Hello again folks- I am currently working on a project that would involve the transfer of many early silent films to digital form for puposes of providing expanded access to them as well as preserving them in archival-type form. At this point, I am investigating the different software that may be used to capture and store video images. I have Microsoft Video, but I'm very dissatisfied with both the quality of the capture, the size of the screen it allows (2"x3") and the amount of memory that is needed to store the captured images. I seem to remember from my lurkings on this list that several of you use capture software in your classes to allow your students to support their theses with film clips. Are there really any suitable pieces of software out there that would make a project such as this feasible? Is Microsoft the only real player in this game (I somehow doubt it)? Is there a reliable compression algorithm to reduce the vast amount of memory needed to store video segments? Any input, suggestions, etc. would be much appreciated. Thanx o'plenty - JC