I had looked at doing this but ended up using a cheap DVD recorder to dump the tape to DVD. Then I can play with the encoding and the likes later although I'll confess to using Handbrake on a Mac to do the actual format conversions :-) --rick Charlie O wrote: > I want to set up my machine, to be able to transfer the videocassettes > we have on to DVD. > > I know I need a DVD-RW, and Linux should be able to handle that. > > My question is, what kind(s) of video card with video input will work > with Linux? > > And 2 side questions > - how much memory do I need to be able to do this? > - is there anything else I need? > > A video card that works with Windows2000 would also do, but I'd just as > soon use Linux. > > Thanks, > > Charlie > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list