On Oct 8, 2006, at 5:23 AM, sb wrote: > Then you need to rip it back to something like DV to edit. > > If you have the MPEG2 componenent for Quicktime ($20) you can use > MPEGStreamclip, which is free. If you use MPEGStreamclip, you can clip out sections and rejoin without having to rip it to DV (which is a lossy operation). The only caveat is that I think the "cuts" have to happen at reference frames, so you don't have the single-frame control you do with DV. -Mike