Storing MM2 Project file

[Kevvo]

After capturing in DV-AVI, editing and then saving the
edited movie as DV-AVI...I end up with quite a sizeable
project folder for an hours worth of DV-AVI format movie.
Now I want to save the edited movie onto disk so that I
can go back to it at a later stage and also free up some
much needed HD space. The project folder (with the WMV
project file and edited movie) is some 13 gig in size. How
do i get this onto a DVD disk which only holds 4.7g
max ????. When I try and save to DVD as data, RecordNow DX
tells me that project folder is too large...Is there any
way around this....?? I want to be able to save my MM2
project to disk so that I can then load it back into MM2
when I want to re-edit the saved movie...any
help/uggestions would be greatly appreciated...

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

You probably won't be able to do it by using the current DV-AVI source files
as future input files. If you don't copy the source AVI files to the backup
media as they exist on the hard drive, and then back to the hard drive
someday, they won't work anymore.

You could convert the source files to high quality WMV files that fit on a
DVD disk and use those as source files for the project, or you could export
the saved project movie to a camcorder tape and capture it in the future for
further editing, but starting with the saved movie, not the current project.

PapaJohn

 

[MTD]

You might try a file splitter program to split the file
into 3 chunks (for 3 dvds). I think WinZip will do this
(I haven't run a splitter program in years, but they're
out there I'm sure). Later, run the program to bring
everything back together again.