This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] which seq to DVD

Animation is 8 bit uncompressed.

Greg (at) secrethq.com
Greg Huson
Secret Headquarters, Inc
www.DigitalServiceStation.com
www.SecretHQ.com
iPhone

On Dec 8, 2011, at 9:04 AM, Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring.com> wrote:

> Same as source is DNX. I guess I am surprised the Animation export is almost 8 times the file size as the DNX export. Encoding with Sorenson.
>
> On Dec 8, 2011, at 8:54 AM, Greg Huson wrote:
>
>> What's the same-as-source same as? Animation codec is 8-bit, and sometimes not food for video. Plus, it's a transcode from whatever your working format is- so use the same-as... Assuming it actually is.
>>
>> Your encoding software is probably a bigger deal here than the intermediary codec... Regardless, it's a short piece. Try it both ways, watch the DVD in a few different systems, and pick the winner. There's a good chance you won't be able to tell them apart.
>>
>> Greg (at) secrethq.com
>> Greg Huson
>> Secret Headquarters, Inc
>> www.DigitalServiceStation.com
>> www.SecretHQ.com
>> iPhone
>>
>> On Dec 8, 2011, at 8:41 AM, Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I have a 1 minute spot exported to Same as Source at 1.6 Gigs and an Animation codec at 9 gigs. Which is best to use to burn to DVD?
>>> Does size matter??? (please spare the jokes)
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> Lou
>>> Lou Wirth Productions
>>> 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522
>>> Corte Madera, CA 94925
>>> www.louwirth.com
>>> 415-924-9411p
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>>
>>
>
> Lou Wirth Productions
> 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522
> Corte Madera, CA 94925
> www.louwirth.com
> 415-924-9411p
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Search the official Complete Avid-L archives at: http://archives.bengrosser.com/avid/
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>