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Lossless or minimal loss Video conversion from AVI to MPEG

X-Vikram_Verma
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Dec 17, 2003, 12:15 AM

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Is there a way or technique to convert avi to mpg with minimal generation loss?

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Dec 17, 2003, 8:16 AM

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: Is there a way or technique to convert avi to mpg with minimal generation loss?
There will always be significant quality loss when going from DV to MPEG1.
MPEG2 can produce a picture that is nearly identical to the original DV footage. Use a good encoder, use two pass variable bit rate, and set both the maximum and minimum bit rate fairly high...say, 8000/4000. Or use constant bit rate, set to 7000 - 8000.
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Doug Graham

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Dec 22, 2003, 3:24 AM

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Dave,
Thanks for the reply to my post, I will have to check and experiment with MPEG2. I have another post on the site regarding Adobe premiere 6.5/7 and grabbing video from the digital 8 camcorder with the actual resolution. I haven't seen any replies to that, any suggestions where else I may find answers to those questions?
: : Is there a way or technique to convert avi to mpg with minimal generation loss?
: There will always be significant quality loss when going from DV to MPEG1.
: MPEG2 can produce a picture that is nearly identical to the original DV footage. Use a good encoder, use two pass variable bit rate, and set both the maximum and minimum bit rate fairly high...say, 8000/4000. Or use constant bit rate, set to 7000 - 8000.
: Regards,
: Doug Graham

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Dec 22, 2003, 1:36 PM

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: I have another post on the site regarding Adobe premiere 6.5/7 and grabbing video from the digital 8 camcorder with the actual resolution.
Digital 8 is, electronically, the same format as DV...it's just on a different physical tape cassette. You can transfer video from Digital 8 camcorders directly to your computer, with zero quality loss, if both your camcorder and computer have a Firewire (IEEE 1394, or Sony i-Link) port. If your camera has this connection, but your computer doesn't, you can add a Firewire card for $20-50 or so.
You'll need plenty of disk space, preferably on a separate hard drive from your system (C:) drive. DV video takes up about 18GB per hour.
Regards,
Doug Graham

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: Is there a way or technique to convert avi to mpg with minimal generation loss?
Hi,
Maybe you can try the software named WinAVI Video Converter http://www.winavi.com/video-converter.htm . In fact, it is a complete solution for video file converting and burning. It can convert avi to dvd in 60 minutes with stunning video quality. Try it and you will enjoy it!