Most developers who work with digital video will tell you that patience is not just a virtue, it is prerequisite to the production process. We find that the extra attention and steps required for producing digital video can dramatically increase the amount of time it normally takes to work with analog video, and that is even when things work smoothly. Generally speaking, digitizing and playing digital video also places enormous demands on your system, and even though systems are becoming more and more stable, you should not expect everything to behave flawlessly -- especially from one system or platform to another. So even before you begin the process ... take a deep breath and relax. p. 1 of 16