Scotty,

There are quite a few FREE mpeg2 codecs out there, the link below is one of
them. Mpeg2 is the codec required to play DVDs on your computer, and yes,
windows does not come stock with them. Big deal... install it. Quicktime,
using the MOV extension, doesn't come with windows either, but you obviously
had no problem installing quicktime.

Just about any camcorder you buy will work with the correct codec installed,
and I believe Tom offered one up to you for free. Do a search on "NIMO
CODEC," and you'll find a package that contains just about every codec
you'll ever need. The only camcorders I would avoid is one that records
using the AVCHD format. That is a different animal due to the HD.

One last thing... and tape drive camcorder will require you to "play" the
tape via firewire or usb2 to get the video to your computer. Obviously, this
can be time consuming for long videos. The slick feature to make it less
painfull, is that the camcorder can be controlled by the PC during the
capture process. A DVD or HD camcorder will allow you to copy (as opposed to
play) the video files to your computer. Much faster.

No offense, but this is very simple, and I'm sure Tom was being good natured
in stating that very fact. You know him better than I, so maybe he was just
being a jerk afterall. ;-) g

I hope this helps.

--Mike


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Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:15:39 GMT, "CRM" wrote:

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/Dscaler_5

Don't confuse him - he's on a roll making it way harder than it has to
be.

Yes, and the empty responses and insults have sure helped my wife, who is
the one working on this.