Hi Marc,

I didn't know they were linked, but after research can now confirm that the speed of vegas is not linked (in this case) to the file size, but to the file format.

I'm kinda surprised at the lack of solutions people are offering to this as it seems like the most basic problem to overcome before anyone can edit files. After about 40 hours of trawlling the internet, trying numerous programs which claim to "convert all known video formats", speaking to file conversion developers (TMPGenc told me that their software cannot convert DV2 files- sort it out TMPGenc!!!), and more, I have now managed to find a very odd small program which is unstable, has a poor interface, and looks like it was written in Qbasic, but CAN and DOES batch convert DV files into AVI 2! Vegas so far appears to load and operate AVI 2 files a lot faster than DV from iMOVIE on a mac. I have managed to convert the files finally and can start work on my coursework.

I haven't started editing yet so as soon as I do I will try to report back whether the speed issue has changed for good.

I am flabberghasted with the effort just to convert video files.

There is a clear gap in the market here. What we all need is a single program which CAN and DOES convert ALL video file formats.