capturing analog to AVI with ?software

[hankduck]

This may seem like a stupid question but I hesitate to assume that I've now read every forum post/faq/tutorial/article on the subject.

My quandary: I was sold an ADS DVD XPress external capture device by a CompUSA salesman who knew about the same as I did at the time. It can not capture analogue to AVI.

The company confirms this.

Is there such a thing as a software program that enables such a device to capture analogue video to AVI files???

My goal is being able to do my video editing from AVI format files, not MPEG 2.

Thanks for any advice.

[pchan]

Does your capture device have such connection ? If YES, then you should be able to capture analog video.

[hankduck]

My question was whether or not I could capture to AVI?

[pchan]

I am afraid not. But you can use use DVD2AVI to convert your MPEG2 to AVI.