Operation Manual

Chapter 12: Making your movie 235
the trade-off between file size and quality: the more
you compress, the more you reduce quality.
Both video and audio compression are adjustable.
Video compression adjustments include frame size,
frame rate and data rate (after compression). For audio,
you can select monaural (single channel) instead of
stereo, and adjust the bit depth and sampling rate.
The default codec included with Studio is the Studio
DV codec. If you wish to output your movie in another
format, you can use any DirectShow-compatible codec
installed on your PC, as long as that codec is also
installed on the PC that will play your digital movie.
To save your movie as an AVI file:
1. Switch to Make Movie mode by clicking
the Make Movie tab at the top of the
Studio main window. The Make Movie
controls appear. Click the AVI tab.
2. Click the Settings button. Verify that the Include
video and Include audio checkboxes are selected.
(Note: If you selected “DV Video Encoder” in the
Compression dropdown, the Include audio option is
unavailable.)