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Subject:.avi files? Posted by: John Ellenberger Date:8/13/2008 7:00:49 PM I am trying to clean-up some video and Sound Forge 9 is by preferred tool but I am getting strange results. I read in an .avi ripped from a DV tape in Premier and edited it with no problems. Then when I went to save it the thing had was an order of magnitude bigger than the original. It looks normal from a video perspective but something is weird about this file. I unchecked all the options because when "store meta" is checked it generates an error. Is anybody using SF on .avi as part of a Premier workflow?
Subject:RE: .avi files? Reply by: musicvid10 Date:8/13/2008 8:20:05 PM If you captured at DV-25 and saved at DV-25 the file sizes should be approximately the same. Sound Forge editing may introduce some small changes in file size, but nothing like you are reporting. Message last edited on8/13/2008 8:21:56 PM bymusicvid10.
Subject:RE: .avi files? Reply by: John Ellenberger Date:8/14/2008 8:20:47 AM Well it could be something I did but there is only one .avi format and a few checkbox items. It took less than 30 sec to read in the file and about 10 minutes to write it out. At this point I don't trust it unless I can figure out whats going on. Premiere's own audio tools are so arcane and weird but I may have to see if I can do this inside PP.
Subject:RE: .avi files? Reply by: musicvid10 Date:8/14/2008 8:59:51 AM It took less than 30 sec to read in the file and about 10 minutes to write it out. I'm almost certain what you did was save it as the default template (uncompressed). SoundForge doesn't automatically save in the AVI format you opened, you have to tell it. No harm done, however. Simply open that huge uncompressed file and save it as the same DV format you originally imported, and it will be back to normal. You should check the box that says "Stretch to fill output frame" so the original aspect will be preserved. Message last edited on8/14/2008 9:26:05 AM bymusicvid10.
Subject:RE: .avi files? Reply by: John Ellenberger Date:8/17/2008 7:22:38 AM Yes I missed the "Template" pull-down which is the not-so-obvious way to select the format of the info inside the .avi container.

Subject:.avi files?

Date:8/13/2008 7:00:49 PM

I am trying to clean-up some video and Sound Forge 9 is by preferred tool but I am getting strange results. I read in an .avi ripped from a DV tape in Premier and edited it with no problems. Then when I went to save it the thing had was an order of magnitude bigger than the original. It looks normal from a video perspective but something is weird about this file. I unchecked all the options because when "store meta" is checked it generates an error.

Is anybody using SF on .avi as part of a Premier workflow?

Subject:RE: .avi files?

Reply by: musicvid10

Date:8/13/2008 8:20:05 PM

If you captured at DV-25 and saved at DV-25 the file sizes should be approximately the same. Sound Forge editing may introduce some small changes in file size, but nothing like you are reporting.

Message last edited on8/13/2008 8:21:56 PM bymusicvid10.

Subject:RE: .avi files?

Reply by: John Ellenberger

Date:8/14/2008 8:20:47 AM

Well it could be something I did but there is only one .avi format and a few checkbox items. It took less than 30 sec to read in the file and about 10 minutes to write it out. At this point I don't trust it unless I can figure out whats going on. Premiere's own audio tools are so arcane and weird but I may have to see if I can do this inside PP.

Subject:RE: .avi files?

Reply by: musicvid10

Date:8/14/2008 8:59:51 AM

**It took less than 30 sec to read in the file and about 10 minutes to write it out. **

I'm almost certain what you did was save it as the default template (uncompressed).
SoundForge doesn't automatically save in the AVI format you opened, you have to tell it.

No harm done, however. Simply open that huge uncompressed file and save it as the same DV format you originally imported, and it will be back to normal. You should check the box that says "Stretch to fill output frame" so the original aspect will be preserved.

Message last edited on8/14/2008 9:26:05 AM bymusicvid10.

Subject:RE: .avi files?

Reply by: John Ellenberger

Date:8/17/2008 7:22:38 AM

Yes I missed the "Template" pull-down which is the not-so-obvious way to select the format of the info inside the .avi container.