…..I’ve had similar expereince with my XL2 and SONY DSR20 deck – audio dropouts, blips, stutters….GL2, XL1, and 2 (cheaper) Canon cameras work fine (I can capture from deck on tapes shot using those cameras). Here’s what I happened upon yesterday: when I enable dv control on my XL2 (which is supposed to enable you to control camera as cature device via firewire) and proceed to shoot, I can then capture without a glitch – That’s what works for me…Curious to see if it works for anyone else?