I was consolidating with 60 frame handles, so that is why the file size was so big. I just consolidated with no handles and the file size is 193 MB, almost the same. That would lead me to believe that the quality is nearly the same between the original and the mixdown, but it has been compressed one extra time. I have DVCPRO HD selected for everything, the footage is DVCPRO HD brought in off P2 cards so I keep everything the same so I don’t have to transcode before outputting to tape when it is needed.
Have a great day,
Brad