It's not because of problems going straight out of VHS, pass thru convert to DV that I recommend dubbing. It's so that he will have a digital copy with timecode to use in case of re-capture and archiving. sb On 1/8/04 8:25 PM, "Video International" <videoint at jb3.so-net.ne.jp> wrote: > I haven't experienced problems going directly from a VHS player through > a Canopus ADVC100 into FCP. > > Rick > > >> For FCP, I would recommend that you convert (dub) all your VHS tapes >> to dv >> first, then use the DV tapes to import into FCP. >