Re: Preserving DV Quality: NTSC and AV-DVI

My tapes are currently running about $2.75 each for Maxells in an 8 pack at
Sam's Club. It can take a full hour of DV-AVI, while you would need 3 data
DVDs for an hour of DV-AVI files... so your buck-fifty times 3 gets you over
the price of a tape.

Yup, we read of the breakdown of tapes, discs, and everything else... more
backups is always better... so far my wedding tapes have lasted longer than
the marriages...

Most people don't do backups, so any form of backing up is a big step
forward.
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"Al Stu" <NOYB@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uZ6Eh9tkFHA.576@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> "keep all your originals."
> "copy it to a digital camcorder tape too for a higher quality copy than
> the DVD."
>
> But don't rely on DV tape as an archive. I have read in forums at
> CamcorderInfo.com that storage density on DV tape is being pushed so tight
> they can start losing data within as little as a year or two. I have no
> personal experience of this though as I don't use DV tapes for archives,
> but rather archive all footage in DV-AVI format and completed Movie Maker
> projects to data DVD +R. At no more than a buck fifty each it's also very
> cost effective, even cheaper than tape, unless buying el-cheep-o tapes,
> and who would trust that with an archive.
>
>
>
> "PapaJohn (MVP)" <PapaJohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OuDv%23YtkFHA.3544@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Yes, using the DV-AVI format is best to preserve the quality from your
>> camcorder tape.
>>
>> Not only do you need about 13 GB of space for a captured one hour tape,
>> you'll need another 13 GB to hold the saved movie, and more space for
>> some working elbow room.... 30 GB free is still on the tight side.
>>
>> An external drive would work... as long as you have a USB2 or firewire
>> connection for it... firewire is probably better but USB2 works also.
>>
>> As we look back on older videos, using better computers and screens, the
>> lower quality is more apparent... there's no way to recover it once
>> lost... so keep all your originals. And when you make a high quality
>> movie that goes to a DVD, copy it to a digital camcorder tape too for a
>> higher quality copy than the DVD.
>> --
>> PapaJohn
>> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
>>
>> tips and tricks: http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> "luddite" <levenbac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:BF7D5CAF-55EB-473F-83A8-8B36D1BFE8B9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Hello, experts...
>>>
>>> Our family purchased a DV camcorder last year and I have been slowly
>>> trying
>>> to do more sophisticated things using MM.
>>>
>>> Since we didn't own a DVD player initially, I had recorded all video
>>> using
>>> the High Quality NTSC option in MM. I edited and watched movies on our
>>> computer and burned it to VCDs. The quality was fuzzy, but otherwise
>>> fine.
>>>
>>> More recent movies made in MM appear much more pixelated and blurry than
>>> those I made last year. I am using the same computer to record and edit
>>> the
>>> video. When the camcorder is connected directly to the television, the
>>> original digital video quality is excellent.
>>>
>>> I don't know what might account for the observed deterioration in
>>> quality of
>>> movies made in MM, but I need to find a way to preserve high quality
>>> movies
>>> for my family. After combing through the archives of this site, it
>>> appears
>>> that the best way to preserve high quality DV footage from a camcorder
>>> is to
>>> record and burn to DVD in DV-AVI format.
>>>
>>> If that's the case, I have a couple questions:
>>>
>>> 1) My hard drive disk space only has 7 GB left. Can I free up space to
>>> have 14 GB available to record (and edit) an hour of DV-AVI footage or
>>> should
>>> I buy an external drive?
>>>
>>> 2) What type of DVD burner should I get so that we view them with an
>>> older
>>> DVD player? It appears there are multiple DVD formats...
>>>
>>> 3) Is there any way to capture DV footage using the "High Quality NTSC"
>>> option and watch it in full screen mode on the computer without all the
>>> pixelation/distortion?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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