Correcting my thread, I have the Sanyo I have read about so much here, not a Samsung.
I just got a new Samsung HD video camera that uses an SD card for storage. The files are saved in mpeg-4 format (MP4 extender). I can't find any video editing software that edits these files smoothly. I have them transferred to my PC Harddisk and have tried the following software (I own them all!): I have an Intel dual core CPU with 1 gig RAM and 256M video card. . .
Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 - too slow, video won't play properly to edit, sound is good but video jumps from frame to frame and is totally unusable for editing.
Sony Vegas Movie 6.0 (newest version) - too slow, exactly the same as Adobe Premiere Elements.
Magix Video Editor V.11, the newest version. It won't even load the files, even though I have downloaded the proper Codecs as recommended. They have NO TECH SUPPORT!
Has anyone else experienced this?? A lot of the new high-def camcorders (small footprint) use the MPEG 4 format, am I just too early for the software?
Thanks for any help or suggestions.
Fred in Seattle

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