How DV-AVI is DV-AVI ?

I have a lot of old (from 1988 onwards) analog Video 8 tapes. The old Panasonic stopped functioning for a long time now, but I found a company that will digitize the footage. Because I want to edit it all in Prel, the format is going to be DV-AVI.
Now before I ask this to be done: does "DV-AVI" appear in various types? That would need a specific codec if I want Prel to import and handle the files? And if so, what codec(s) should I request this company to use?
Or is "DV-AVI" always the same DV-AVI, and is there nothing to worry about?
Thanks for your comments
Felix

DV is the codec (compression system) you want with your AVI. If you're getting a DV-AVI, you're getting what you need.
Now, there are two types of DV-AVIs (called Type 1 and Type 2, interestingly). They're virtually identical in content, and only a little Microsoft quirk separates them.
In fact, pretty much only Microsoft uses Type 1's.
All of which is more than you need to know.
So, yes. The short answer is a NTSC DV-AVI is an NTSC DV-AVI. If your digitizer is creating them from your old video, you're in.

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