Joseph, I've got several mini-dvds that I have to get on line or at least on a CD.

You said: "I saved the original tapes from the trip, and just plugged the camera right into my computer via a firewire cable. I used StudioDV to render it down to streaming media."

How much memory do you need to do all of this? I need to make a mini-ad for my childrens society, but I have about 2 hours of footage to edit.

I have a cable for viewing it on my monitor. I tried using Pinnacle, but I'm too blond to get a handle on it. HELP!!