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Hello,
I have digitized about 20 movies to .avi files. In total, the are about 300GB. My goal is to use Premier to create a movie with these files and to insert chapter markers to separate them. Next, export the movie to Encore to build an H265 BluRay disk with the chapters. I've found that the rendering time is off the charts... Would it be better for me to convert the .AVI files to .MP4 and use them in the movie? My thought is that the compressed format will reduce the time it takes to export to Encore and for Encore to build the BluRay disk. If this idea is a good one, will there be much loss in quality? I am using Adobe Cloud versions of the applications...
Thank you for your time and advice,
Mike

>digitized about 20 movies to .avi files
How, and exactly what is inside your avi files?
Report back with the codec details of your file, use the programs below... A screen shot works well to SHOW people what you are doing
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/592070?tstart=30 for screen shot instructions
Free programs to get file information for PC/Mac http://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo/Download

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