iMovieHD & Pixellated video on Macintosh

[masterblaster72 0]

Hi all,

When I try to convert my (large, high-quality) .dv file downloaded from my cameria into iMovieHD (on MacBook Pro) to a more portable format like .avi, it inevitably loses quality and the video becomes jagged or pixellated. Is there any way I can convert to a reasonably-sized .avi or .mpg or .mov video using iMovieHD without losing so much quality?

Videos are usually a few minutes long and I'm hoping for an end result of a decent quality .avi or .mpg or .mov that is under 100MB.

Thanks in advance.

Be humble, ask questions, listen, learn, follow the golden rule, talk when necessary, and know when to shut the fuck up.

[pilotdave 0]

I don't know about imovieHD, but look for a deinterlace function. Should solve your problem. Try encoding with the DivX codec to get good quality at low file size.

Dave

[faulknerwn 38]

Have you tried the various save options in imoviehd? I would definitely try saving it to the mov quicktime format since that is a default mac format.

[masterblaster72 0]

Will take your advice, and give it a try, thanks y'all.

Be humble, ask questions, listen, learn, follow the golden rule, talk when necessary, and know when to shut the fuck up.