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- georgietexan
Hi need some help. I have a ton of videos I need to capture on my hard drive. I plan to then burn copies to DVD-r. Does anyone know the best format to save the video as .mpg-2 or .mov? I would like to save as much space as I can but keep the quality. This is my first time trying to burn to DVD off my hard drive so want to make sure I save it correctly and save space. Like I said I have a ton of video something like 12 hours.
- vellan0
i seriously doubt you can capture to mpg2 directly... basically you have to capture the video into .mov, then convert it to mpg2 for dvd playback...unless you are archiving.
as for hard drive space...you can capture at lower resolutions, but quality drops drastically...you might have to do it small amounts at a time.
- georgietexan0
does anyone know the best solution for storage of video that can still be access to burn to DVD. I know about raid for PC but I run a mac G4 so I have only for slots for hard drives. I think even if I get like 4 for drives at 120 or 140 I still might need more space for 40 hours of video right?
- vellan0
it depends what resolution you are capturing at.
dv capture is slightly over 3mb per second. sd (if you have a great capture card) is about 20mb per sec.
also, you don't have to have the entire 40 hours on at once...do it in batches. that way having a 120gig drive will do the eniter project in a few batches.
also, you can get raids for mac if you get a scsi card.
it all depends on your budget and capture resoolution.
- dsmith70
my two hours wedding video took about 22 GB's to capture using Imovie and a Sony MiniDV. It wasn't the best set-up but it worked.
- georgietexan0
My problem is that the video can't have brakes in it. these are complete live performances of artists. They run about 40 mins to 60 mins in length. I would like for the video to stay around 500 lines of horizontal resolution. just like the DV master tapes. So could I get a out side box and hook it up to my MAC so I could have more then 4 hard drives? If so what's a good set up for this for about 3000 or 4000 dollars
- vellan0
here's the thing...
do you absolutely have to have ALL the footage on your hard drive at once?
If you plan on having all the footage on at once, and since you are capturing at DV resolution, you can use regular hard drives (like external firewire ones, or intrnal ide drives), so just get a set of 4 external 120gb drives or something. they can be looped together (and even raided if you so desire), and will have no problem storing all the footage.
that will cost you WAY less than 3000 bucks too...shouldn't be more than 1500.
- georgietexan0
well yeah it's got to be easly pull off the drives and copied. I need all the video to be stored on the hard drives because someone at anytime might need a copy of the proformance. I'm just thinking of going with 4 hard drives 120gb intrnal ide. but if I run out of space would I need to buy other G4 or does any other campany make a storage box for MACs that would be cheaper then buying other G4?
- vellan0
buy as many internal hard drives as you can (4 for newer G4's), and if you want more space, get external firewire drives. they don't cost much more than internal hd's, and have great transfer rates, so go with them.
don't even think of buying a new comp just to store video.
once again, for dv, just use internal ide or EXT FIREWIRE DRIVES.
- georgietexan0
Ok cool I'll go with just the 4 drives for now. So no companies make like a external storage unit for video? something like a server?
- vellan0
there are many options, but for raid drives you need a scsi port...you can get a scsi card, instal it in your G4 and use something like one of medea's drives ( http://www.medea.com )
they have a 300gb scsi raid, but that is overkill.seriously, for miniDV footage, just buy internal ide or external firewire. try lacie's 120gb drive ( http://www.lacie.com )
- dsmith70
sorry dude but your not going to get 12 hours worth of footage on one DVD. You can try and lower the bit rate all the way down but I still think the MP2 will be a monster.
- vellan0
true that...more like 12 dvds. but dvd media is cheaper nowadays, so no biggie.
- georgietexan0
oh on I'm not looking to get all 12 hours of video on one DVD. no no no I know that. I need storage for 12 hours of video then burn one hour per DVD when needed. It's just that I need access to the video quickly, so I need it on the hard drives at all time. I need storage for alot of video
- vellan0
then ide/firewire drives are your ticket.