Hello. General newbie, but wha ev. So far I've made 2 ventures for video compression within Poser 4. Two with the divx codec emplyoed, and one with no compression whatsoever. The size of the divx file is impressive (a measly 200kb), while the uncompressed video is 250mb. Thing is, they both took approximately the same time to render. Another problem is that I'm unable to play back the uncompressed video without EXTREMELY stuttery frame rates (less tha 10fps). What I'm looking for is a good quality video compressor that doesn't have to look absolutely perfect (yet not nearly as bad as divx), and is suitable to transfer to a DV tape. There are so many codec with so many options, that I don't know where to begin. Anyone have any ideas? Also, what's an ideal resolution for rendering the animation which will make the transfer from Computer--->Dv--->VHS?? I figure 640x480 is decent enough. Im running a modest system here. 380mhz, voodoo3, 128ram, win98. Many thanks to all thos e who give their assistance. Ry