List view file size is wrong until I reopen window

Hi,
Often, if not all the time, Finder windows will a) not show the number if items in the folder and b) the file size for newly added items, since the window was opened, will be wrong. Example: I convert .mov files to .dv. When the converter (USBVision Exporter) finishes, I'll look at the file in that window. It will have a size of maybe 4k or so. After I close that window and reopen it, the file size will be correct, hundreds of mb or a gb or so. Just waiting for the Finder to show the correct size is futile. I have to close the window and reopen it for the Finder to show the correct size. If the window is not open, often if not all the time, I'll need to open it, close it and reopen it again to get the correct file size to show.
Actually, lately to get the correct file size to show I may have to select that file and then the Finder will update it's size. Reopening the window does nothing however many times I reopen it. That ain't right... It should show the correct size whenever the window is open.
Why does this happen? (The Finder not showing the number of items is not necessarily coincidental to this but is a similar problem.) This has happened pre-10.4.6 but I am not sure how far back, maybe since I bought the machine, 11/05 (10.4.4?).
Thank you.
John L

Annoying isn't it? Sometimes I have to relaunch Finder to get it to update. Send Apple Feedback to let them know just how annoying it is:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/
At least you and I can actually see the files that were added--lots of people don't even get that much, especially if they're dealing with a Network folder.
Over at ars technica they have a mantra: Fix the Freakin' Finder!
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