The one problem i face with VMWare Workstation is there video format, try using that in in Adobe Premier CS4 and you will get a black screen with the moving parts only visible.
Well, i know H246 only stores the changed parts of the screen and how it works, but basically, this is not a standard H246 file (Like the ones in MP4, FLV, MOV), but rather VMWare specific (VMNC ), Anyway, here is a procedure that should save your day, i will convert VMWare Video into MPEG.
1- Download the VMWare ” VMware Workstation Movie Decoder Utility” and install it, this is a DirectShow filter, Even if you have the workstation software on the very PC in question, this is good just in case some other codec or codecpack decided to overwrite your codec
2- A nice tool i use to check what filter goes for what file is dsdetective_setup.exe, Free as well, so get it and inspect your video coders/decoders
3- Get mediacoder.sourceforge.net, Free GPL video converter and install it, get the FULL version not a sub version
Now drag your VMWare video file into the program, right click it and chose an output file, make sure (In the right window) that it reads (VMNC) beside the word video, and hit the Start button.
All the tools above are FREE
Enjoy