Trouble with external FW HDD of 300gig with intel iMac - same HDD ok viaUSB

every five minutes it stop functioning and finder hang. same drive connected to a G5 no trouble, and this same drive connected to th eintel iMac via USB no trouble.

I have just done a quick test for you converting the TS files from a DVD.
1. Drag the files onto Streamclip.
2. Go to File>Export to QuickTime.
3. In the window that appears change the Compression setting to "Apple DV-PAL", the Quality slider to 100% and ensure that the Frame Size has "DV-PAL" selected.
4. Try it with the Deinterlace box selected or not. If you select it the conversion will take longer and I cannot see any advantage in the clip I have converted.
You may need to experiment to find the best settings for your needs but the above will give you something to get started.
Ian.

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