What I'm looking for is something where I can capture video without having to be in a GUI. Linux is generally good for that kinda stuff right? Anyways, right now I've got a Gentoo machine, pretty ...

You can make digitizing analog tapes ridiculously easy with the Elgato Video Capture – as long as you don’t mind paying a bit more.

I use a Hauppage WinTV-GO! card with Linux and its easier to setup than in Windows 2000 (im serious with this, modprobe bttv and xawtv on and it works). I just use it for watching TV the normal way ...