[bogiesan] ” I just don’t want anything larger than about 1k on my system that has anything to do with M100. “
In this case I doubt that I can help you much. Currently there is no free version of the Software Codec (the old Transcoder was replaced with full Software Codecs some years ago). Producer is like FCP a software-only solution, which can work with old Media 100 movies and projects/programs/bins. If you are missing many things about the “elegant and user friendly software”, you should give it a try to work on your old files. There is a free 14-day trial version, and the full version comes with the Codecs…
But nice to hear you are still around, bogiesan.