Using Vegas 4, when I read in a DV tape and create AVI file(s), I notice that the size is large compared to what I would get with a "direct to MPEG-2" conversion card. I have a large amount of drive space, but of courst, you never have enough, so this triggered me to ask the following questions (I did a lot of searching using the horrid search/categorization functions of this forum system and got nothing useful):
- Would I lose quality (or something else) editing with mpeg files vs. avi's?
- What method is best to go from DV to Vegas mpeg (assuming previous answer isn't "yes, it would be awful")
- Should this method be applied during tape "suck in", or afterwards when I've selected/edited clips from the total tape I want to work with?
- Wouldn't this (editing mpeg) make DVD creation (my end result goal) faster and easier?
- Is there yet another better alternative for optimizing storage with editing capabilities and quality?
Thanks in advance, sorry for the newbie question,
-tlp
- Would I lose quality (or something else) editing with mpeg files vs. avi's?
- What method is best to go from DV to Vegas mpeg (assuming previous answer isn't "yes, it would be awful")
- Should this method be applied during tape "suck in", or afterwards when I've selected/edited clips from the total tape I want to work with?
- Wouldn't this (editing mpeg) make DVD creation (my end result goal) faster and easier?
- Is there yet another better alternative for optimizing storage with editing capabilities and quality?
Thanks in advance, sorry for the newbie question,
-tlp