Hi Lucas -

There are two websites that come in handy if you want to mashup  
videos from YouTube ~

 > http://keepvid.com will give you a download link so you can rip  
the .flv file from YouTube to your desktop. I have the "Keep It" link  
right onto my bookmarks bar and it gets a bit of use.

 > http://perian.org is the free perian component that lets you play  
the .flv file within QuickTime.

Once you have perian installed, you can import your .flv files  
straight into iMovie like you would with any QuickTime file.

Files ripped from YouTube will tend to have that grainy crappy  
quality. Often the audio and video is slightly out-of-sync for some  
reason, but if you use command-J in iMovie it will extract the audio  
from the video file. You can usually slide the waveform around and  
get the sound back in sync again.

That should get you started at least.

--
xo philip
http://swordfight.org

On 26-Jan-07, at 9:39 PM, Lucas Gonze wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> I have this idea to make a mashup with this YouTube video:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=901D-ZyP9Nk
>
> My idea is to play along on guitar, shoot video of myself playing
> along, and then make a composite video with the original next to the
> new thing. The camera would be the little iSight on my Mac.
> Available software is the iLife tools and Soundtrack Pro.
>
> The tough part is that I am a total dip when it comes to video.
>
> Any ideas about how I could make all that come together, given that
> the YouTube stuff is in Flash and probably doesn't even expose the
> FLV?
>
> -Lucas
>
> 



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