I was given a job to do and only realized afterwards that the miniDVs were taken with a PAL (as opposed to NTSC) video camera. I had to borrow a video camera to load the 17 or so dvs...only to find out that when I tried working with the files, it froze the program!
I tried changing the default to PAL in PD and THEN loading the dv - same issue. Tried working in NTSC and when it asked to convert - converted it...same thing. I was trying to cut a small piece out of the file which is all I needed. First I did a split after the first minute. That worked. Then I tried another split a minute later - froze. Tried to delete the whole chunk after the first minute - froze. I waited for a long while - it didn't matter.
I don't know if this complicates things or not, but many of the tapes were recorded in LP.

Right now, I told them that I had to quit on the job and they should find someone else. If I can find a solution quickly - I might still save this job.

My computer's specs:
Motherboard: Intel DH67CL B3 H67 (ddr3)
Intel Core i7 1155 Quad 2600 3.4ghz 8mb
Nvidia GeForce 550GTX 1GB
500GB SATA3 7200 WD hard drive (though I will be adding at least one more hard drive)
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
12GB RAM.

Any ideas, thoughts, helpful hints - would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Yitz