My conversation with tech support gave me this: always burn at the lowest speed. Use Smart fit for projects < 30 minutes. I think more than an hour on a DVD is the most you can burn on a DVD with least problems with PD. This seems to have settled my continuous hang-ups which occur with no resulting message to give me a hint as to what went wrong. Bill Seifert
HP Pavilion Desktop TP01-2022
8 core
AMD Radeon
Windows 11, 16 GB RAM

Thanks Watercolor,

I have just resolved my issues. The first problem turned out to be a hard drive on verge of collapse that was causing issues, and then the second problem I resolved when I recaptured the video on the camcorder and then it worked, so something must have become corrupt in the video file.
I am happy to say that on Sunday afternoon on Sept. 25, 2011 that everything is working great. I can't speak to any other future point in time!
Scott Wright
Wichita, KS

Good for you! Now, can someone enlighten me on all the adjustments I can make on my new 6-core AMD HP PC to reduce my pauses and crashes? Currently just a few splits of .MOV clips produces these problems, even after a re-boot and restart of PD. I'm beginning to wonder if the last patch has made things worse for me. Bill Seifert
HP Pavilion Desktop TP01-2022
8 core
AMD Radeon
Windows 11, 16 GB RAM