On Sun, 16 Feb 2003 19:30:18 GMT, "tart@coldzebra.com" <tart@coldzebra.com> wrote:

>have w2k os...have many .avi files over 15gig in size...

> want to cut those .avi files to various sizes but DONT

> want to re-render them as some of the editors force me to do...

> why cant the avi files be clipped/cut and left in their original

>rendering

> without re-rendering them ??,as i suspect this re-rendering

>introduces yet more degradation

> thanks ..tart

With a good codec, there is little degradation with

multiple renderings (see

www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/original_vs_10th-gen.htm);

with most editing programs, there is no rendering of

unchanged (but for cuts) original material...

(BTW, many such answers are at

www.nikonlinks.com/ruether/posts.)