I have Pinnacle Studio 8 and using a USB capture device. On the software's preview the quality isn't that bad but once downloaded to pc whilst the audio is o.k the video is awful, it looks like one of the live broadcasts from Iraq where the pic jumps 10 mins later . Can anyone give me some idea what the best settings are, i.e. codec, resolution, format and compression. Should the bitrate be adjusted. Off the top of my head I believe the fps go down to 12,500. I would truly appreciate your help. I just hope I don't need to get a new software, mind u perhaps it wouldn't be such a bad idea cos with pinnacle you have to drag and drop every thumbnail one by one to the story board instead of cut and pasting the whole movie for later editing. Thanks guyz you've been a real help up to now xx