Editing - mpeg or .avi?

Ruben

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For video headed to DVD, is it better and/or easier to edit while still an
..avi, or should the video be converted to mpeg before editing?



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Ruben
 
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Ruben wrote:
> For video headed to DVD, is it better and/or easier to edit while
> still an .avi, or should the video be converted to mpeg before
> editing?

Stay in avi format. Because it's an even lossier format, as well as more
difficult to edit, the mpeg conversion should always be the final step.

Mike
 
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"Mike Kujbida" <kujfam-misleadingspam@sympatico.ca> wrote in
news:2ljk95Fdb4rkU1@uni-berlin.de:

> Ruben wrote:
>> For video headed to DVD, is it better and/or easier to edit while
>> still an .avi, or should the video be converted to mpeg before
>> editing?
>
> Stay in avi format. Because it's an even lossier format, as well as
> more difficult to edit, the mpeg conversion should always be the final
> step.
>
> Mike
>
>

Thanks Mike!



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Ruben
 
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Ruben wrote:
>
> For video headed to DVD, is it better and/or easier to edit while
> still an ..avi, or should the video be converted to mpeg before
> editing?
>
>
>

AVI !!!!!
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