>  >I have a low level question that I hope someone can help me answer in a
>>high level
>>way.
>>During a long save to disk of a quicktime time movie I would like to put up a
>  >progress dialog.

PG has a PROGRESS.FLTR. It looks basic but might suit your needs 
depending on how slick you want it to look. I've seen lots of demo 
code on this topic, so if the PG filter isn't what you want, email me 
off list and I'll send you what I have.

Best Regard,
Brian