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Posted by Mike Kujbida on 12/04/06 22:04
Spex wrote:
> Richard Crowley wrote:
>> "Mike Kujbida" wrote ...
>>> bill wrote:
>>>> I currently have around 30 hours of DV format video, I'm wondering
>>>> what the best codec is to use to archive this video with to save
>>>> space but still preserve the video to the extent it can be opened
>>>> and accessed in original NLE projects that used it before the
>>>> conversion.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not too fussed on quality loss but it shouldn't be too drastic
>>>> but the format must still be an easily editable format. (ie.
>>>> Intra-frames...ect,)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> bill
>>>
>>>
>>> The best method is to save the original DV tapes.
>>> Make duplicates (you won't lose anything as it's digital) and store
>>> the copies somewhere safe, preferably in a temperature & humidty
>>> controlled environment.
>>> The other option is to dump the footage to external hard drives.
>>> They're cheap these days and 2 x 250 GB drives would be enough to
>>> store 30 hrs. Once again, store the drives in a safe place and
>>> remember to check them periodically as drives have been know to go
>>> bad.
>>
>> Saving the native DV (NOT ADDITIONALLY COMPRESSED)
>> on a hard drive is a reasonable "backup", but the original
>> DV tapes have a much better expectation of archival life
>> expectancy than anything you can do on your home computer,
>> including hard drives. But perhaps I am just bitter at having
>> lost 6 months of editing work on 12 programs to a hard
>> drive failure. :-((
>>
> Ouch.
>
> Take note anyone considering a solid state workflow.
Double ouch. I had the same thing happen to me about a year ago when a
drive in my dpsVelocity let go - 1 month after the warranty expired :-)
A replacement wasn't cheap either!!
Needless to say, that lesson taught me the value of regular backups - on
different media types.
Mike
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