hi, i have a sony sr11 camcorder. i edit its footage in premiere cs4. i dont seem to find a gud export setting which can result gud quality video, except exporting in microsoft avi format and selecting dv ntsc codec, ntsc widescreen 16:9 (1.2121) aspect. this result in gud quality but the ratio is not fully 16:9 when played in any player. its a bit more squared, not too much. the aspect ratio becomes even more square when i compress the video by ashampoo movie shrink software. can any one plz guide me wat to do ?

Shahzad,

I wouldn't use the Microsoft AVI for export my videos. Depending where the video is being viewed depends on what format I'd export it in. For example,

YouTube = Windows Media 1920*1080 1 PAR 16.9 bitrate of 10,000
DVD = MPEG2 720*576 (PAL)
etc

So where is the footage going to be viewed?

video will be viewed from a dvd disk. i tried mpeg2 but the video result in very soften and less contrast.

any one who would like to help !!