Export video from miniDV after editing

[ordos_lider]

Hi there!
I'm newbie in video editing, so please advice me. I capture video from miniDV camera and edit it. What format i should use to save video to get best quality?

[BrianCee]

Best quality for what - watching on TV - putting on a DVD or blu-ray - watching on a computer - uploading to Youtube

what do you want to do with the edited videos

[ordos_lider]

Sorry. I didn't specify.
I suppose to put it on media server and then watch on tv through DLNA.

[BrianCee]

Sorry - but now your going to have to tell us which formats your TV can accept through DNLA - not all devices accept all formats

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[ordos_lider]

As i can found at documentation. Media server recommend use:
1)Container: MP4
Resolution: 1920x1080 or smaller
Video Encoding: H.264 (level 4.0 or lower)
Video Framerate: 30fps
Video Bit Depth: 8
Audio Encoding: AAC
2) Also it support:
MKV container with H.264 video encoding

[canuck]

Why not simply do a test of a short clip at various format to see which looks best.
Generally though, you cannot improve the quality of your captured video. If you captured from standard DV video(720x480), you will not improve quality by going to "HD" formats. In fact the resulting video might even be lower in quality since any "artifacts" may be magnified.

[ordos_lider]

My reason not to improve quality, but save it with smaller file size.

[asik1]

My reason not to improve quality, but save it with smaller file size.

3Mb XVID AVI with 160K mp3 audio is the way to go.

[canuck]

My reason not to improve quality, but save it with smaller file size.

From your first post: "What format i should use to save video to get best quality?"

[bitman]

Why not simply do a test of a short clip at various format to see which looks best.
Generally though, you cannot improve the quality of your captured video. If you captured from standard DV video(720x480), you will not improve quality by going to "HD" formats. In fact the resulting video might even be lower in quality since any "artifacts" may be magnified.

good idea, but make sure you do not make the "various format try-out" clips to short.
With short clips you may not see streaming issues like sound lagging, choppy video as long as the buffering can still cope with short bitrate bursts.

also try to match the source material frame PAL country (25/50) FPS or USA 30/60 FPS when exporting...