mixer un enregistrement d'une vidéo avec celui de l'écran d'ordinateur

English translation: combine a video with a computer screen shot

09:16 Jan 8, 2020

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French term or phrase: mixer un enregistrement d'une vidéo avec celui de l'écran d'ordinateur

I've googled the software mentioned but can't quite work out what this means, specifically "mixer" in the context. Text is about university teachers creating resources for "flipped classrooms".

Les logiciels de montage (comme Camtasia pour PC ou Screenflow pour Mac) permettent de mixer un enregistrement d’une vidéo faite via une webcam (ou une caméra connectée) avec celui de l’écran d’ordinateur.

Could it be: **combine a video recorded** via a webcam (or connected camera) **with a recording of your computer screen**? Would that make sense to the experts among you?

MoiraB KudoZ activity Questions: 725 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (21 closed without grading) Answers: 545 France
Local time: 01:33

English translation:combine a video with a computer screen shot

Explanation:
From your suggestion, I think you may be parsing this slightly wrongly — I don't believe it is 'un enregistrement vidéo' as you seem to be reading it, but rather 'mixer un enregistrement de... et de...)

It's a subtle point, but in many cases, FR specifies both what you do (here, 'mixer') and the fact it is recorded ('un enregistrement') — we tend to take it for granted as implicit in EN, though we might find 'mix a recording of their latest album...'

I would avoid 'mix' here, simply because in EN that has a tendency to connote forst and foremost AUDIO mixing, and the average lay person doesn't even stop to think that there is also VIDEO mixing — which is in any case not exactly what it going on here; this seems to be more editing (unless, perhaps, it involves say picture-in-picture or split screen techniques) — so overall, I think 'combine' conveys the idea better.

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I see your point about 'celui' — but I don't think it changes the underlying issue.
The only point to watch out for is that my suggested 'screenshot' could be understood as being merely a still image screen capture, where as here I'm pretty sure it is referring to 'live action' on the screen (whence the awkward formulation) — but I'm pretty sure the informed reader would soon get the right idea.
Otherwise, you might need to say something like 'combining video and screenshot recordings'

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Well, I can't give a better answer, since you haven't given us that part of your context :-(

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Ah, I see!

Well, it's not hard to include that parenthesis within my suggested formulation above:

'combining video (from an external or webcam) and screenshot recordings'

The S/T is a bit iffy anyway, since they presumably mean an externally-connected or built-in camera since either might be a WEBcam or not... unless they are seeking to refer to a DISTANT webcam; it's not very well written, but you can't do better than copy it, unless it is made clearer anywhere else.

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Tony M
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Local time: 01:33

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Thanks, Tony! Especially for the extra input.
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Tony M
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Thanks, Tony! Especially for the extra input.

Notes to answerer

Asker: Ah OK, I see where I took "celui" (enregistrement) too literally - probably fooled by the sites I found about screen recorder software...

Asker: 'combining video and screenshot recordings' is a neat solution, but unfortunately I also have to mention the webcam or connected camera in relation to the video :-(

Asker: Yes, I have! I cut it out of the actual question to comply with the maximum-length rule, but full sentence is given in the question above.

Asker: No, as is usually the case, no further clarification in text. This is just one item in an image of a toolkit for creating resources. Thanks, Tony!

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