Can i ask why you are converting it to .avi and not editing it in AVCHD? Is that becasue you dont have CS4 with AVCHD support? Also, Ben do you have any idea what the ideal settings are for the Sony HDR-CX7 AVCHD camera, i cant find details on what fps it films at, and what format i need it in, does it want to be NTSC, i thought that was a US format?