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        <div><div class="section"><p>For

many video projects, you’ll save ASND or WAV audio files from Soundbooth, and

then combine those with related video in an application like Adobe

Premiere Pro. If the flexibility of separate audio and video files

isn’t necessary, however, save to a video format directly from Soundbooth.

Choose a format optimized for the output type:</p>

<ul><li><p>For

hard disk playback, choose uncompressed AVI or QuickTime.</p>

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<li><p>For the web, choose compressed Flash Video, MPEG1, QuickTime,

or Windows Media. </p>

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<li><p>For standard resolution DVDs, choose MPEG-2-DVD.</p>

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<li><p>For high-definition video, choose H.264 (MPEG4).</p>

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are details about each video format:</p>

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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Adobe Flash Video (.flv)</h4><p>FLV format lets you present video in Adobe

Flash Player, a free, widely available browser plug‑in. Adobe Flash

Player can play either standalone FLV files, or those you embed

into Flash animations in SWF format.</p>

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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Microsoft AVI(.avi)</h4><p>The Windows version of Soundbooth supports

AVI, Microsoft’s standard video file format. AVI is a container

format that supports both uncompressed video and a variety of codecs. </p>

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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">MPEG-1 (.mpg)</h4><p>The Windows version of Soundbooth supports

MPEG‑1, a compressed format commonly used on CD‑ROM and the web.

This format produces picture quality comparable to VHS at quarter-screen

frame size.</p>

<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>Due to their keyframe‑based compression and

variable bitrate, MPEG formats require significant processing power

and time to generate.</div>

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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">MPEG-2 (.mpg, .m2v)</h4><p>MPEG-2 format delivers

SVHS picture quality, much higher than MPEG‑1. A variation of this

format is part of the original DVD specification, but MPEG‑2 is also

supported by the Blu-ray and HD‑DVD standards.</p>

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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">MPEG-4 (.mp4, .m4v)</h4><p>Maintains the same perceived quality

level as MPEG-2, but offers better compression, reduced file size,

and support for interactivity. The H.264 codec is supported by the

Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD formats.</p>

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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">QuickTime (.mov)</h4><p>QuickTime

is the standard video format for Mac&#160;OS, though its use

isn’t limited to that platform. However, Windows users must install

QuickTime for Windows to view and work with MOV files. In addition

to full-resolution video, QuickTime supports streaming video and

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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Windows Media Video (.wmv)</h4><p>The Windows version of

Soundbooth supports Windows Media Video, Microsoft's format for

compressed, streaming video. Typically, WMV files are viewed in

Windows Media Player, but other applications and plug‑ins also support

this format.</p>

<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />Though the formats above are

primarily used for video output, you can specify audio-only output

in the Export Settings dialog box.</div></div>

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