I recently got a nice new computer ( i7 with 12 gig memory ) and am running into a new problem. My old computer somehow got into a state where VMSP 8 would not import via firewire. It would drop frames like crazy. I "solved" the probelm by importing to Windows Movie Maker .. but it gave me a single file .. not broken into "clips". That was ok since most of what I do is one single "take"

I actually haven't imported via firewire on the new computer .. but I have imported via a DVD a number of times, and for some reason VMSP 8 insists on making clips. These are NOT at end of scene points .. but in the middle of a scene (aparently randomly) The DVD's have been one hour long.

This would not be a problem except that the end points of the video and audio are not the same. For some reason VMSP 8 cuts the audio off a fraction of a second before the video. When I assemble my clips into the timeline I butt the video next to each other but there is an audible gap in the sound at that point on playback.

I can either leave it this way (and have the gap in audio) or overlap the video so there is no audio gap .. but you have an odd video effect instead.

Is this the way VMSP 8 works on DVD import? I've tried to find a menu option to stop this but could not find anything.

I also have Vegas Pro 8.1 on this computer but have yet to try that. I suppose that's the next thing to do.