Hello everyone! I've been reading through these boards for several months now to try to find the answers to my questions. Although there are several highly informative topics and guides - I have yet to find one that describes the process I should follow when using the programs at my disposal.

I am running Windows XP on a PC. I've downloaded MPEG Streamclip. I have purchased copies of Adobe's Premiere 1.5 and Encore 1.5.

I would like to figure out how to make fan preservations from this series of programs. I've had a limited amount of success - but unfortunately I am not very PC savvy and have had some difficulties. However - I have a huge back log of rarities that I want to preserve for posterity and horror fans everywhere.

So I've manged to convert my DVD-R to MPEG with audio using the MPEG Streamclip. However - when I pull the MPEG clip into Premiere is when the problems start. After allowing the footage to conform to Premiere - it ends up with a few imperfections. Since these programs are at least an hour or so in length - perhaps this is part of the problem - however I have had success when working with large clips captured directly into the program before so I was hoping the size wouldn't be an issue. I can move the file into Premiere - but something bizarre happens because I end up with more video than audio - and syncing problems ensue!

It is my great hope that discovering the source of the audio dropouts would allow me to commence with editing the movie in Premiere - and then it would be a simple matter of following that process and exporting to Encore that would allow me to build my DVD's.

Any advice you have to offer would be appreciated. As I stated - I consider myself a tech newbie - so please be gentle.

Thanks.