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What is Video Caster? |
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Video Caster is a
streaming media creation and publishing system.
It helps you to create your own movies,
multimedia slide-shows and animation sequences
and to record audio. It can then take these
media files from your computer and encode them
into streaming media clips. These ‘encoded’
streaming media clips can then be published on
our streaming server by Video Caster, so that
they are ready to be viewed by your friends and
family, over the Internet. |
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What can I do with
Video Caster? |
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Share special
occasions like weddings/birthdays with
friends and relatives around the world. |
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Enhance an
online auction. |
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Create a
Video Resume. |
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Encode media
files to Windows Media Format. |
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Share a
product demonstration. Video Caster also
helps you manage your entire library of
media files and more. |
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Is there a
quick wizard to learn Video Caster? |
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Yes. The Video
Caster provides you with the quick wizard which
helps you learn Video Caster in 7 easy steps. It
helps you create a new media file and encode
your media files. |
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Can I
create a media file using Video Caster? |
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You can use Video
Caster to record audio and create your own
movies. For example, Video Caster helps you
create movies to distribute news, provide
entertainment, sell products, communicate
business messages, or conduct distance learning. |
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What is an
FTP account? |
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Your FTP Account is
your disk space on a FTP server. It is the root
directory, on which you can create your own
subdirectories and store your uploaded media
files. |
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How do I
encode a Media file in Video Caster? |
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The Encoder in
Video Caster helps you convert your video /
audio files into a streaming format so that they
are ready to be hosted on the streaming server
and accessed by your friends from around the
world. You may access the Encoder in Video
Caster by right-clicking on a media file and
selecting ‘Media > Encode & Publish’. You may
also use the ‘Tools’ menu to open the Encoder or
click the Encode button in the Tool bar. |
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How do I
publish files through Video Caster? |
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Video Caster
provides you with the file publishing utility,
wherein you just need to login into your FTP
account and make use of the various options. You
can upload the media file to any FTP server
through Video Caster. You may access the
'Publish' in Video Caster by right-clicking on a
media file and selecting ‘Media > Encode &
Publish’. You may also use the ‘Tools’ menu to
open the publisher or click the Publish button
in the Tool bar. |
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What is
Microsoft DirectX? |
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Microsoft DirectX®
is an advanced suite of multimedia Application
Programming Interfaces (API’s) built into
Microsoft Windows® operating systems. DirectX
provides a standard development platform for
Windows-based PCs by enabling software
developers to access specialized hardware
features without having to write any
hardware-specific code. DirectX is a recognized
standard for multimedia application development
on the Windows platform. |
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In simple words, DirectX is a Windows technology
that enables higher performance in graphics and
sound when you’re playing games or watching
video on your PC. You need to have DirectX 8.1
or higher installed, to be able to use Video
Caster. |
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Where can
I download Microsoft DirectX? |
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Windows 98 (Second
Edition), Windows Millennium Edition (Windows
Me), and Windows 2000 users can download the
latest version of DirectX from the Microsoft
site. Windows XP users need not download DirectX
for Video Caster. Windows XP has appropriate
support for DirectX built into it. |
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Click here to download the latest version of
DirectX. |
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