The Vegas 6.0c "HDV 1080-60i intermediate" template for creating Cineform intermediate files from m2t captures uses "Good" for the "video rendering quality."
I assume that Sony engineers chose this correctly, but is there any advantage to using "Best?" I am pretty sure the answer is no, since there is no down-sampling, which seems to be where Best is needed, but I thought I'd ask. I used Best last night when creating intermediary files for my first major HDV project. It took a long time, and I would like to reduce that time as long as quality won't be noticeably affected.
Of course, when doing my final render to SD MPEG-2 files, I have to use Best because the 1440x1080 is being downsampled to 720x480.
I assume that Sony engineers chose this correctly, but is there any advantage to using "Best?" I am pretty sure the answer is no, since there is no down-sampling, which seems to be where Best is needed, but I thought I'd ask. I used Best last night when creating intermediary files for my first major HDV project. It took a long time, and I would like to reduce that time as long as quality won't be noticeably affected.
Of course, when doing my final render to SD MPEG-2 files, I have to use Best because the 1440x1080 is being downsampled to 720x480.