If this topic has been covered already, please let me know. Here's what happens. 1. I imported (firewire) AVI files from a panasonic miniDV camcorder (about 13GB of 1 hour video). 2. Then used Nero's Make Movie, imported the AVIs, started chopping off some portions of the video. 3. Then, tried to EXPORT to another folder as an AVI (no compression) file. And there was substantial loss of quality in the resulting video. Any suggestions? Thank you.
check the output settings. they may be less than the actual video file's attributes. right click the avi > properties > summary > advanced make sure the settings of nero is the same. also when converting video there is usually a quality vs speed problem. either you choose quality to get the best image but takes a long time or speed which is low quality but quicker. same with file size bigger file sizes mean more quality. are you using a codec or uncompressed audio/video?
thanks daacekin, just noticed that NERO output had a 25 fps, and the original miniDV AVI file was 29 fps. so i'll try to output with 29 fps to see if the original quality remains. your other comment regarding image quality and speed makes sense. but i'm a little puzzled as to where to find those settings. using Nero Vision 5 and there are only 2 fielsd i need to specify when EXPORTING files on the computer: Format: AVI, AVI (DV), MPEG-1, MPEG-2, Nero Digital, Nero Digital (AVC), AVC Profile: No compression for AVI Type-1 , Type-2 for AVI(DV), etc. i've tested many combinations of these formats/profiles... still not getting the same original picture quality. Your last question about codec... not sure how to answer it. don't even know what it is. sorry about that.
this message is only the technical stuff for you to read. i will help further in a second post to make life easier for you sorry, let me clear up. the image quality vs speed thing is probably not in nero but is found generally in most converting software including audio conversion. if you don't have an option, it's fine. right now for codec. say for example you buy a music cd, each track on there is about 50mb unless you turn it into an mp3. the mp3 is compressed and the cd is uncompressed. compressed makes you lose quality but lets say you choose the highest option. it'll take approximately 10mb and you would be able to listen to the music crystal clear without noticing any loss of quality. uncompressed never losses any data and is always at it's best but large file sizes. codecs are the compressed things. let's take an example mp3. you enCOde it into mp3 and when you play it it DECodes. hence, CO + DEC = CODEC now relating it to your problem, avi is a video which can have either an uncompressed or compressed attribute. the audio format wav also has uncompressed or compressed attributes but of sound. mp3, wma, wmv etc....are all compressed only. now, the avi can have different audio formats regardless of its video codec (if it has one, doesn't have to have one) the compression you can do on the avi isn't a fixed codec. you choose which one you want to use. e.g. divx xvid (these are 2 popular codecs for avi) i know it's a lot of information but it's all there in all it's accuracy. by the way if it's 13gb of 1 hour video i can safely say it's uncompressed
right, this isn't exactly straight forward so i'm gonna take you through step by step. 1st, list all the info listed in right clik > properties > summary > advanced and tell me the original file extension. avi?
