At 1:04 AM +0000 8/1/02, prs151 wrote: >Can someone please recommend a good video capture device for the Mac, >which will enable me to convert video tapes into quicktime files for >use in synching to picture in Logic? I'd like it to have S-video >input, and cost under $500... >Thanks!!! > An inexpensive, high-quality method for capture is to use a DV media converter, such as a Canopus ADVC-100, which runs around $300. S-Video and composite in/out, with conversion to/from DV via FireWire. Doesn't include any capture software, but if you have a Mac which came with iMovie, that should do fine. Handles NTSC and PAL source, given the appropriate input/output (doesn't convert). You may want to export the DV-format material in QuickTime Player or Cleaner to something a bit less CPU-intensive for playback within Logic, perhaps Sorenson 3 @ 320x240. Joe