Hello. I have some of the same issues. I've been trying for months to get around totalvid because i need the videos but cant afford the membership. Believe it or not, yeh-- its that tight. I tried connecting my laptop to the vhs/dvd combo so I could record it on the vcr and transfer it to dvd but I couldnt get my lap top to play through my vcr-dvd combo. I've been searching for software, anything and still nothing. Have you found anything yet regarding this?

Another question: I have videos on my samsung camcorder that only plays in audio when I transfer it to my pc. Someone told me to reformat the memory card but the card isnt it because I used another card and it played only audo in windows media player too.. I put my samsung memory card in 3 computers and they all only play the audio. I cant see my video. What would you do?

One more thing, the only solution i've found to the totalvid issue is I sat in front of my computer while the totalvid video played , I used my camcorder to record it while it played. So I actually recorded it with my camcorder but now my video will not show once I down load my memory card to the pc, it only plays the audio. When I put the card back in my camcorder I can see the video with no problem.
What in the hell is going on here?
Thanks