Actually, most are family videos (without commercials, of course) and cool one time programs (with commercials) I've recorded over the past 20 years. Coincidentally, I'm using OS9, so I don't think it will do this in the background. Does Tivo work with rabbit ears? ;-) STeve << Back RE the original question: This is a lot of work to put some cooking shows on DVD so you can watch them later. I'd suggest looking into a PVR such as a Tivo. -Brett Koonce www.universe42.com >>