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  .mov editing quality?

  Posted by Steven J casey on February 2, 2006 at 5:44 am

  I’ve never worked with a .mov file from an editing standpoint. I know it will work but can anyone tell me if there’s going to be much difference in how it looks once it’s on DVD, compared to starting out with an .avi file? Just curious because someone is overnighting me something to work on tomorrow but they only have the .mov version.

  thx
  sjc

  Steven J casey replied 20 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Rohdew

  February 2, 2006 at 12:54 pm

  [Steven J Casey] “I’ve never worked with a .mov file from an editing standpoint. I know it will work but can anyone tell me if there’s going to be much difference in how it looks once it’s on DVD, compared to starting out with an .avi file? Just curious because someone is overnighting me something to work on tomorrow but they only have the .mov version.

  thx
  sjc”

  Hi sjc.

  The quicktime format is just a wrapper like an .avi is. The internal encoding could be anything from uncompressed to DV encoded to totally trashed by overcompressing. My guess would be you’re OK since most people are bringing in their source from a miniDV device, thus it is just the original DV stream (no different than what you would get from importing into an AVI file).

  Ultimately, you’ll just have to wait and see, though.

  -Rohde
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  Steven J casey

  February 2, 2006 at 3:54 pm

  Thanks for the reply. I need to read up some more on these formats…

  My understanding is the original footage was shot on beta, which further complicates my guessing game as to the encoding to .mov.

  sjc

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