I share the pain as well. This is what I do. I hope someone else has better suggestion. 1) I get avi file from the video taken using digital camera (not necessarily from Ti1) 2) I use Microsoft Media Encoder to convert to wmv format (choose DVD quality video 1Mbps VBR and CD quality audio VBR) This typically gives me 7x-10x compression rate. For example, a 500MB avi file can be converted into a 50MB wmv file. Well, this does take time, like 15 minutes, to run on your computer. Any better ideas?