which avi or quicktime codec to use with export movie

[Jon Barrie]

It all depends on what you want to do with the export? Edit, Archive, Upload to web, phone, Kine to Film, DVD, Blu-Ray, DigiBeta, HD tape, HDV. Please be specific about what you are working in and then what you want to use it as in the final product. Are you NTSC PAL, SD, HD, HDV, P2, SONY XDCAM. Seriously, this is why there are so many formats.
– Jon 😉

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[Steve Henwood]

My original footage is DV NTSC Type II AVI from a Panasonic DVX 110B camera. I am exporting my Premeire Pro CS3 sequence(s) for later projection on an LCD projector to a large group of people at a conference. In other cases, the export will be used for further editing in other videos.

The computers which play out the file must share the same avi or quicktime codec, must they not? Which codecs and settings for each codec give the best results, and how do they compare with each other in producing the various forms of output that you listed?

Sometimes I will also produce a DVD from the sequences by exporting to Encore, but that is a different pathway and I know more about the choices involved along that route. Whearas I know very little about how the different AVI & Quicktime codecs compare with each other, and am not sure how the different setting for each may affect the final result.

Thanks, Steve in Portland

[Jeff Brown]

[Steve Henwood] “I am exporting my Premeire Pro CS3 sequence(s) for later projection on an LCD projector”

This can be problematic: you REALLY need to get the exact computer that will be used to play back the video clips, or you are entering into a failure-wrought environment. The safe thing to do is make a DVD for playback through the projector, via a stand-alone DVD player. Otherwise, to approach the quality you’ll get from a DVD, you will need a computer that can play back a lot of data per second, and you’ll want to test it to make sure it actually works with your file.
If there is a reason that precludes using a simple DVD player, such as PowerPoint via the same projector, see above: test, test, test to prevent the egg-on-face syndrome.

-jeff