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[Robert Reese~]

> Does there exist a video capture card that will go into a USB port
> that will capture analog from a camcorder and turn it into AVI,
> MPEG-4 etc?  If so, where is a good place to buy it?


Hi Terry,

Out of curiosity, just how old is this camcorder anyway?  'Cause, gosh, that 
import method is sooo 2002.  ;cP

Check out the Neuros OSD Linux Media Recorder on sale for $179.99:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/techies/8af5/
I drooled over one of these when I saw it on DL.TV before they became Dead.TV


Naturally, if the camcorder has FireWire, then simply drop a FireWire card in 
your computer and go before spending more than a Jackson or two.


But let me posit another possibility if you will.  Assuming the camcorder has 
FireWire out or RCA (Composite) output jacks, there are stand-alone DVD burners 
for under $100 that will let you transfer from the camcorder directly onto a 
DVD, with a menu and everything.  Of course, it is MPEG-2 at that point.  And if 
it is running over FireWire, the burner actually controls the camcorder.

Case in point: I picked up an RCA upverter DVD player/recorder for $50 
refurbished.  On Christmas morning, I simply set my camcorder up on the 
entertainment center, plugged it into the RCA, fired both up and dropped in a 
fresh DVD.  Remote control in hand we had Christmas.  The remote allowed me to 
pause it during those low points of the morning.  When we finished, I spent a 
few minutes renaming the disk and finalizing the disk.  The DVD was ready to 
duplicate and send out in a matter of seconds.

It is similar to this Samsung model DVD-R155 for $70:
http://www.naptronics.com/servlet/Detail?no=1336

HTH,
Robert~