djphenominal: Thanks for that! djalexs: MixEmergency should not quit after 30 minutes of use - we have users who use it for up to 6 hours at a time. If this is happening, could you please e-mail us any crash logs you have for MixEmergency? Our e-mail address can be found here: http://www.inklen.com/contact/ The crash logs can be found in /Users/[your_user_name]/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/MixEmergency.crash.log Videos should not be freezing up on you either. Are you getting any warnings in the Messages Window? If you are getting any warnings about keyframe distances, then you may need to re-encode your videos with shorter keyframe distances. Also, make sure that the cache size in MixEmergency is not low (I'd recommend setting it at around 800 MB).