• Avid Media Composer

  DV25 411? Whats the deal??

  Posted by Jeff Pereira on June 4, 2005 at 1:13 am

  Is avid applying any sort of compression to dv footage thats imported using this codec?
  Is it degrading the image? I thought this was a DV in DV out scenario, was I wrong?
  Would I get a better image if I imported the DV at 1:1 using an avid symphony??

  Any quick feedback is greatly appreciated.

  Thanks

  Tae replied 20 years, 11 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  R. Hewitt

  June 6, 2005 at 11:12 am

  DV25 4:1:1 is the DV standard for the NTSC version of DV and not a limtation of Avid. For PAL countries it is 4:2:0.

  There is no degradation.
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  Tae

  June 6, 2005 at 4:51 pm

  [R. Hewitt] ”
  DV25 4:1:1 is the DV standard for the NTSC version of DV and not a limtation of Avid. For PAL countries it is 4:2:0.

  There is no degradation.”

  …Unless you are applying all kids of effects to the video, in which it is recompressed. It’s minor, but it’s there. DV is naturally a compressed format, so 1:1 will ALWAYS be better (much better, IMHO).

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