How to render DV MOV

TimTyler wrote on 12/29/2005, 10:12 AM
As I understand it, a DV format AVI is the same as a DV format MOV except for different header data.

I nearly always work with DV AVI captures in Vegas (as I suspect most of here do) and if I drop an AVI on the timeline and do not process it in any way I can render it to another DV AVI without any recompression.

Is it possible to render my AVI based timeline to a DV MOV file without recompression, and if so, what are the settings?

I see that 'Save as Type = QuickTime6' / 'Default Template' offers an 'NTSC DV' frame size and a 'Video Format = DV/DVCPRO - NTSC' but since the 'Quality' slider is still available, I suspect the video is being recompressed.

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TimTyler wrote on 12/30/2005, 9:51 AM
(bump) Help, please.
ForumAdmin wrote on 12/30/2005, 12:58 PM
Presumably you are needing to produce a file for FCP or some other QT app. If so, just render a DV .avi and QT (or FCP) will be able to open that.

Another option is print to tape and then recapture in your other app.
TimTyler wrote on 12/30/2005, 1:15 PM
Great. Thank you.
bluelab wrote on 7/25/2007, 1:52 PM
I'm having the same problem, I need to supply an NTSC DV MOV. and when I choose the settings (DV/DVCPRO) it looks crappy, the file size is right but it looks terrible. Is there something I'm missing?
gwyador wrote on 7/26/2007, 2:11 PM
what are you viewing the .mov on? in vegas or in Quicktime player? a while back I had an issue where the .MOV's I created were the right size but looked aweful in quicktime, when I brought them back into vegas they looked fine... then I found that there is a quality setting in quicktime player that has to be changed to view .mov's in full quality... it's under edit - player preferences - check the box that says "use high quality video setting when available" why that is not a default is beyond me as fast as computers are getting!!

Bryan
Chienworks wrote on 7/26/2007, 2:59 PM
bluelab, i also wonder if by doing this you end up using the Microsoft DV codec instead of the Sony one. Microsoft's codec is notoriously awful.
Coursedesign wrote on 7/26/2007, 4:10 PM
That will not change the codec.

It is simply a flag that you can set anytime, in a file you have received, or in a file you're sending out.