VHS capture recommendations

You're standing too near to the echo put/well,
or did you just make a wish ?

If you connect your hardware, try to make it a per
manent one, you will use it more that way, and become
more experienced, i only have to click my mouse,
to capture, edit, encode, and burn,
most of the time i capture now from my sat. receiver,
which i have on the rear connectors of my ADVC100,
when i want to transfer a vhs tape, i plug in the
s-video and audio in the front connectors, which
will over-ride the rear connectors then,
And have the scart connections switched with a scart
switch box to my tv. (for now.. but i have plans to change this.. a Pioneer receiver... with scart !)

 

Yes, I intend to use my spare pc as a permanent transfer device (don't know what else to call it). That way it can be encoding whilst I'm using my main machine for other purposes. One problem I've encountered using my main machine is that the 'dialler' keeps cutting in although I've taken it off automatic. Nothing I do seems to make any difference to it. It can be a nuisance when writing to a disk as it interrupts the burning process.
With a dedicated machine, I won't have an internet connection set up.