I HAVE A BUNCH OF ANALOG CAPTURES IN MPEG2 SVCD(480X480) THAT WERE CAPTURED WITH A PINNACLE BUNGEE DVD. P6.5 WILL IMPORT THEM AND LET ME EDIT BUT SEEMS TO CRASH A LOT WHILE EXPORTING. IF I BRING THEM INTO P6.5 AND RENDER THEM IT TAKES A LONG,LONG TIME EVEN FOR SMALL FILES. WHEN P6.5 DOESNT CRASH THE QUALITY IS OK BUT THE AUDIO SYNC IS OFF. IM THINKING I WOULD BE BETTER OFF TO CONVERT THESE FILES INTO A DIFFRENT FORMAT BEFORE IMPORTING THEM AND WOULD LIKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON A GOOD CONVERSION PROGRAM AND FORMAT(avi dv MAYBE?). IM ALSO LOOKING FOR SOME IDEALS ON A DESIREABLE CODEC AND THE BEST CONFIGURATION FOR THAT CODEC. I HAVE A LOT OF PLUGINS(LIGOS,CINEMACRAFT,PANASONIC,ETC) TO PLAY WITH BUT DONT KNOW WHERE TO START, OTHER THAN WEEKS OF TRIAL AND ERROR. HOPING A REAL PRO COULD STEER ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION HERE. EVEN IF I HAD TO BRING EM IN AND EXPORT UNEDITED USING P6.5 IT WOULD BE WORTH IT TO GET THEM INTO A MORE DESIREABLE FORMAT. MY FINAL GOAL IS MPEG2 AND I WOULD TAKE ANY INPUT ON THE BEST MPEG2 ENCODER. IF ANYBODY COULD HELP ME I'D SURE APPRECIATE IT.THANKS