Editing and exporting a DivX video

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Editing and exporting a DivX video

I don't know much about DivX and encoding. I have a DivX .avi video that plays fine in quicktime, and I can even import it and edit it in Final Cut without rendering (as long as I have Unlimited RT on, it plays fine, but does have the orange "unlimited render" shading). What export settings should I use to export the finished edit? I want to maintain the crisp clean look of the original DivX clip. Do I also have to change the sequence settings?

MacBook Pro 2.33 GHz Core 2 Duo, 3GB Ram Mac OS X (10.4.8) Final Cut Pro 5.1

Posted on Mar 19, 2007 10:14 PM

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Horror in Oklahoma

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Mar 19, 2007 11:52 PM in response to rhnantell

I can only suggest that you choose some other compressor other than DivX on the Mac platform. The Mac version is not well designed, compared with the Windows version. Its motion search takes quite a lot of time, and the Mac version only supports MP3 for audio compressor.

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Jun 8, 2007 9:42 PM in response to Horror in Oklahoma

I can only suggest that you choose some other
compressor other than DivX on the Mac platform. The
Mac version is not well designed, compared with the
Windows version. Its motion search takes quite a lot
of time, and the Mac version only supports MP3 for
audio compressor.

yes, i figured as much, but the only export settings I was happy with made a file that was way bigger than the original, even though the length was relatively the same. I'm talking like 8 times bigger.

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