Thubten Kunga asked " Not necessary. That LaCie drive should capture flawlessly. Are you having any dropout problems?" Yes ... but I suspect it's my initiation period mistakes more than anything else. "Are you using FCP 3.0.4 with QT 6.1 or less?" I'm using 3.0.2 - not sure how to upgrade, not yet using QT. Thanks, Thubten