splitting captured avi file
by Mel Perez
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Apr 7, 2009 at 12:40:06 am
Hi..i recently captured 90 minutes of footage for a community projectd in Vegas pro8. Files were saved as a 13gb & a 8gb avi file. I would like to split the avi files to give to someone to edit in Final Cut with his Mac.I assumed i could load the footage into Vegas, cut to smaller portions, and render out as an avi, and avoid recompression and quality loss. Was hoping to be able to fit files on a few dvd disks . I must be doing something wrong as the 8gb file i split in half renders out to 47gb, yes not 4.7gb, file size so no way i am gonna burn those to disk. Would anyone know what i am doing wrong or maybe a better way to handle this? Any help would be much appreciated...Thanks
Re: splitting captured avi file by Mel Perez on Apr 8, 2009 at 8:31:01 am
Hey Terry...am still a little confused. I selected the NTSC DV template because i didn't see an DV option. Degrading the quality is not what i am after. Should i be using the "default template (uncompressed)" to produce exact copies of the regions i select? ...Thanks again
Re: splitting captured avi file by Mel Perez on Apr 8, 2009 at 9:13:52 pm
Hey Terry...yes,i am working with sd. I meant to say i used the NTSC DV template the second time around, not NTSC DVD for those who may be wondering also. All is good now....Thanks
Hey Terry...guess i am still a little confused.I selected NTSC DV because i didn't see a DV option in the template drop down menu. So should i select the "default template (uncompressed)" to render an exact copy?...Thanks again
Re: splitting captured avi file by Terry Esslinger on Apr 8, 2009 at 10:24:05 pm
You want the NTSC DV for the exact copy. As that should be what you captured from your camera (unless you are in PAL land). Your camera does not produce uncompressed avi.
