Hi Bill,
I use these hard-/software for video editing:
http://www.hauppauge.com/html/wintvpvr350_datasheet.htm
http://www.tmpgenc.net
http://magix.com
FTP:
Currently I have about 100 MB free ftp space by my website provider.
More than enough to upload pics, but not for movies. I'd like to
launch an own ftp at home on a linux sever. The problem is that I have
no much time to do this. But I'll post when the ftp is running.
Mathias