Bill Lindley wrote:

> Anyone have a clue who would convert a VHS tape to some sort of movie 
> file?  Client gave a five-minute videotape to me and says, "Here put 
> this on our web page."  Uhhhhh.... yeah sure.
> 
> Any suggestions appreciated.

hmm,

VHS -> DVD burners (commercial device you can get at Circuit City)
TVtuner card with video capture software and a VCR (e.g. a supported video4linux 
tv tuner)