On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Bob Tanner wrote:

> Quoting Clay Fandre (cfandre at maddog.mn-linux.org):
> > I'm using a ATI Wonder TV tuner card to capture TV video. It has a composite
> > input so you can connect it to your VCR or camcorder. Works pretty well. I
> > also have a Firewire card which I use with my Sony HandyCam to capture video. 
> > 
> > You can even create VCDs so you can watch your videos on your DVD player.
> > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/VCR-HOWTO.html
> > 
> 
> This smells like a presentation. Lots of cool stuff listed above, which I'm sure
> lots of people probably don't know linux can do.

Yea, you're probably right. This is the kind of stuff that really shows the power of Linux/UNIX and the command-line. Some of the stuff I'm doing would be difficult/impossible to do in a GUI. And since a lot of it is bleading-edge and just-recently developed, most of it isn't documented yet. Makes it really hard for newcomers to realize the capabilities and the potential of Linux.

I will try and schedule this topic for a future meeting.

-- Clay