VHS to movie file?

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.

If you have a TV tuner card you can connect a VCR to that and use
mencoder to capture the video to a file. Check out the mplayer or
mencoder documentation.

Austin