Hi John,

I see it accepts mpeg2 files so instead of going to Microsoft AVI and picking ffdshow how about trying from the same drop-down list were you find the Microsoft AVI try selecting MPEG files (*.mpg.*m2t.) then go into the Compression tab and select MPEG-2 and wind the bit-rate up to something around 25000 to 30000 and slide the slider to 100% go back to the General tab and change the field order to "upper field first" and then in the "Standard" selection you will have all the frame sizes to pick from up-to 1920x1080.

Have you put the patch on from Corel that might help with the first frame freeze you are getting.

Good luck.

Bryan