Posted by Mike Kujbida on 12/04/06 13:57

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.

Mike

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