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To: d:oug who wrote (68965)	3/7/2010 12:42:33 PM
From: Mike McFarland	Respond to of 110655

Thanks for the clarification <g> for newbs and n00bs alike, <g> is "(Somewhat archaic) chatspeak for "grin" archaic?! urbandictionary.com ------ So, I am giving XP a fair shake against Linux, I have Avidemux 2.5 for XP, made sure I had the latest codecs installed, converted several hours of analog 8mm camcorder video to DVD video and given it a whirl. Crash! I am about 60% certain that Avidemux ought to have digested the VOB files okay--it builds a vob.idx file, but just before completion, it crashes. When I'm 90% sure I'm doing it right I'll head over to the forums... But first, I'll see if I get the same result when I boot Mint now. My hypothesis is that my XP MCE system ha never been a capable video editing machine, and I tend to blame windows. I used to have Pinnacle Studio 8 and a mjpeg board, that was unstable. Capturing the video to DVD with a standalone DVD recorder and only doing the editing on a PC might be a step in the right direction. My choice of editing software and OS are obviously still up in the air. That I still use an analog camcorder might make me a bit techno-archaic, ha! I move very slow, figuring things out over months and years. I've never felt pressure to go fast in any project, even if that means I'm left behind by the latest technology. Of course there is a limit to how long you want to let analog video tape sit, it is nice to have my 1990s home movies on DVD now.