Posted by Donald Link on 11/21/05 22:08

The hard drives back is always a good idea, but in the meantime why
not burn the AVI files to a DVD so he will have the pleasure of
viewing them now. Hopefully, he has a player that will support
playing AVI files or you will have to do extra work. What I would
also worry about is just what AVI standard you are going to use. There
are more than a few. You could also look into a Divx compression. I
thing the file format can really be a problem.

On 21 Nov 2005 07:56:20 -0800, "bmcswain" <bmcswain@gmail.com> wrote:

>I am working with a client that wants to capture to a digital format
>his collection of Beta Videos and LaserDiscs.
>
>Video standards are changing. Today almost everything is in standard
>TV (4:3) By 2010 HDTV will be everywhere, but currently there is a
>confusing array of standards. Also, if I am understanding what I read,
>there is no clear leader for a DVD standard for HDTV or data..
>
>I am recommending that we capture his videos to AVI format store them
>on a harddrive (actually 2hds with the second as a duplicate/backup.)
>In several years (2009-2011) he can decide what format to convert the
>AVI to.
>
>Is this reasonable?
>
>Is there a better format that will give quality and flexability for the
>future?
>
>Bob

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