1. Id like ur comments on this. Is it normal for a P4 (close to 2ghz), 256 ram, a 40gb HD 5400rpm, win Me, and a Pinnacle capture card (with firewire port) to give dropped frames when trying to capture DV from a DV camera (sony 115)? Is the fault from the processor, like is it slow for DV capturing?

2. I have a 1Ghz TBIRD, 512RAM, 2 hd one 30GB (7200rpm and 2mb cache) and the other 80 GB (7200rpm and 8 mb cache),a 8500 radeon (only tv out), WINXP prof NTFS, is that enough power to capture DV from the sony 115 digital camera?

3. What options shall i ask for the mpeg capture card to have? Here is the use of the candidate video card. I want to capture analogue video from my VCR and also DV from my camera (sony115). Can anyone help me what to choose?

4. Are there any other sites appart this tat provide help for newbies on capturing video? This site is neat but a little more help dont hurt!

thanx in avance to who ever help me!