I cringe at the thought of installing Pinnacle software on my computer. My Pinnacle gear works flawlessly with windows movie maker so maybe you could try that instead. I would also recommend trying it with virtual dub

[Edited on 26-11-2007 by DayVeeJay]

I <3 livid union's batch converter. Not sure if you need to have QT pro or not but i do and it works great

Thanks for the response Bart. I completely forgot about the right click button.

you could always convert and chop up your dvd's to a more usable format.

try vixy.net or zamzar.com. you copy/paste the url of the video you want and it converts it into a usable format

YAY!!

With a lot of clips, especially ones that have been downloaded, I find that the first frame is often blank. This of course means that I have no preview available and I am often guessing what clip I am about to throw up on the screen. It would be freakin awesome if I could select which frame is displ...

Has anyone tried it? If so how useable was it?

Does it have an LCD screen built in? Or even some cool LED's that blink to the music?

MJPEG seems to be pretty popular but I'm no expert on Codecs. If you still own a PC I suggest using Livid Instruments Batch Processor. Otherwise there are a number of converters out there. Try searching vjforums.com. If only need to convert a few videos, then I would suggest using quicktime