hi
thanks for your help I managed to convert the files to avi using a downloaded program and as you said I imported it to pinnicle which displayed a message saying it was not a standard frame rate whatever that means , I put some clips into the story board and added some transitions and played it back it slowed right down and dident play the transitions, I dont know if this is the program or maybe my computer is too slow I really want to get into video editing and might invest in a new computer what would you recommend I`v heard apple mac is best for video editing.