[stevek]

Another solution that may not cost you a dime. I assume if you have edit software you have a capture card, so if your asking this question, you're card is DV. If you have that you may have or can barrow a Digital Camera (Digital-8, Mini-DV or what ever has DV I/O on it) YOu can typically connect the output from one camera to the input of the other (assuming you have the cables for both Cameras, you can use barrels (Female-Female coupler adapter or patch it through a VCR) This is taking Analog out of Cam 1 to Analog In on DV Camera. Then you will have a Tape that you can feed into your computer via Firewire. NOTE: Some DV Cameras don't allow Analog In for Recording, so you have to try it and see. If it doesn't work borrow another!

If this works for you, great. I've used this to tranfer from VHS Tapes to get into an edit- prior to buying an Analog-DV Convertor. Now I use a AVID Mojo that has both Analog and DV I/O. But both of these methods cost money, while the above method is Free of Charge if you can get your hands on the Equipment.