wmv help

Paul_Varjak wrote on 9/12/2006, 8:33 AM

I'm working on a project in which most of my source files will be
wmv's. If I place them all on the timeline and render them as one
wmv will I have any issues with the quality? Any help or suggestions on this would be greatly appreciated.

Comments

Lili wrote on 9/12/2006, 9:51 AM

Hi Paul - I think there would be some degradation in quality, however, why not test rendering out a short piece of your project and see first hand if it's acceptable to you or not? There's nothing better than learning by doing - at least it works that way for me.

fldave wrote on 9/12/2006, 10:07 AM

wmv's are murder on the timeline, sometimes worse than HDV m2ts. I've had good results rendering out to HUFFYUV (lossless), then editing. For upsizing, if needed, a very small gaussian blur (.001-.002) before the resizing goes a long way.

Paul_Varjak wrote on 9/12/2006, 10:09 AM

Thanks for your reply Lili. I am going to do that once I receive all the source files. Just looking for anything I may need to watch out for.
I am concerned with what will happen when they are re-rendered to a larger wmv.

Chienworks wrote on 9/12/2006, 11:02 AM

It depends mostly on the quality of the source WMV files. Are they high quality 5Mbps? Then you should be able to get something usable out of them. Are they 256Kbps web videos? You probably won't be happy with the result. As with most highly compressed formats, you are going to lose a significant amount of quality when re-rendering. The better the source is to begin with, the less objectionable the loss will be.