Could use a hand

[Serenity]

Back on my POS computer, I used to make movies. And they sucked. Especially the graphics. But, now ive got much better graphics, better music, better skill, and all I need... is a capture program. For some reason on my new computer, fraps does not work, and simply crashes things. So, does anyone know of another free capture program? Thanks in advance!

[vizwhiz]

Sounds like the same kind of question I was going to ask...
I know we can convert the movies to .avi format, but is there a program out there that we can use to convert film formats back-and-forth?  How about editing movies?

Like I want to take a .mov and clip only a small part of it out and send it via email... And convert .mov or .avi to something else...like .mpg's...whatever the case.

Any ideas?  Any websites I can go to?
Thanks.