I am jumping in a bit late here, but I do have some comments on this since I
went through this process myself. The ATI All-in-wonder card is one way to
go. I have used one of these cards myself. However, there is quite a bit of
learning to be done in how to capture the video input. Specifically, on my
system at least, I had dropped frames when I tried to capture without
compression. It also uses up a whole lot of disk space when you do a raw
capture. It is in setting up the codecs and compression settings that a lot
of trial and error learning takes place.

An alternative to using a video capture card is to buy a USB video
converter. They cost about $100 or even less. These devices accept a video
input and output an MPEG format compressed video. The problem is that you
are now relying on someone else's judgment of how to compress the file, but
it does save you the trouble of making those choices yourself. Till you
learn how to properly configure the video capture, it might be a lot easer
to use one of these external solutions. In any case, be sure you have a
whole lot of disk space available. Fortunately, 1TB hard disks are now down
to $100 or so!

Just my thoughts. Good luck.

Peter Shkabara
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-----Original Message-----
          ATI HAS A VIDEO CARD ALL IN WONDER THAT HAS ALL THE CABLES AND
SOFTWARE BUDLE TO DO WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO,  HOPE THIS HELPS.

--- On Sat, 11/15/08, Tom Waddell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

From: Tom Waddell <[log in to unmask]>
I am building a new computer and would like to record streaming video from
news programs, convert VCR tapes to DVD, edit Mini DV tapes from a camcorder
and watch some TV. I think I need a card with 2 coax inputs, one for analog
from the VCR and one digital from my cable company. Was told streaming video
from on-line news programs has a different video format than TV video. To
record streaming video I would need a dual output video card, either DVI/DVI
or DVI/D-sub. One output would go to the monitor and the other to the inputs
on the TV card. Be interested in hearing from others who have recorded and
edited video with a TV card.

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