Newbie Help - AVI Compression??

[Stace]

Guys,

Using the filters supplied by Richard (Many Thanks) I have got my video footage to a state I am happy with.

Unfortunately, a 3min 9sec clip is over 5Gb!! What compression method on save should I use?? I guess as its Cine footage (and its far from great quality) compression won't hurt?!?!?!!?!

All help appreciated!
Thanks
Stace

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It depends on how you want to play the resulting file. If it's for playback on PCs, you could use DivX or XviD, for example. If it's for play back on a normal DVD player, you'd need to use MPEG2.

[Stace]

I would probably put it to xvid anyway for my PC and mpeg for those family members that want a copy. I was kind of thinking of something better for archive purposes??

Is Xvid good enough?

Thanks
Stace

[Guest]

For archiving, you might consider the lossless Lagarith codec and store the result on a DVD data disk.