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  Posted by John Dougherty on May 16, 2008 at 11:09 am

  I do sports highlights for local highschool team. Make dvd after each game for the kids. So, I render to mpeg 2 for dvda. Works great.
  For the end of year movie I will be taking clips from all of these files. If I then re-render to mpeg 2 will I lose any quality?
  By the way, I am very grateful to all that post in this forum and others (especially Ed and Spot) for that is how I’ve come to pretty much master Vegas. Thanks,

  -J.D.

  Edward Troxel replied 18 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Edward Troxel

  May 16, 2008 at 12:26 pm

  [john dougherty] “For the end of year movie I will be taking clips from all of these files. If I then re-render to mpeg 2 will I lose any quality?”

  Short answer is yes.

  Longer answer is to go ahead and try it. You’ll probably not be able to visually notice much if any difference. But in the future, keep a copy of the file in the original format (i.e. if you’re shooting DV, keep a DV render of the project).

  Edward Troxel
  
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  Adam Rose esq.

  May 16, 2008 at 5:35 pm

  what about smart render……….?
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  Edward Troxel

  May 16, 2008 at 7:03 pm

  [Adam Rose Esq.] “what about smart render……….?”

  You would have to hit the exact same bitrate for that to come into play. If you can do that, then yes it will smart render even SD MPEG2.

  Edward Troxel
  

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