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There are scores of different formats to which we could output. It really depends on what you want to do. However, many are immediately ruled out as most people will not have access to them or they are obsolete. What it comes down to is outputting to an appropriate format for what you want. For Entertaining and Viewing If you are after something for viewing and entertainment then there is nothing better than DVD. This is why we all buy or hire DVDs from the local video shop. They allow you to jump quickly to the section you want to view. You just place them in the DVD player and away you go. When you are finished there is no rewinding. DVD has the greatest estimated life. Obviously, just like any other media, it needs to be cared for properly. However, unlike video tape, it does not degrade over time due to the Earth's magnetic fields and there is no wear and tear from play. Compare an audio tape with an LP. The lifetime of an LP will well outlast that of an audio tape and this is even though the LP record player uses a destructive needle to play it whereas a DVD uses a laser beam and nothing actually touches the surface. The only other commonly available format for viewing is VHS. VHS, however, has only one half of the detail and one third of the colour clarity of DVD and lacks the ability to quickly jump to where you want to go. For Editing If you want to edit, there are a number of options. The highest quality available is the scanned master. For those wishing to edit, we digitally transfer this without any quality loss to:  DVD-R uncompressedDVD+R uncompressedHard Disk Drive uncompressedDVCamminiDVDigital8 (PAL only)We can output to many different file formats (including MS DV AVI, Quicktime). We can output either as one frame of digital video for each frame of film (silent only) or slowed to normal video speed. Outputting one frame of DV for each frame of film provides maximum flexibility and quality. DVD Video For Editing We strongly recommend against trying to edit the DVD Video as this will reduce the quality of the footage as the software will need to recompress the footage. If you wish to try this, just copy the video_ts folder from the DVD and then rename the .VOB extensions to .MPG . Once this is done, you can edit with any MPEG2 editor. |
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