»» Thanks for the verbose reply Phil! =) »»They're in house rendered animations at either »»29.97 Drop-frame, or »»15 fps. The size is usually 320x240. There's »»nocapture and there's »»definitely not a dropped-frame problem. 29.97 dropframe is the usual SMPTE format we work with. We had no problems with that. I can't tell about 15 fps, but why not go into something more ''standard''? »»But what format do you capture to? Is it »»the customized Matrox mpeg? In fact, we capture with the Matrox runner-g in the ''MJPEG'' fileformat at 6.9:1 compression ratio which is a hardware dependant codec. If I want this video file to be used on a system that doesn't have a matrox-hard-codec playback device available, I then re-encode the file (in soundforge)using the CINEPAK codec which works just great, but takes long to convert to. You may also use the ''PICVideo'' codec made by Pegasus (http://www.jpg.com/) to playback MJPEG files which is the fastest way to it (you don't have to convert anything). »»Could you tell me the version of the »»Media Player you're using ? mplayer2 ver: 6.4.07.1112 ( I think this is the one used right now ) »»I'll try this. Thanks. I'm a "measure" man so maybe »»this contributes »»to the problem. Tell me if you find the solution to your problem. Just curious ! »»I think 2 drives + 1gig DDR should be »»sufficient. I think it will be ok for your needs. The config we have here works great for film scoring (1h30m of avi playback with 30 audiotracks or more + automation + lot of MIDI, etc... on a 1GHz P-3) »»Do you mean adding a subframe in the "Video Player »»Settings", YES ! ...or adding a sub-frame in the Synchronization dialog under"Bar Position...Plays at SMPTE:"? NO! Again, Hope this helps! Sorry for the answer delay... kinda very busy right now, I wanted to give you a valuable response. Hey, BTW, are you living in Canada? Your e-mail nick reminds me something.... Good Luck! Phil.