DV Format incompatibility on a PC

[e.behme at kreativedvd.com]

Great list, by the way, for a lurker from Germany!

Here's one that stumped me:

I captured a file from a miniDV camcorder into iMovie and then  -via 
QT Pro - exportetd it as a DV file (not DVCAM) and burnt it on two 
DVD-R blanks for a PC using friend. He was going to use Pinnacle 
Studio 8 to add sound and prepare it for Video-DVD.
Seemed straight forward enough, even though it took some time. One 
problem was that iMovie  cut the 30minute movie into 2GB chunks, but 
that one I can live with.

He just called me and said that Pinnacle didn't open the file 
automatically and when he tried to select it from inside Pinnacle, he 
was told the format was unrecognizable.
What gives?
Does the PC only recognize DV files called .avi? Is there a way to 
rename a .dv file to .avi? Or does it have something to do with 
MicrosoftDV being a proprietary format?

Since he is not very computer savy, he can't be of much help, so I am 
in need of some clarification. (By the way, it is a PAL file, but 
that shouldn't have any bearing, I guess.)

ciao for now

eckhard
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