It is my understanding that when you import a file with the proper specs for, say, Quicktime DV, and click on the option that retains the resolution of the source file, that the Avid doesn't recompress, but rewraps the file, chops it up into 2 GB pieces, and puts it into the OMFI MediaFiles folder. I heard that even the Avid DV Codec is still regular

If you import a Quicktime DV .mov video file into Avid Free DV, edit it cuts only, one video track, no transitions, effects or color correction, and export it as a Quicktime DV .mov file with the same settings, is there any recompression/generation loss, or is the file just copied? (Note: the Same as Source button in the export window of Free DV is

As I was editing away and making sure everything looked pretty on my analog interlaced CRT client monitor, I thought about all the TV viewers out there buying up new digital TV sets, progressive scan, and usually LCD screens. Analog NTSC video looks very different on them, although some expensive sets will “upconvert” the old-fashioned video. Do we