I'm sure there must be a very obvious way to find out...
File --> File information
You'll find out about the frame rate, I'm guessing it'll be 25fps. You'll also know the video and audio codecs, as well as image resolution. Check all your files to see if they're on the same specs.
when rendering/recompressing/converting, do I use 'full processing mode'
Yes.
to things like bitrate... interlacing... etc.? I'm reading the marvelous AMV guide at the moment, but it's a bit confusing at times...
Yes, it is. I could direct you toward AMV's Avisynth for resizing and re-encoding but, for what you have to do, Virtualdub itself will do just fine. I've only just started pottering around with Avisynth and I'm not yet convinced by the advantages. Apparently, I will be one day. *g*
For interlacing, it depends on where your source comes from. Bitrate is irrelevant with Huffyuv but it'll be when you'll encode your final file for web distribution.
Re: Gaaaaaah. Too many options!
File --> File information
You'll find out about the frame rate, I'm guessing it'll be 25fps. You'll also know the video and audio codecs, as well as image resolution. Check all your files to see if they're on the same specs.
when rendering/recompressing/converting, do I use 'full processing mode'
Yes.
to things like bitrate... interlacing... etc.? I'm reading the marvelous AMV guide at the moment, but it's a bit confusing at times...
Yes, it is. I could direct you toward AMV's Avisynth for resizing and re-encoding but, for what you have to do, Virtualdub itself will do just fine. I've only just started pottering around with Avisynth and I'm not yet convinced by the advantages. Apparently, I will be one day. *g*
For interlacing, it depends on where your source comes from. Bitrate is irrelevant with Huffyuv but it'll be when you'll encode your final file for web distribution.