Re: partial import

All very good questions :)

I think I tried about every preset in PP with the same results. I believe I used the hdv 1080p preset and made sure that the frame rate was 23.976. Although I'm not in front of my project at the moment. I'll be home later tonight to double check.

In terms of the card I have:
ATI 9800 PRO, (128 MB) AGP Video Card

I did take a 3 gig test that I brought in, and it worked. BUT now my work around has been exposed! Financially I have to work with what I have for now. Here is my workflow:

*Import footage (ideally)
*render a low quality, highly compressed, movie to it's own folder/directory
*make sure it has the same name as the original. I know...
*replace the footage in PP with my overly compressed version
*reduce to draft quality and view at 25%
*do all of my editing

*copy and overwrite my compressed version with my original
*open PP render and burn to disk.

I do not know what kind of card was used for capture. I have just left a message to find out.

I appreciate the help Mads.

Tom