Andrea,

Don't give up, a lot (if not all) of the people that are here are doing amazing things without being professionals. You can obviously write an avisynth script. That's a great start. And, you need to get some of those LDs captured with some of that equipment you have laying around. Just suggesting to take people's comments to heart, especially if they are all saying the same thing. AND, be more transparent. Share some scripts, share some captures, whatever, but don't just show us what WhiteMagic does, tell us what you hope to accomplish and how it does it, and maybe version XX you will hit on something.

-G