Hi, yes the DVD was finalised. The import does work in the sense that eventually the scenes are all available in the organiser and I can play them but it...is...so.....slow. To be honest last night when I posted, I had been moving files around and importing, so I am a bit confused about my data sources right now. I am a real newbie as in I only got my copy of PE4 yesterday!!

But I have spotted something that may be part of the speed problem. Prior to purchasing PE4, I tried several other trial products, and for a time I had no editing software at all so I was copying files directly to my HDD for somewhere to keep them. So I have my files all over the place in at least 3 formats - mpeg4, .VRO and .VOB . I notice that the .VOB files are massive, containing all the scenes from a 30minute DVD in one file, whereas I have squillions of MPEG4 files. The program speed seems to depend on the type of file as well as the number of them in the project. I thought it was the VOB file that really slowed it down, but now I'm wondering if it is lots of MPEGs that are the problem. I'm going to keep experimenting.

I'm really confused about the different file formats. My Canon seems to produce .IFO &. VRO files and can operate in DVD-RAM, or normal video mode. What format do people normally expect to see after importing to PE4?
So I think the speed issue is related to the type of file I am using, maybe some are more 'native' to PE4 than others. But if people agree that my hardware spec is OK, then this problem should be solvable!!!