Thanks for the help. I actually came across those quotes as well looking into it too.

Yeah well, if it can import it well enough to play it in encore, it should be able to "recode" it for you to avi or whatever else it "prefers" no matter what losses it claims Mpeg has. What kind of policy is that? All...or...None-at-All??? Nothing is ever perfect, but to disreagard such a common format because it's "not perfect" while other "cheap" software like Nero and every other freeware can do it is inexcusable. It should be automatically supported in the UI but they don't even have an external tool for you to use. That's why Macs suck with their proprietary "niche" crap all the time.