Best Video Forma for Logic (?)

Dears All,
what is the best video format for Logic actually ?
I am receiving all kind of video file such as mp4, QT, AVI etc and i want to reconvert for a optimal performance. So, what is, in terms of format size etc ?
Very, very thanks in advance.
-A

Charlie the Tuna wrote:
Thanks, pancenter, I never would have known this. Compression on the fly? Once I convert/export a file doesn't it simply become a smaller file? If there's compression on the fly, isn't a large file being compressed even more?
Once you export the file to a compressed format, the codec that does the compression also has to decompress on playback. The DV file is not compressed, it is the native video/audio format, there is no translation when playing.
An audio example: A 5.5Meg mp3 file is actually a compressed 47.6Meg Wav file.
In order to play the compressed format the computer (PC, Mac whatever) has to have a codec or audio player of some kind that converts the mp3 to it's native 44.1, 16-bit Wav format. Depending on the codec, it will require some CPU to decompress and play in real time.
So no, it doesn't just become a smaller file.
Nothing is free!
pancenter-

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