Sorry for the newbie question, but what is DV-AVI?

I see that this is one of the "save-as" options in MM2 to save a movie to
my computer.

What is it used for?

thx.

Uncompressed video. Best quality you can save in. Creates huge files.
DV-AVI = Digital Video - Audio Video Interleave.

When editing a project, save in this format, as it is lossless and
uncompressed. Final stage of project would be to render this file to MPEG-2
Compliant DVD.

Bobby

"acton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Sorry for the newbie question, but what is DV-AVI?
>
> I see that this is one of the "save-as" options in MM2 to save a movie to
> my computer.
>
> What is it used for?
>
> thx.

For DV-AVI the bitrate is whatever your system can handle. It is
uncompressed video at the bitrate that the connection delivers it. You can
adjust bitrate with most video editing programs. Interlacing or
De-Interlacing is preserved in DV-AVI, depending on how you capture it. You
should visit the following site; it has tons of information...

www.dvdrhelp.com

Bobby

"acton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> NoNoBadDog! ... thx for the reply. Do you know the bitrate?
>
> Is it limited to 3.5MB/sec (25 Mbits/sec)?
>
> If so, does this hurt the final quality of the MPEG-2 encoding or
> "playback' to NTSC video output (for recording back to VHS tape on my
> VCR)?
>
> What about interlacing? Is this preserved in the process since I'd like
> my final output to look as good as the original 8mm camcorder tape played
> back on my TV?
>
> thx again.
>
>
> "NoNoBadDog!" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
> > Uncompressed video. Best quality you can save in. Creates huge
> > files. DV-AVI = Digital Video - Audio Video Interleave.
> >
> > When editing a project, save in this format, as it is lossless and
> > uncompressed. Final stage of project would be to render this file to
> > MPEG-2 Compliant DVD.
> >
> > Bobby
> >
> > "acton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:Xns93E7EE7FC39DEacton@204.127.204.17...
> >> Sorry for the newbie question, but what is DV-AVI?
> >>
> >> I see that this is one of the "save-as" options in MM2 to save a
> >> movie to my computer.
> >>
> >> What is it used for?
> >>
> >> thx.
> >
> >
> >
>

No, No, Bobby....

DV-AVI is COMPRESSED digital video, with a bit-rate of 25 Mbps. It is
compressed by discarding half of the color information, then each frame is
compressed using an algorithm that is similar to JPEG.

Uncompressed 640x480 digital video would have a bit rate of around 211 Mbps.

-Bob


"NoNoBadDog!" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Uncompressed video. Best quality you can save in. Creates huge files.
> DV-AVI = Digital Video - Audio Video Interleave.
>
> When editing a project, save in this format, as it is lossless and
> uncompressed. Final stage of project would be to render this file to
MPEG-2
> Compliant DVD.
>
> Bobby
>
> "acton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Xns93E7EE7FC39DEacton@204.127.204.17...
> > Sorry for the newbie question, but what is DV-AVI?
> >
> > I see that this is one of the "save-as" options in MM2 to save a movie
to
> > my computer.
> >
> > What is it used for?
> >
> > thx.
>
>

Shoot, I thought I had this figured out. So what is the best quality to
save files in with MM2 that results in the least loss of quality, none
preferably.

Richard

"Bob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> No, No, Bobby....
>
> DV-AVI is COMPRESSED digital video, with a bit-rate of 25 Mbps. It is
> compressed by discarding half of the color information, then each frame is
> compressed using an algorithm that is similar to JPEG.
>
> Uncompressed 640x480 digital video would have a bit rate of around 211
Mbps.
>
> -Bob
>
>
> "NoNoBadDog!" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Uncompressed video. Best quality you can save in. Creates huge files.
> > DV-AVI = Digital Video - Audio Video Interleave.
> >
> > When editing a project, save in this format, as it is lossless and
> > uncompressed. Final stage of project would be to render this file to
> MPEG-2
> > Compliant DVD.
> >
> > Bobby
> >
> > "acton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:Xns93E7EE7FC39DEacton@204.127.204.17...
> > > Sorry for the newbie question, but what is DV-AVI?
> > >
> > > I see that this is one of the "save-as" options in MM2 to save a movie
> to
> > > my computer.
> > >
> > > What is it used for?
> > >
> > > thx.
> >
> >
>
>

Richard,

Sorry... I didn't mean to confuse you. Bobby's answer was correct -- DV-AVI
is the best quality format for capturing or saving a movie.

I was just pointing out that DV is compressed -- not uncompressed as he had
stated.

-Bob


"Richard A." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Lzz4b.56404$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Shoot, I thought I had this figured out. So what is the best quality to
> save files in with MM2 that results in the least loss of quality, none
> preferably.
>
> Richard
>
> "Bob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > No, No, Bobby....
> >
> > DV-AVI is COMPRESSED digital video, with a bit-rate of 25 Mbps. It is
> > compressed by discarding half of the color information, then each frame
is
> > compressed using an algorithm that is similar to JPEG.
> >
> > Uncompressed 640x480 digital video would have a bit rate of around 211
> Mbps.
> >
> > -Bob
> >
> >
> > "NoNoBadDog!" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Uncompressed video. Best quality you can save in. Creates huge
files.
> > > DV-AVI = Digital Video - Audio Video Interleave.
> > >
> > > When editing a project, save in this format, as it is lossless and
> > > uncompressed. Final stage of project would be to render this file to
> > MPEG-2
> > > Compliant DVD.
> > >
> > > Bobby
> > >
> > > "acton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:Xns93E7EE7FC39DEacton@204.127.204.17...
> > > > Sorry for the newbie question, but what is DV-AVI?
> > > >
> > > > I see that this is one of the "save-as" options in MM2 to save a
movie
> > to
> > > > my computer.
> > > >
> > > > What is it used for?
> > > >
> > > > thx.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[cwr.campbell]

Sorry if this is an idiot's question. I have a Sony HDV camcorder and i want to save it to the hard disc of a Panasonic HDD/DVD recorder. On the camcorder I have HDMI out, AV out and HDV out. On the panasonic i have DV in and AV3 in. What would be the best combination to maintain the best quality - i.e. closest to HD.
Thanks, colin