sound, just the image.

With clips I usually cut and edit them in windows movie maker while making the vid. :unsure:

Or did you mean perhaps an animation? They don't have sound either, but VirtualDub is pretty good at exporting clips or animations or caps frame by frame from a video.

I guess I'm trying to cut a clip out...

Here's what I've done before - I start the video & then pause it where I want to start recording. Then I launch the screen capture software. I set the "region" that I want recorded (the section of my screen where the video is playing). I click "record" on the software and restart my video. The software records whatever is playing in the video - both sound and video. Then I stop the software once I've recorded the portion I want.

Problem is that when I do that with the two software programs I have, all I can get is the video portion - the soundtrack is missing.

Does that make sense?

Ah I see, yep that does make sense. It sounds like a software to record activity on screen rather then cut clips. Those I believe are strictly for vid recording with no sound. Are you recording from a video file? You could try Windows Movie Maker then, that's what I use for vidding and I don't have to pre cut clips with it. But it doesn't support all the formats though.

VirtualDub is also good at that. Though that's not a vidder software.

I have movie maker, but I think that only works if you have the video already on your computer - which I don't.

The one I used to use was River Past and it worked great until I upgraded to Windows7 and RiverPast Pro. Now I can't get the sound to work. And despite what RiverPast claims - they don't really offer any user or technical support....

Oh I see. Yes, Movie Maker works with video files already on the comp and while you work with it you can't move the files you use anywhere. Sorry I can't be much of help, I never used these kind of programs before...

that's okay. Thanks for trying.