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[surfer]

I have thought about it and still i don't exactly know what is best to have the best quality.

I have converted the mpeg that i have captured to a DV avi file type 1.
That avi file i load in videostudio into a new project. I put in some new video's/photo's.
Now i am making a new avi and a mpeg2 file for a dvd to show my slideshow..

A new year arrived and i want to put some more video/ photo in it.
Now i make a new project and load the last created avi. I must cut some parts to add the newly video. When done i create a newly avi dv type1 and again a new mpeg for the new dvd.
And this repeating every year.

Am i doiing the wright thing here?

But when i converted the mpeg (captured from dvd) to a dv avi and load that avi in a new project, edit this and save the project (and also make a copy of it), then the project keeps the edited avi so i will also have always a recent file? The dvd i create is the backup. Am i wrong?
There is also no rerendering with this method.

[skier-hughes]

A new year arrived and i want to put some more video/ photo in it.
Now i make a new project and load the last created avi. I must cut some parts to add the newly video. When done i create a newly avi dv type1 and again a new mpeg for the new dvd.
And this repeating every year.

Am i doiing the wright thing here?

YES.

But when i converted the mpeg (captured from dvd) to a dv avi and load that avi in a new project, edit this and save the project (and also make a copy of it), then the project keeps the edited avi so i will also have always a recent file? The dvd i create is the backup. Am i wrong?
There is also no rerendering with this method.

You are correct here. The dvd could be your back up if you lose the avi file.
By rendering, do you mean encoding? If so, then there will be no encoding of the dv-avi file, it will remain the same each time you save it. There will of curse be some encoding to make the dvd from the dv-avi file

Graham

[surfer]

Yes, i mean encoding. Only the project is encoding to the mpeg file but with the last method (alway the original avi but the project changes every time), i don't have to save the results every time to a new avi. I always use the same avi. The changes are saved by the project.

This method seams a lot easyer then the first.