saving to DV camera

[dmic]

My MM2 project is 60mins long, comprising several clips
and extensive effects, transitions, audio (music) and
narration. I have saved OK to Computer and to CD but not
back to Mini DV. Is there a limit to the size of project,
which can be saved and are there any ways round this
problem? Cheers

 

[John Kelly]

Hi there,

The limit to the size of the final video to camera is the duration of the
DV tape or Memory.

The limit whilst creating the file which will later be output is set by the
total space left on the target hard drive and of course the chosen format
of the file. DV-AVI files take lots of space....1 hour can range between
11.5GB up to 15GB its determined by the complexity of the images and of
course the size of the audio stream.

The only way to make the final file smaller in terms of space occupied on a
hard disk is to compromise the audio or video data streams by reducing the
quality of one or both. There are a number of very good programs that will
do this with very little loss of quality...but you must remember...there is
ALWAYS a loss.

You would imagine that a smaller source file would naturally fit onto a
DV-tape where its big brother equivalent would not...unfortunately this is
not so. If the camera expects a data segment that's say 128 bits wide and
you give it one that's only 64 bits wide what you end up with is a poorer
quality video segment sitting in a wide space...I dare say I could have
written that better too. So, perhaps more obviously, with the tape its the
duration and with the hard drive its the data rate.

 

[dmic]

Hi

Hope the dream will come true.... can't stand nightmares.
Cheers

-----Original Message-----
Hi there,

The limit to the size of the final video to camera is the duration of the
DV tape or Memory.

The limit whilst creating the file which will later be output is set by the
total space left on the target hard drive and of course the chosen format
of the file. DV-AVI files take lots of space....1 hour can range between
11.5GB up to 15GB its determined by the

complexity of the images and of

course the size of the audio stream.

The only way to make the final file smaller in terms of space occupied on a
hard disk is to compromise the audio or video data streams by reducing the
quality of one or both. There are a number of very good programs that will
do this with very little loss of quality...but you must remember...there is
ALWAYS a loss.

You would imagine that a smaller source file would naturally fit onto a
DV-tape where its big brother equivalent would not...unfortunately this is
not so. If the camera expects a data segment that's say 128 bits wide and
you give it one that's only 64 bits wide what you end up with is a poorer
quality video segment sitting in a wide space...I dare say I could have
written that better too. So, perhaps more

obviously, with the tape its the