[Jeff Kohn]

I do a “save as” with copy and trip option and “create trimmed copies” selected. AVICODEC reports the copied file to have a loss of quality – here’s what I get for the copy (with loss of 10% quality):

File : 4.43 MB (4.43 MB), duration: 0:00:01, type: AVI, 0 audio stream(s), quality: 88 %
Video : 4.40 MB, 36842 Kbps, 29.970 fps, 720*480 (4:3), dvsd = Sony Digital Video, Supported

and here’s the original

File : 27 MB (27 MB), duration: 0:00:07, type: AVI, 1 audio stream(s), quality: 98 %
Video : 26 MB, 31579 Kbps, 29.970 fps, 720*480 (4:3), dvsd = Sony Digital Video, Supported

Also, must the wav be separated from the video portion? Can that be prevented?

[Jeff Kohn]

Thanks Gary, but won’t this trim my original footage? I’m too scared to do that. I want essentially to “copy” the trimmed to the external while leaving the original footage as is. How would I do that?