ok thanks. would it be best to convert the mpegs to QT, as the avis are of a smaller size, tho the recording are from a vhs video cassette so quality is not an issue. I noticed the avi picture size was 720 x some size slighty off the standard pic size. i did render the who lot last night, but affter viewing a few guides on rendering and reading the manaul im kinds understanding it more. just out of interest, i currently have a dvd camcorder which as i found out recently uses mpeg compression (which explains why the quality is naff), so im hoping to sell it for a mini dv tape, you can record footage into FCP cant you? or will I need other software.
Also regardin to QT conversion, whats best to use. I have ffmpeg which converts to .mov would that be correct and just change the picture size (as the preset sets it to soemthign like 640 x 320 is it?) anyhoo thanks for the advice