Importing recorded (virtual) sessions into Captivate?

Has anyone out there tried to import recorded virtual training sessions (i.e., webex, connect, etc.) into a Captivate project? I have a contact who would like to be able to build nav & interactivity around short webex sessions, but the import attempts that I've seen do not yield good visual quality. Anyone out there doing this sort of thing successfully?

Hi there
I may be wrong here, but I think Lilybiri is in the UK and may be on the way to sleepytown at the moment. So I'll hazard a guess as to the suggestion.
Captivate is seldom (if ever) THE tool of choice if you are recording Full Motion Video. I'm guessing that Lilybiri was suggesting that as s/he was thinking that you were planning on recording an extended WebEx session. But I have my own personal doubts as to the duration of something over WebEx. I'm not sure Camtasia is a good tool if you are wanting to record an hour's worth of video. It seems most of what I've seen recorded with Camtasia is around five minutes in duration. Sometimes going as long as ten, but primarily roughly five.
I believe that both WebEx and Connect each offer their own recording mechanisms. I also believe that each is capable of demonstrating a Captivate movie so I'm wondering what you would hope to achieve by inserting into Captivate.
Cheers... Rick
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