Deena! You are a goddess among women. I'll go find the urls and send them to you. (profile addy?) I'll even pay in cookies! (for which I'll need your other address)

And, sigh. No, I don't have the software on my upgrade needing, software deprived Mac. Clearly, I need the love of a good techie.

You can avoid this by unchecking the "create clips for video files" check box in the file import menu.

There it is. Thanks. Is it too much to ask MS to put in a centralized settings file for this?

Now, is there any way to stop trying to automatically update the clips as I'm trying to pinpoint my edits? It wastes so much time, even at 2.4 ghz, I get frustrated as it decides I need to update and I'm not finishing pinpointing the edit.

Daniel, if your computer can handle it, I highly recommend Avid Free DV. Avid isn't the prettiest interface in the world, but they're the industry standard for a reason.

Eddie, never mind. I uninstalled vncserver and installed vnc4server instead. This creates and attempts to use the xvncstartup script you mentioned. No, it's still not working yet, but the logs cite a libc problem.

I thought the package manager was supposed to take care of that, but at least I have somewhere to start again.

Is it too much to ask MS to put in a centralized settings file for this?

The only reason I even knew it existed was that they make it a little more obvious in the capture video wizard. Although I just noticed that there's a default check box for it in the View/Options menu.

Now, is there any way to stop trying to automatically update the clips as I'm trying to pinpoint my edits? It wastes so much time, even at 2.4 ghz, I get frustrated as it decides I need to update and I'm not finishing pinpointing the edit.

This may be because some other applications (like Nero) install external video filters that can interfere mightily. Somewhere in Options there's a way to turn the damn things off. Turning them off doesn't seem to affect WMM functioning, and it speeds things up a ton. I do remember having to hunt around for it, and I'm not at my home machine, so I can't tell you exactly where to look. I found out about them by hunting around on Google.

Although I just noticed that there's a default check box for it in the View/Options menu.

I could not find this. Hmmm.

All I know is that something that is made for the home user should not be as user antagonistic.

I also downloaded the Free Avid one yesterday, but it had trouble finding the audio in the file I used, an audio component both VLC and QT can play...

t shrug

Not to get hometeam defensive, but my technophobe not-SiL was able to use it with no problems, and she's a total 12:00 flasher. It's actually pretty user-friendly for the average user.

It's counterintuative to you, because you have a different (usually stronger) technical background than the target user, and are trying to do something different than the expected task. Don't forget, the help files are pretty rockin', and can steer you into getting it to do what you want.

I cannot figure out WMM. But I only tried for an hour or so. ::shrugs::

It's counterintuative to you, because you have a different (usually stronger) technical background than the target user

Yeah, I am used to editing systems that I've used in the past, all the way back to editing film and video on tabletop machines.

I have, by the way, sussed it out. It took me a couple of extra hours and clues from you, though I still had the program go not reponding on me many times after I clicked to drag the endpoints or made a fade addition.

So much for a 2 Ghz athlonXP 2600+, 512MB RAM, 64MB Radeon 7000 machine. Needs lots more RAM. Someday.

So if I may delurk with a question ...

I downloaded my first tv show this week. My software to play it is called Nero. I'm running Windows 98 (sad, I know). The audio and video tracks are not running at the same speed. I hear the dialogue at regular speed, and the video is lagging quite a bit behind.

Is it a problem with the file? Is there something I need to adjust in my program settings? Do I just have a crappy system? (well, yeah, but ...) Do you need more information?

This wouldn't have been a problem if I'd taped the special like I planned, but I spaced. Help!