I didn't follow this thread well but in case they haven't been
mentioned here are some bookmarks I had for screencast and osx:

http://soylentfoo.jnewland.com/articles/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-screencast-on-mac-os-x

http://bryght.com/blog/roland-tanglao/snapz-pro-x-screencast-colophon

Tips:
http://groups.drupal.org/node/2424

Linux related:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ScreencastTeam/RecordingScreencasts

The Mac specific ones seem to prefer the Snapz Pro X. I'm not sure
what the price difference between it and iShowU is. You could probably
do the VNC and VM methods regardless of OS.

Eby

On 3/7/07, [Karen Coombs] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Nathan,
>
> I've played with a bunch of tools on the Mac. I use iShowU to make my screencasts, edit them in Quicktime and then will use VisualHub to translate from one format to another. That is if iShowU or Quicktime won't give me the format I want to end up with. I like iShowU because you can control lots of settings and there are some standard presets to help beginners.
>
> If I was pickier I'd probably want something more high-end where I could lay a video and audio track seperately, but right now this works.
>
> Karen
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nathan Vack <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2007 5:16 pm
> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Screencast editing advice?
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm looking to add audio to (and generally tighten up) the screencast
> > on installing the Bibapp, but I've found it to be surprisingly tricky
> > on my Mac. I kind of expected to use iMovie, but it seems to be quite
> > adamant that I produce one of a few resolutions (standard video
> > sizes) at either 25 or 29.997 FPS. I'd rather not resample the video
> > at all.
> >
> > Can anyone recommend something to this end? I'm willing to spend a
> > little, but, say, Final Cut Express is probably of my budget (plus
> > major feature overkill).
> >
> > Quicktime Pro, perhaps?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -Nate
> >
>