What compression after editing?

[tonytang]

I use Premier & MGI Video Wave to edit my captured Huffy AVI files.
Which compression do I use to produce back the edited AVI files?
I'd tried No-Compression but the output size is 3 times the original Huffy AVI files.
If I use back Huffy-Compression, the output displayed raster only.
Please help.

[mrtristan]

It's really up to you.

If you're going to archive them for your own usage, you might want to go with mpeg2. You can adjust the bitrate to maintain decent quality.

Divx is also a good choice, if the videos are for your own use.

If you plan on distributing them on cds, then mpeg might be better. Even older machines will play mpeg, so you know that almost anyone will be able to view them.

[Gigiduru]

Which compression do I use to produce back the edited AVI files?

Some editing programs, like Pinnacle Studio 7 which I use, have problems handling Huffy files. I found that the PCLEPIXL 32-bit codec is very good (2:1 compression with best quality). But then I use the large AVI files for MPEG-1 encoding in TMPGEnc, since I burn them to VCD or XVCD and watch them in my standalone DVD player. They look better on the TV screen, I don't know why, but they do.

Using TMPGEnc, a 2-pass variable bitrate encoding produces excellent MPEG files, far better than most editing program can produce (but it takes time).

If you plan to watch the videos on the computer, then DivX is probably best in terms of compression and quality. Play around with the codec's settings for a while until you are satisfied with the result.

You could also consider WMV and MPEG2, but these are not so popular.