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
> 
> 
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