.MOV or .AVI export

danielwalding

danielwalding

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hi there,

im a new premiere pro user and have been playing around with it recently. I have noticed that when exporting their are a few options. I have understood that the .AVI is the standard preset to use when exporting. But there are also other options including DV .AVI and .MOV for quicktime. I tried exporting a small clip and seeing which was the best quality. The .MOV file was by far the largest file and best quality. Should i be using the .MOV when i export my raw uncompressed files at the end for best quality? is it better than the .AVI or DV .AVI ? the .MOV file was definately the largest in file size, does this mean it would be best to use this to export a raw file for the highest quality? im on a PC aswell by the way, not a mac. does this matter?

any helps appreciated, im a bit lost.

Daniel
 
Well I wasn't exporting to the mov. format ever, only to AVI or DV AVI. AVI is uncompressed video, which is very large and high quality, and the DV AVI is compressed AVI, but it's similar in visual quality. I use DV AVI, because it's optimized for playing on your computer, and TV. IT takes a 13GB for one hour of material in that mode. Most of SD cameras record on tape in that mode. Also I don't know which output media do you want, DVD or something? But I suggest DV AVI because od smallest size and excellent quality.
 
yes this is what i thought and what i usually did. except i noticed the .MOV looked much better and was a much larger file size. wouldn't this equate to it being better to use than .AVI? and yes this is to output to dvd eventually. but not with premiere.
 
Daniel,

If you plan on exporting to DVD, then you should encode your files to mpeg2 using the adobe media encoder. If you save them as DV AVI, then re-import them, and encode them from there, there will be a quality loss.

If you want to export high quality files for internet viewing, I would consider a separate program like Sorenson squeeze, compressor, or quicktime pro.

For example, I would export an uncompressed quicktime from Premiere, open that file in quicktime pro, and encode an h.264 file for the internet. Or an uncompressed AVI and encode a wma. For a DVD I export a DVD ready mpeg2 file using the adobe media encoder, then import that into Adobe Encore to author my DVD.

-Hope this helps
 
In Premiere, how do you export an uncompressed Quicktime or an u compressed AVI, with format RAW?
Thanks for your help
 
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