Greetings, My thanks to everyone who responded with suggestions. Ah, another complicated purchase. ;) I decided to buy a Samsung SC-D382, a miniDV camcorder that has positive reviews from Linux users. Cost was $99US, with free shipping, and I can get cassettes and a FireWire cable locally. I'm looking forward to getting into editing my own videos, but don't worry, I won't plague you all with home movies of the grandkids harassing my dog. Best, dp _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user