Why aren't you converting it to Mpeg4?
I used Adobe Premiere Elements to convert HD avi files to HD Mpeg files.
What is your purpose for the conversion? What program are you using? Without more information it's impossible to help.
Don't edit with Mpegs, only avi.
The computer will be slower, but the results will be much better.
Only use Mpegs for DVDs and uploading to Vimeo. Even there, Nero converts HD avi or HD Mpegs to Mpeg4 for your DVD, unless you specify to make it a 16:9 NTSC. In that case, Nero will convert it to Mpeg2.
Yes!
Avi is uncompressed audio and video and Mpeg is very compressed audio and video where the quality is downgraded.
So, avi is better.
i always thought avi was compressed for some reason..
It sounds like your laptop is too outdated to edit. A new laptop now costs $300 to $400. You also need an external firewire hard drive for you video files. Uncompressed avi. Mpegs are all compressed. Avi takes more space. A 1TB external drive costs under $100. My Sony Viao laptop cost $1700 from Newegg.com. I just spent $200 on a 2TB external Firewire HD. My laptop has HD and Blu-2ay hardware built-in. You need the right equipment for the job.
It sounds like your laptop is too outdated to edit. A new laptop now costs $300 to $400. You also need an external firewire hard drive for you video files. Uncompressed avi. Mpegs are all compressed. Avi takes more space. A 1TB external drive costs under $100. My Sony Viao laptop cost $1700 from Newegg.com. I just spent $200 on a 2TB external Firewire HD. My laptop has HD and Blu-2ay hardware built-in. You need the right equipment for the job.
When you get a "Firewire" external hard drive now, it is Firewire 800/400 (backwardly compatible) USB 3/2/1/ (backwardly compatible) and at least a SATA drive inside the casing.
Nah. Not really.
In the studio I work in, all news transfers are made by Firewire 800 interfaces because it's common and fast. It's on iMacs and MacBookPro's. Yes, a SATA cable is the fastest, except SATA cables are for the insides of computers, not data transfer because a computer wouldn't be able to keep up with itself.
Firewire is NOT fast!
We have USB 3 and Thunderbolt. They are fast. Mac has been trying to run away from Firewire for a few years now.
And esata cables to external enclosures are also a lot faster than Firewire.
There really are better things out there than Firewire. It's not 1999 any more.