> Could one capture to RAM, scribble the text on top of the image, > then encode/compress into an avi file? I don't need to display the > image in real-time. Would the video loopback device come in handy? With the BTTV hardware you can mmap the buffers for capture and draw in them before compressing. For actual viewing you can use Xv and simply stick a text shaped X window over the top.
