I had tried an 9800pro aiw a while back, but I wasnt impressed. Further reading has lead me to believe it was lack of user knowledge and the NOT the product which gave me this impression.

I'm currently using a canon miniDV for my capturing needs. It's a little clumsy to use and I can save over $200 by switching to a radeon9800pro aiw.

So, my questions are as follows:

1.) Does videosoap do anything? When I was trying out a aiw, I unsure how to use it. From what I tried, it didnt do anything?

2.) How software dependant is the capturing? When I was using the radeon, I still had dropped frames. Again, this might be due to user ignorance.

3.) How consisently can you capture directly to mpeg2? i tried it once, but kept losing some frames in the begining.

Thanks!

very much. I need to regroup and really start at the begining. I think quite a bit of my knowledge is just plain wrong.