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>> if you can keep the quality high on the first encoding [it} isn't a too significant loss<< Yes, that's true. I keep thinking of that like there's not much lose first gerenation to second generation BetaSP, but it stills exists. I guess the difference with digital is that should be no need to ever go third or fourth generation if you manage your data wisely. >>real-time MPEG encoders are $15k+ while a good M-JPEG board is going to be a few grand.<< I'm not sure what you're implying here. You're right about the costs, but the two are for two different applications. Also, if you have an M-JPEG board you'll still need the MPEG encoder to get to MPEG. That MPEG encoder can be software, like XingCD, though that is NOT real-time (more like 60x real-time). Jeff