AVI vs DV AVI

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TommieGreen

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Hey, I searched Google and Yahoo for the answer to this question but I only found answers to SPECIFIC situations, none of which apply to me. So I bring it home for this one.

Okay, the name of this thread SHOULD be
'Microsoft AVI vs Microsoft DV AVI vs Uncompressed Microsoft AVI'

-Whenever I chose 'DV AVI', it exports the film good, it never looks as good as the footage that I imported and it's always a smaller file size, somewhere in the hundreds of MB's for a 5-10 min production.
-Whenever I choose 'AVI', It's a much larger file size, ranging all the way up to tens of Gigabytes for the same file. It looks better also. Sharper and more colorful, but never as smooth and film-like as my raw footage. I just assume that it's better than chosing DV AVI because a bigger file size must mean more info, right? Also, whenever I export using AVI, The final product always skips and jumps in WMP. I think it may be a codec issue on just MY comp, but is it like that with all of you guys and AVI's?
-I've never chosen 'Uncompressed Microsoft AVI' before. Are there any advantages to it?
-Also, under the 'Video' tab, which compressor works best with which file type? I usually chose 'None'.
-Also, if I'm exporting my film to DVD to be played in a theatre on a digital projector, what should my options be for 'Deinterlace video footage' and 'optimize stills'?
-Any tips on Audio exporting would be greatly appreciated too.

There may be athread on here which explains why you should chose which exporting format and under which situations which on is appropriate, if so, please link me. If not, all help and knowledge is greatly appreciated. Thanx in advance!
 
AVI files may be of any codec, so it's hard to know what to say about the differences you're seeing without more information about the settings being employed.
 
Premiere exports several kind of avi, but the difference in general are

1) DV-AVI: Very poorly compressed codec, will yield poor quality.
2) AVI-No Compressor: Essentially uncompressed footage, but will play very slowly due to high data rate. Universally compatible.
3) Uncompressed Microsoft AVI: Same as #2 except that it's encoded using a lossless codec that's only compatible with Adobe products.
 
Huy Vu said:
Premiere exports several kind of avi, but the difference in general are

1) DV-AVI: Very poorly compressed codec, will yield poor quality.
2) AVI-No Compressor: Essentially uncompressed footage, but will play very slowly due to high data rate. Universally compatible.
3) Uncompressed Microsoft AVI: Same as #2 except that it's encoded using a lossless codec that's only compatible with Adobe products.
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Thank you VERY MUCH, Just the answer I was looking for. Though I am still open to different takes on these three video types!
 
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