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Uncompressed vs Microsoft DV
Hi Guys,
I’m doing a massive downconversion party at the office here using AE7 to make hdv mpgs into avis for a premiere timeline export to tape.
So my question is we’ve been using the uncompressed setting but the files are really big. Will there be a visible quality loss if we use the Microsoft dv setting?Thanks!
Cheers!
Nick Espo -
4 Replies
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hey,
on tv it will hardly be noticeble, but uncompressed in lower fields is always better.
T.Peace
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I think so. DV is a consumer format for home use and it shows. It destroys the color and detail. So what if the file sizes are bigger? Those Lacie FW800 drives are cheap and when attached to the comp with FW800 you can easily run SD uncompressed and have quite a few hours of uncompressed time on only one drive.
Chris Smith
https://www.sugarfilmproduction.com -
Guys thanks for getting back to me. On this the deal is that the files are about 10 times the size now for a 2.5 hour movie and an extra hour of special features that’s quite a difference. We’re talking about 3 workstations and 5 firewire drives working right now.
If this was our only project we might be ok with the large file sizes. But now, no.SO I think we’re going to have to do something with compression.
Also we’re going to a DSR-10 on to DV cam tape so the question is……. when Premiere sticks it on tape it’s going to use some compression, so isn
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Ah, well if you’re going to output DV anyways, then might as well take the leap sooner rather than later and store them DV. However if you’re going to do any other effects to the video you should keep it uncompressed until the very last stage so you’re not compressing and recompressing DV which is highly lossy in the first place.
Chris Smith
https://www.sugarfilmproduction.com
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