i tried running the encoder last night, it took 5 hrs to go thru a movie, it turned a 500mb avi into a 1.2 gig mpeg and i still get the same message in ezcd5 saying its an invalid file. ive tried to get nero working a coupel times now, does anyone have a version that will work with win 2k pro and also do u have the serial code for it? please aim me, thanks, rob