On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 10:46:03PM -0400, DAVID F. FARKAS wrote: > I know how to do basic stuff like this with audio. Can it be done on > video, especially with freeware of some sort? At the risk of coming across as preachy and pendantic, I wanted to draw a distinction between the terms freeware and Free Software. Freeware is software that does not give you access to the source code, and only allows you to download the executable. After which it turns into nagware or expireware. Free Software is software licensed as "share and share alike." More specifically, you have the right to read the source code, modify the source code and redistribute the source code. It is free as in "free speech"--in French, the term is libre as opposed to gratis. Free Software is rooted in the philosophical ideal that by sharing information, society improves at a greater rate than by witholding information. It is this ideal that originally motivated programmers to share their work with others. I could go on, say about ... - % of Dell servers sold that ship with Free Software installed, - the IT that Crocker, TnR, Jagfly and GAIA Host build their business on (including the software running this list), - the gross revenues at RedHat (the leading Free Software vendor), - the technology that youtube, Amazon, Google and Yahoo choose to build their business on, - the original intent of the state-sponsored and state-enforced monopoly that is copyright, - our broken patent system, and - the USA's attitude toward European intellectual property during our industrial revolution (and China's attitude now!) ... but I'll spare you. :) Regards, m