Herk

Hello TFP. I need your incite. My brother has pitched a fantastic idea for an internet news broadcast to me. I have very little knowledge on how to accomplish some tasks. I can bring video in from my hi8 cam and compress them into avi. I toyed with flash for a little while years ago. I can write code in several languages, although I'm not a programmer by trade.

What is the best way to set up a relatively automated system for bringing digital video in over 1394, editing its contents, applying overlays(like the red stripe that says the newscasters name), and then compressing it for worthiness to online flash video players?

What I am wrestling with is; should I get some nice video editing software or should I go with a Flash-like program?

By the way, I didn't know where best to put this. If it belongs elsewhere, I'm cool with that and I apologize.

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