On Monday, March 24, 2003, at 02:03 AM, Gordon B. Alley wrote: > Your idea of pass-through is the same as mine. I can connect my VHS > deck output to my ZR-40 camcorder's A/V input (no tape in the > camcorder), and capture it in iMovie via the FireWire connection. I > can also capture live video from the camera into iMovie (I've used > that to generate some brief talking head clips). I think the difference between my camcorder and yours is that I *do* have to have a tape in the camcorder to capture from a VHS deck (or other device). I haven't tried the live video capture though.