[David Pendry]

Hi, Dave.

Yes, I’m using a new Firewire cable, connected to the (also new) ‘adaptor, which was missing from the original build(!)
(Even though I had stipulated exactly what I wanted the PC built for, they forgot to include a way of uploading video… and it only cost me 3000 euros!)
Anyway, the problem with the ‘lack of control’ was, as you quite rightly alluded to, a RAM / processor issue.
Once I ‘downgraded’ the preview quality, the problem went away immediately!
The footage is all 100 years-old, anyway, so you can’t tell the difference!
The only problems I still have are the vanishing preview when uploading video, and the lack of ‘output’ when trying to create a master tape.
I will have to use the DVD burning facility (which is SO flakey, resulting in LOADS of wasted discs (and MONEY!) that don’t work properly… especially when having to use the more expensive 8.5Gb versions, which are a once-only affair!
When I have finished this project, I am taking the whole PC back to the shop to show them what it’s NOT doing, as trying to describe it has lead me nowhere!

Thanks for coming back to me.

David.