Q:  The drive bay panel appears to have L & R audio in and video in (white red
    yellow), but when I view the info on How does it work it appears that I 
    have to run the audio cables from the vcr/cam/dv player to "the sound
    card". Is this true? I can't just plug the three (white red yellow) cables
    into the drive bay panel and do the capturing from there?

A:  The white and red RCA jacks on the VA-PCI's drive bay panel are internally
    connected to the soundcard's LINE IN jack, so technically speaking, you
    are connecting to the sound card's LINE IN. But it's much more convenient
    to run an 'extension cord' to the front of the computer and connect from
    there. 

                       *****************************

Q:  Does the s-video cable have the sound on it too?

A:  No. S-Video is for video. It does not carry audio.
 
                       *****************************

Q:  Do any of the programs edit mpeg files?

A:  Yes, the included CyberLink PowerDirector software can edit MPEG video
    files.  

                       *****************************

Q:  What are dv-1 and dv-2 formats? Does the software edit these file types?

A:  "DV" is "digital video." A "Digital Video Interleave" is the type of 
    video/audio interleave that DV-camcorders use, as opposed to "Audio-Video
    Interleave" or "AVI." 

        DV-1 is "Digital Video Interleave type 1."
        DV-2 is "Digital Video Interleave type 2."

                       *****************************

Q:  Can they be burned to dvd and will they play on stand alone dvd players?

A:  They can be burned to a data DVD, but they will not be usable on a DVD 
    video disc. A DV-I file saved on a DVD disc will not by itself be playable
    in a standalone DVD player. 

    A DVD video disc is in a particular format that is playable in a
    stand-alone DVD player. The software included with the VA-PCI can convert
    most any standard video file format into a DVD project, which can then be
    burned to a DVD video disc and will then play in a standalone DVD player.

                       *****************************

Q:  Is there a quality difference capturing to dv as opposed to avi?

A:  There is a very small difference in quality, which may not be noticeable
    at all. The DV-I formats do compress the data a little, but nothing like
    the amount of data compression used to make an MPEG file. 

                       *****************************

Q:  "Transfer video from your camcorder tape to your PC hard drive as DV 
    files or directly into MPEG format to save time and hard disk space". 
    Is this a hardware mpeg conversion or software? How's quality?

A:  The transcoding to AVI is done in hardware. Transcoding to MPEG is done 
    in software. The quality is very, very good, assuming the computer is up 
    to the task. 
_____________________________________________________________________________