pgd
29 Oct 2008, 03:03 PM
I'm using Pinnacle (http://www.afterdawn.com/hardware/manufacturer.cfm/pinnacle) Studio Plus 9.4.3 to combine some video clips into one large file. This seems to solve some of the problems with out-of-sync audio I've had when burning dvds using either Pinnacle or Sony (http://www.afterdawn.com/hardware/manufacturer.cfm/sony) Vegas.
I've always used the selection "DV Video Encoder 720 x 480, 29.97fps" to create a single avi (http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/terms/avi.cfm) file. It always worked quite well, but the file size was rather large (about 25gb for 2 hours of video).
Recently I selected "DivX Encoder, 640 x 480, 29.97fps" to create an avi (http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/terms/avi.cfm) file and was amazed to find the file size was about 800mb rather than over 20gb.
My question is, am I compromising the quality of the video? It seems I must be to get such a difference in file size, but I couldn't really see any difference in the video quality of the dvd (http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/terms/dvd.cfm). However, the source clips were of older videos so the quality wasn't that great in the original so it was difficult to judge.
I'd appreciate any help on this. I like the smaller file size, but I don't want to compromise the quality.
Thanks,
pg
I've always used the selection "DV Video Encoder 720 x 480, 29.97fps" to create a single avi (http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/terms/avi.cfm) file. It always worked quite well, but the file size was rather large (about 25gb for 2 hours of video).
Recently I selected "DivX Encoder, 640 x 480, 29.97fps" to create an avi (http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/terms/avi.cfm) file and was amazed to find the file size was about 800mb rather than over 20gb.
My question is, am I compromising the quality of the video? It seems I must be to get such a difference in file size, but I couldn't really see any difference in the video quality of the dvd (http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/terms/dvd.cfm). However, the source clips were of older videos so the quality wasn't that great in the original so it was difficult to judge.
I'd appreciate any help on this. I like the smaller file size, but I don't want to compromise the quality.
Thanks,
pg