On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 20:23:02 GMT, d_ruether@hotmail.com (Neuman - Ruether) wrote:

>I'm ***guessing***, but since Mini-DV is a fixed format
>(different capture "quality levels" are not possible), the
>program is probably compressing the DV info further to
>make the "preview quality" video. Mini-DV is compressed
>frame-by-frame, but the further compression applied by
>your program may not be, so its data rate varies and you
>may well see more dropped frames during periods of
>greater motion. If so, anything that can speed up
>processing would likely help, like a faster CPU...

Ooops! Just reread your original post, and:
>Athlon XP 1700+
>Abit KG7 RAID
>Studio DV
>Windows XP Pro
is hardly slow! Are you running programs in the
background (like an anti-virus program, especially)?