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Which format is better for future editing, AVI or H.264?
MJH038 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Jul 22, 2010 10:07 Messages: 45 Offline
[Post New] Jul 23, 2012 08:22
I captured a large AVI file from a DV tape. After editing the file I would like to save it preserving the clips for additional editing in the future. I can save the project as a new AVI file which will preserve the clips. However, what is a better format: AVI or H.264 to keep the individual clips and the audio and video without any degradation for future editing?
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stevek
Senior Contributor Location: Houston, Texas USA Joined: Jan 25, 2011 12:18 Messages: 4663 Offline
[Post New] Jul 23, 2012 09:19
Keep the original format IF you have the hard drive free space.

That AVI format is uncompressed; pretty much anything else has some compression.

If you don't have the disk space, I doubt if you will lose much if you use the H264 format.

Note that there are some AVI file types that are highly compressed (DivX or XVid) but I doubt that you have that issue. .
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bolda
Member Location: Liberec, Czech Republic Joined: Feb 02, 2011 15:10 Messages: 96 Offline
[Post New] Jul 23, 2012 09:31
Hi Milan,

Common sense is keeping your footage in its original format unless you consider economic factors. I would further recommend hard disks over optical disks as long-term storage media.

Regards...

Jirka

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James Dotson
Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline
[Post New] Jul 23, 2012 11:01
I agree, keep the original format if possible. If you have to compress the video, use the highest bitrate possible. __________________________________
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MJH038 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Jul 22, 2010 10:07 Messages: 45 Offline
[Post New] Jul 23, 2012 13:27
Thank you all for the advice.

Milan ASUS P8Z68 deluxe
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Samsung SSD 500 GB
2x WD velociraptor 300GB RAID 1
WD 4T passport
PD14 ultimate 4207
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