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Bill, Don't know if this will help, but what I've managed to get out of Adobe, Intel (I'm currently using their indeo board), and Microsoft, the "ideal" way to manipulate video is as follows: 1. Capture with no compression whatsoever. 2. Assemble or edit various uncompressed AVI's using Premier or other editor. 3. Now compress the final AVI just once. At this point the audio interleave should be set for 1:1 Of course this makes you wonder why they sell boards with hardware compression on the fly on input, but it does look nice on promo copy on the outside of the box. <g>. I've been trying to find out about MPEG or MJPEG (are they the same?) video compression for output back to a video tape recorder. Spent ten hours on the phone last Friday and got the impression that everybody has something to sell, but whether any of it works is a good question. I spoke to Adobe and they "suggested" boards from Alpha (MegaMotion), Diamond (VideoStar) and Fast (MovieMaker Pro) and kept mumbling about Miro. Have you managed to input video from a vcr, edit, and then output back to tape? If so what does the output look like? I'd be happy if it looks like a 3rd generation video copy (source > master edit > VHS copy). It seems like MPEG is the way to go, but I'm really confused as to whether such an option exists in the under $1M market. Richard Robinson