On Sat, 16 Mar 2002 20:01:50 -0800, Valerie S. wrote:
>In article <3c9e71f8.5711922@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>, rpn1
>@cornell.edu says...

>> Check this out for 5-generation comparisons of DV-codecs:
>> http://members.home.net/dgcom/MiniDV/DVcompressors.htm
>> The MainConcept and Canopus codecs appear to be about
>> equally (very) good for excellent multi-generational
>> performance, minimal effect on the footage appearance,
>> and speed of rendering...

>I actually have a Storm, but that's leaving and I'm looking for a dv
>solution to my most likely next system (mmm... Toast).
>
>I searched around and found reference to it having the capability to
>break 4 gigs, but I haven't found the diffinitive on that yet. I'll give
>it a shot.
>
>**However**
>
>I managed to come across this comparison between Mainconcept and MS DV.
>If anyone is using the MS dv codec at any time for whatever reason,
>you've got to check this out:
>
>http://people.freenet.de/codecpage/DV.html

Yes - things are better than they used to be, when there
were few DV-AVI codec choices (and all of these had really
obvious problems, some not correctable with filtering),
but even now, not all codecs are created equal in image
quality and render speed... For those of us who want to
render in multiple passes, the codec quality is quite
important...