• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Difference between .mov or dv

  Posted by Imodan on September 12, 2006 at 4:51 am

  I’m editing videos using a Macintosh, and have the option of saving files as
  .mov or .dv . I know .mov is a container and can be used to hold all sorts of
  compressions and formats, but I want the best quality, so when I save as .mov
  I make sure the data contained is a DV stream.

  Is there any difference between saving in this way, (ie. .mov containing a DV
  stream) and saving as a .dv file? If not, why does the former method result
  in files which are twice as big?

  Tom Wolsky replied 20 years ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Tom Wolsky

  September 12, 2006 at 11:18 am

  .dv is a DV Stream file. It is a format with muxed video and audio, and AFAIK only used by iMovie on the Mac. It’s not a format you want to use for working in Final Cut.

  All the best,

  Tom

  Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs

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