Hope this is not something I should have already known, but... I have used my Canon S3 IS to take short (< 3 min) video clips, and I just bought my daughter one of those "Internet Video" cameras (if you can call it that), and both produce .avi files. These files play fine in Windows Media Player, at least if you have the DIVX codec, but I cannot edit them with either Movie Maker or Pinnacle Studio. In both programs, the files have to be imported, which either truncates or corrupts the video. Converting .avi to .wmv appears to allow importing them, but it no longer pays correctly. The video appaears to be slowed down a large amount, and the sound does not sync with it. Is there something subtle I've missed? Or do I just give up on this idea? By the way, either program seems to do fine with video downloaded from an actual digital video camera. Thanks for any help...