[Steve Henwood]

If I want to optimize settings, how should I set the M and N frames setting?

[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