Sorry, I missed the MKV....I am not sure how many editing programs actually support MKV files though....so you may have to convert them regardless of which software you use...again I could be wrong but a quick google search did not show a lot of options in working with MKV natively...I checked premire, Vegas and Ulead's site and none of them supported MKV in native format.
I use a PC myself, so I understand wanting to stick with what you know, like I said for me, it's Vegas and QT pro for Windows and it works pretty well... Heath http://heathparks.com --- In [email protected], "Davis Freeberg" <da...@...> wrote: > > I took a look at Vegas, but unfortunately versions 6 & 7 don't support MKV. > I wasn't able to tell if their current version did, but I didn't see it > mentioned on their product page. Ideally, I'd like to keep as much quality > as possible, but still have some kind of portability. Quicktime is one > solution, but my digital eco-system isn't really setup for mac. Being able > to burn to Blu-Ray would be another option, but I think I'd prefer storing my > files digital. > > > --- In [email protected], "Heath" <heathparks@> wrote: > > > > I use Sony Vegas, it will handle the h.264 video fine, and it will output > > to an mp4 ipod capatible file....however, it does not "fast start" and it > > won't play on the Iphone via streaming. > > > > How I do it is that I use Sony Vegas for the heavy lifting, editing, etc, > > and then output it to an uncompressed .avi file and then use Quicktime pro > > to render out to the Ipod/Iphone capatible format. It's an extra step > > but....it's well worth it overall. It looks good, it plays on ever device > > that is mp4 capable as well.... > > > > As a side note, I think I have tried just about every other way to get an > > h.264 file without using quicktime and I have always been disapointed > > later....I finally just gave in on that and went with the QT pro option.... > > > > Heath > > http://heathparks.com > > > > --- In [email protected], "Davis Freeberg" <davis@> wrote: > > > > > > The few video editing software programs I've used have been pretty basic > > > and disappointing. Lots of bugs, limitations and crashing. I'd like to > > > upgrade to something that lets me input h.264 files, edit them there and > > > then export into H.264/MKV. Was wondering if anyone had an opinion on > > > the programs I should be looking at? I'm a PC user, so that leaves out > > > Apple. I'd like to find out which one is the best as well as the best > > > one that doesn't cost an arm or a leg. > > > > > >
