Sigurd,
regarding tripod "donation" - go here:
http://www.os2world.com/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,63/topic,1659.msg11395/#new
Ivan, if you want to come up with a translated "audio", just go ahead!
Example: Record your voice comment while watching the video to have some kind of "synchronisation".
Then send me the audio file.
If you don't mind that I'll be doing this on a -cough- "non-eCS" platform

I will demux Sigurd's video and remux it with your sound file. Done. We will have to perhaps make Sigurd send me the "source file" so that it works better.
FWIW, I still have here a "scan converter" that can be used to grab streams from a PC (VGA output connector) and output it to video tape (or a frame grabber card). IIRC it supports only 4:3 resolutions up to 1024x768... well, it has some limitations.
If that is useful for Sigurd (dunno), I could put this into the box with the tripod too.

Cheers,
Thomas