No, it doesn't degrade the video - when you capture you are capturing
using the DV codec on your system and basically unless you have
effects or edits, the render will just "copy" what's already there.

Stevek wrote:
>>Thanks, I thought I was supposed to render as uncompressed. Won't
it
>>degrade the final output of the video if it is compressed?
>>
>>Charles de Montebello wrote:
>>>>Hi Stevek -
>>>>A couple of things -
>>>>In order to print to tape you have to have a rendered .avi file
for
>>>>the Print-To-Tape tool. If you are using Windows 98, you are
>>limited
>>>>to a 4 gig file (about 16 minutes of NTSC DV). If you're only
>>getting
>>>>2 minutes of DV for 4 gig you must be rendering as uncompressed
>>video
>>>>which will be WAY too large. The way to be sure is to click on
>>>>the "custom" tab in the render dialog box. Go to the Video tab
and
>>>>see what it says in the Video Format box. It should NOT say
>>>>uncompressed. If it does, change it to NTSC DV or whatever other
DV
>>>>codec you want to use.
>>>>If you have an NTFS partition, there is no file size limitation
>>(win
>>>>NT or win2K)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Stevek wrote:
>>>>>>I am alittle confused on how to do this...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>1st) Do you have to render the video as an avi file and
>>>>>>then send it back to the camcorder using the capture
>>>>>>program? I have 2 problems with this if this is the case..
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1) I tried it and it took up over 4 gigabytes of hard
>>>>>>drive space just for 2 minutes of video (I don't have that
>>>>>>kind of space!! I want to edit 1 hour videos that I have
>>>>>>captured from my camcorder).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2) If you have to capture the video and then render it
>>>>>>I will not have enough disk space on my hard drive (I
>>>>>>bought a 20 gig just for editing and 1 hour of capturing
>>>>>>takes up about 12 to 13 gigs, so I have no space for
>>>>>>redering the video out as an avi).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>2nd) Can I render the video (without having to save it as
>>>>>>an avi file) and then send it back to my camcorder (similar
>>>>>>to studio dv's program, from pinnacle, if anyone is
>>>>>>familiar with this). This saves a lot of disk space.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Sorry about the length of this post but I have been trying
>>>>>>to get this to work for a while now and I would appreciate
>>>>>>any help I can get.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>