dv recompression question

paulcr wrote on 7/30/2002, 5:35 PM

Hello,

If I have a dv compressed source (ie from a camera) and recompress it again with a dv codec does the recompression reduce the quality of the output? In other words does DV compressed video suffer from generational loss like JPEG compressed images do?

Thanks

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taliesin wrote on 7/30/2002, 5:41 PM

In general: Yes, a dv codec does certainly suffer from render generations.

But especially the SonicFoundry dv-codec which is used in VegasVideo does not show any loss AT LEAST till the 10th render generation (this is what I tested) and it is said to be same till up to the 50th render generation. So - don't worry about a loss if you're working with filters and effects in VV.

Marco