poita said:

There has been an offer from a known forum member here, who lives in Italy to help with the transaction, so that is very much appreciated, it will make it a lot easier and safer.

That's great. So basically it is looking like $2000 all in. That a tough mountain but I will help, what I can. It is unlikely to see an IB Italian every again.

Also technical question. I have been trying for days to send _,,,^..^,,,_ the night scenes from the 4K and Mondo. I was able to convert the 4K easily to loseless but the Mondo, won't load in virtualdub since it is VC-1. I keep getting missing codec. I have tried various solutions (fdshow, etc) but no go. Anyone have any ideas?