Microsoft KB Archive/94763

= VidEdit: Unnecessary Recompression of .AVI Files =

Article ID: 94763

Article Last Modified on 9/30/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Sound System 1.0

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This article was previously published under Q94763



SUMMARY
When using VidEdit to combine several files, you can avoid unnecessary additional compression by choosing No Change from the Video Compression Method under the Compression Option when saving the file, or when setting the Compression Options under the Video menu.



MORE INFORMATION
An example of recompression is the combining of two files created using the ActionMedia II card and Indeo Compression into a single Indeo file (or even after just editing an Indeo file) and choosing Save As from the Edit menu with Indeo selected as the compression method. This recompresses the file(s) using the Indeo compression again, which in turn can cause a greater degradation of the data.

By choosing the No Change option under Video Compression Method, you continue to use the compression scheme of the original file loaded without a recompression.

Recompression could also take place when combining two files of one compression scheme and saving the file using a different compression scheme.

Additional query words: 1.00 Compression AVI

Keywords: KB94763

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