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MotherFuckaJones
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So i'm pretty new to the whole filming in HD thing. My camera films in MP4, but when I open up the footage in Sony Vegas and save it as an .avi, and a .mp4, the .avi almost looks better side by side. Anyways, i'm not very sure about my untrained eye so I was wondering if some people with more experience in filming could tell me what the best format is for retaining quality.

May 24 2010 2:55PM
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JibUrNut
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It doesnt matter which one for quality since they are both only containers. That means they are both basically folders that holds the audio and video files. What really matters for quality is which video codec you use. For example the H.264 codec tends to look better with a mp4 container than an AVI container. The best thing to do is to ask other forums that specialize with video stuff or just look up the different codecs, containers and editing software on wiki
May 24 2010 5:03PM
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MotherFuckaJones
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Ahhh, see I hardly understood what any of that meant. I guess i'll just have to look it up and learn the material myself, but thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
May 24 2010 10:08PM
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