Re: What's the best format to preserve movies.
- From: "KDE" <knott_me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 15:22:48 -0600
personally, I would do both/all methods. If it is something important, I
keep the original DV tape, but only after capturing the video to my PC and
keeping a digital copy as well. I convert and burn almost all of them to
DVD in order to show and share, but usually will burn a copy in xvid/divx or
..wmv on a cd and throw in my CD case, just in case. for the cost of a .20
cent CD and a 79 cent DVD, why not leave your options open.
"dickmr" <dickmr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| I surely would NOT be worried about there being no way to convert or any
| compatibility issue of the media you choose when we arrive at 20 years
from
| now.
| There will be so many people wanting to use their keepsakes in updated
| formats that
| everybody and their brother will be in the lucrative business of restoring
| all of the OLD OLD videos you take now. Heck, a year ago I took in tons
of
| 8mm movie film that was in my closet for 20 years in a box inside a bag.
| Almost all of the movies survived and Walmart put them on VHS for
me....and
| now I can import them into my computer and do all kinds of editing with
them.
| Ten years from now when some sort of information chip can hold
terrabytes
| of stuff, at that time i'm sure you'll be wanting to change your vids to
the
| new technology and not wait to see if dvd's can last the 20 years or
| not...(i'm sure they will unless the cat gets at them).....good luck!
|
| "NoNoBadDog!" wrote:
|
| > The simple answer is to convert them to DVD. Converting to DivX will
not
| > guarantee compatibility in 20 years, whereas there is at least a chance
that
| > there will be means of playing a DVD in 20 years. In addition, I would
make
| > at least 3 copies, and store them in different locations. Buy the best
| > media you can afford. Do not trust your home movies to the bargain
discs.
| > Burn them at the slowest speed your burner supports. Verify the files
after
| > they are burned (check the documentation/help for whatever software you
are
| > using to burn to DVD to find out how to verify files). Burn them to
DVD -/+
| > R, not to DVD -/+ RW. Store them in a cool, dark place (a high shelf in
a
| > closet will do). Do not mark on the disc itself with anything (even the
| > pens formulated for this purpose). Keep the disk in a jewel case at all
| > times. In addition, I would look into the TDK Armor Plated DVD disks,
as
| > they have 10 times the scratch resistance of regular DVD Discs. I
personally
| > would also burn the original DV-AVI files to disc for archiving. Follow
the
| > same guidelines.
| >
| > Bobby
| >
| > "JL" <jlmagzine@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > news:u$WqJ8XYFHA.1796@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > > I'm taking a lot movies for my baby. I'd like to give them to her
after 20
| > > years. So currently what format should I transfer my DV-AVI to?
| > > DVD/DivX/Xvid/wmv ... ? Thanks a lot for your ideas.
| > >
| >
| >
| >
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