okay i've been reading nonstop for a week now and i'm trying to decide what capture card to get and i still don't know... there are so many out there... this is what i got..

i just recently purchased a jvc minidv digital camcorder which as a firewire output port... so i need a capture card with firewire inputs...

i just want to record the movies onto my computer in a good quality and transfer over to vcd or svcd.

do different capture cards have different frame rates they can record at or are most of them near 30 frames/sec..

i would like to use my minidv camcorder as a webcam if i could... will a certain capture card allow to me to do so and others will not? or is it software based? what software could i use?

also.. is it possible to record directly to my computer if i have my camcorder hooked up to my computer and can all capture cards do that?

also is it possible to this for under a 100 bucks?

i was looking at buying a dazzle or adaptec card..

thank you for all your help