DVD Authoring Question

filmelife

filmelife

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This is a question for anyone doing weddings. I got an 80gig hard drive. what i wanna do is to print to dv tape first the whole project, recapture and do a DVD version.

How much you figure 80GIGS will hold of NTSC DV footage.

Please, if anyone is doing wedding videography let me know of what's the best work flow for this? what is the length of the DVD you're handing out?

thanks in advance
 
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Why would you dump it out just to bring it back in? On an 80 gig drive, in theory you should be able to hold about 6 hours of DV footage (13 gigs/hour)...
 
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Thanks for the reply kai. I was thinking of dumping it out then back in so i dont have to do two versions. One for NTSC DV and one for MPEG. Is that the best way? what you suggest?

Should i capture the whole thing then do two versions? I thought vegas captured mpeg2 but i guess it dont
 
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Capture your DV ... Edit it, then print to tape and when you're done do your DV to MPG2 Conversion.

This way you're working in full quality and whatever changes you make in your editing... will affect the tape you make and the DVD.

Seems like most people dont want too much of their wedding cut out. I would cut out stuff like if you are mounting your camera on a tripod or doing any technical changes in the footage.

If you compress your DVD in VBR mode, you can fit a good 3 hours or better on there.
 
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1 DV tape = 12 gigs  :P

80 gigs divided by 12 gigs = 6.66666..... tapes

This concludes our math lesson for today! ;D

After your edit. Render that bad boy to mpeg2! Forget dumping to tape. What would you dump it to tape for. You already have it on tape... Don't waste any more..

Here is what I do.

1.) capture tapes
2.) edit captured video to make it pretty
3.) Render to DV AVI set at best quality - this is my backup!
4.) Take that finalized AVI in to my DVD program and create menus and TOC and Scene Selection
5.) Render the final DVD video files in the DVD creation Program
6.) Burn 1 million DVD copies
7.) Create and print Art for DVDs and Cases - stick em on!
8.) Customer wants a last minute change - Doh! :-[
9.) Go back to step 2

Step 8 seems to always get me...... ::)

You can also render to MPEG2 then send it to your dvd prog but step 8 is more painful that way. ;D
 
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Why would Step 8 be more painful that way? How you render out shouldn't affect your timeline -- unless you wipe out your project before the client approves.

Jarred posted a good idea at one point -- charge the client an extra $100 and buy a hard drive specifically for the project. Keep all your files on it (including the project file) -- if you need to make changes, even much, much later, it's as simple as sliding that bad boy back in.

Also, much is written about the dangers of stick-on labels. Better to print to white printable DVDs.
 
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I would just include that in the price if you wanted to do it that way... otherwise the customer doesnt care how you technically do things.

Hard drives aren't really the best for storage either.. perhaps tape backup or multiple dvd-rom discs?
 
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