There is definitely a problem with capturing from Canon camcorders to FireWire hard disks. It is mentioned briefly in the iMovie Help information. On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 07:53:42 -0500, Gerhard Kuhn <suspice at hay.net> wrote: >Most FW hard drives have two FW ports so they act as a hub so you can >connect both the camera and hard drive at the same time. I also have a >7200 rpm drive and cannot capture reliably directly to it but have never >encountered a problem editing files on it or exporting them to iDVD. As >long as I take the extra step of capturing to the internal drive and >then copying to the FW drive I encounter no problems. -- Gordon Alley <*> <mailto:galley at texas.net> <http://galley.home.texas.net>