Converting DV to AIC before using in im08.

Question

Like others I notice that DV in im08 is dreadful, this hasn't always been the case and I was quite happy with the way im08 treated DV until the latest round of updates, but let's not get into that old chestnut again.
I just wondered if anyone else has taken to converting DV to AIC before editing in im08. I haven't actually taken any close looks at the differences this makes, but there is a clear difference and huge benefit to doing this.
Conversion is pretty quick, although it does use a bit of space to do this, well worth it IMO though.

Answer 1

I sense you don't understand how iM 08 works so you miss why it's not as simple as using MPEG Streamclip or QT Pro.
If you understood iM 08 you would know WHY DV with its two frame sizes and two aspect ratios and it's four pixel aspect ratios can't be just be converted to AIC which uses square pixels. And, you would know you must also export in a way that restores the SD to it's original format or ROUND objects will not be round.
OK -- I didn't really know any of this until I bought Steve's book. But now i do. And, it's totally relevant to converting DV to anything which is exactly what I said in MY post. See the title of your original post "converting DV to AIC before using in im08."
It seems you and others have gone round and round on bad quality never coming-up with a solution, yet you ***** when someone else recommends a solution you can see for yourself working.
You need to ask yourself -- do i really want good quality or do I just want to keep whining. In any case, don't claim I'm up to "... something." YOU posted the question, not me.
In fact, I wonder why you keep speculating that Apple has done "something" that reduces DV quality. Why would they do this? But, lets assume they did make 08 DV worse. It doesn't matter to me since I don't have quality problems any more.