Make sure that your cam has DV out. kung meron, then all you need is firewire or a capture card. If you plan to capture from DV lang and hindi na from VHS or other avenues that don't need DVout, firewire would be enough. With capturing, I use Premier via firewire. Maraming conversions at your disposal. More or less if you plan to edit then you use .avi Then later mo nalng compress to the quality that suits you.