Will i get quality loss if i do this.............

Finatic13 wrote on 12/27/2002, 5:09 AM

i have some m2v files that ive converted back to DV AVI with Canopus procoder, im then adding fades to black to the start and end of the clips and then rendering back to m2v with Vegas. Will the quality be the same as the original M2v clip???
thanks for any info
regards
Simon

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taliesin wrote on 12/27/2002, 5:34 AM

This is a conversion from MPEG to DV and back from DV to MPEG. Each of these conversions cause a quality loss.

Marco

JohnnyRoy wrote on 12/27/2002, 9:03 AM

You might want to find a tool that cuts and splices m2v files without re-encoding them. Then cut off the heads and tails, add the fades to/from back, and splice them together again. This was only the head and tail will be re-encoded and the remainder of the video will be at the same quality. I know TMPGEnc can cut and splice MPEG files. I’ve never tried it with m2v.

~jr

vonhosen wrote on 12/27/2002, 11:07 AM

The product you have , Procoder will cut & splice your .m2v files.
If you do as JohnnyRoy has suggested you will only have degradation then over a small amount of the finished article.

Finatic13 wrote on 12/27/2002, 1:52 PM

thanks for the help guys, will try it out
regards
Simon