A friend of mine dabbles in a bit of photography and he was telling me that in the manual for his camera, it states that prolonged video recording (10+ minutes) could burn/damage the sensor. Could be just his model of camera.
sweet. I was going to suggest (last resort) buying a mod if you can't get the pot. Or asking someone who has modded their pedals if they no longer require the unused pots.
I think that due to the unplanned move from one server to another, some things have been messed up. If you know you've paid, and franky knows you've paid, don't worry about the automated messages. Unless it starts to affect your servers.
I bought the behringer C1-U (USB) and it's a great mic. The signal is really low though. Behringer say it allows for more head room, but I think that's an excuse. When I record with it, I have to add so much volume to boost the playback.
I would recommend getting a condensor mic in XLR flavour and use a simple mixing board with phantom power. you will get much better results.