So I'm going to revive my old thread because I solved my problem. The problem I was having with dropped frames was a direct result of the slow SCSI hard drive I was capturing video to. I just picked up a cheap PCI FireWire card for my 7600 and using the old 120GB SATA hard drive from my MacBook Pro in a small external enclosure, I am able to capture video straight off my VCR without the video looking choppy or having dropped frames. All I do is small clips for YouTube uploading, and it works great for that. No need for an expensive DV converter box. So in case anyone is attempting the same sort of projects, save yourself some headaches, and just capture video to a fast FireWire drive.