i'd meant to chime in sooner, but forgot
check out a program called aviedit.
http://wwwam-softhome.com/aviedit.html
it is shareware with an evaluation period of 30 days, and then a small registration fee of $25.
it's pretty basic, but has done everything that i've ever wanted to do with an .avi [img]smile.gif[/img] .
[img]graemlins/1druid.gif[/img]
-manikus