best way to capture

[lazybum]

I have a 3 year old iMac, a 2 year old Pc, a 9600xt all in wonder card, and a Sony camcorder (TRV-25) with svideo to firewire passthrough. Both computers have dual core Intel CPUs. Which combination would be best for converting VHS to DVD? I have had some problems with the all in wonder card, should I get an El Gato device for the Mac?

[Richard_G]

The all in wonder is an analogue capture card, the TRV25 is a MiniDV camcorder that outputs digital signals over Firewire. Get a Firewire card for one or the other computer and transfer to hard drive with WinDV.

[edDV]

What software do you have/use? Do you have iMovie HD or iMovie8 on the Mac?

The PC should have a Firewire card + WinDV for best capture

The pass-through DV camcorder will so most things the Elgato will do except the tuner.

[lazybum]

I have iMovie8, will try WinDV

[edDV]

iMovie8 will directly capture pass through or DV camcorder playback (via Firewire). You edit in iMovie then pass the project to iDVD for authoring.