Huffyuv problems

[hmpf]

Having given up on achieving any really precise result in Windows Movie Maker (it keeps subtly de-synching my finished vid when I render it), I am now trying to get started working with Premiere Pro 6.0. Premiere doesn't like my source avi files, so I asked around a bit and people told me to use VirtualDub to convert my source to an avi that would be usable by Premiere, and to use Huffyuv to encode/compress/? (arrgh, I need to learn vidding terminology!) Now, I've played around a bit with the program and the codec, and so far I have two problems:

1.) The file size is *huge*. For a clip of around 1500 frames it can be between 500 and 700 MB. This could turn into a big problem for me soon, as my hard drive really isn't that big. I have around 18 GB free space at the moment, could possibly expand that to around, hm, 30 GB.

2.) The clips play very jerkily, as if a lot of frames are being dropped.

Anyone know what to do?

Comments

Re: Jerky playback

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- Importing it into Premiere etc.: okay, will try. But if I want to work with the clips it won't do to have jerky clips, because I won't be able to judge the timing before rendering the vid... or do you suggest rendering each clip in wmv *before* I start editing the vid?
Anyway - will play around with the clips in Premiere a bit...

- High quality clips and editing: I sort of get that; the thing is just that no matter what I do, I don't have more than 35 GB of free space, so I will *have* to compromise on quality (or buy a new hard drive, which, at the moment, is a *bit* more of a commitment to vidding than I am ready to make).