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.avi or .dif .....What's the diff????
.dif is just the raw digital info without an avi or mov package....
The header of the file... the metadata is the difference.
When we use an .avi file, the raw DV (digital info) is placed in an avi wrapper which has header info that says "I'm an avi file, I'll play back in a media player." The .dif file is the exact same digital information without that avi header file.
A PC running Windows looks at a .dif file and recognizes it as something resembling a .mov file. That explains that when you look at the files in your Windows Explorer, and you have QuickTime installed on your system, there's a QuickTime icon next to the dif file, where as an avi file will have a Windows Media picon or Real picon next to it, depending on which media player you use, and what files you associated to it.
Click here to visit the Pinnacle Systems web board where this is discussed...but look for the folks from Pinnacle there, everyone else just throws their thoughts around....
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