Don't cry my baby. Alexis Joy Antelman 7 lbs. Newer Macintosh computers come with built in video and audio input and output RCA plugs as part of the standard video card. I simply plugged our JVC camcorder in and used ixTV software to do the capture.
Videos are very memory intensive.
Videos are best viewed with a fast internet cnonection. 56k, ISDN or better yet DSL or cable modem.