dvd-r can it be used for......

logicfilms

logicfilms

Well-known member
Can I use a DVD-r for storing my NTSC footage for later use?
Also can I use vegas DVD arch for this use I want to store my footage and my 300 gigs are starting to be eaten up by mb's .
Please help
 
You can store your footage on DVD-R, but don't convert it to MPEG2 format. Just burn your raw footage to DVD. You won't be able to fit 2 hours of it on a disc, but at least it will be stored at full-res.
 
Owen said:
You can store your footage on DVD-R, but don't convert it to MPEG2 format. Just burn your raw footage to DVD. You won't be able to fit 2 hours of it on a disc, but at least it will be stored at full-res.
Click to expand...
Ok I tried this By Copying 3.5gigs of video then pasting it on the dvd drive and it starts copying for awhile then it says the cd does not have enough storage please insert media .
 
Are you doing this with the standard Windows Explorer interface? I've never had much luck with the "built-in" burning features.

Try Nero or another program designed to burn data discs. If you don't own anything you could give this a try: link It says it's free -- I've never personally used it.
 
use Nero. But i would just go get a new hard drive and save it there they are so cheap anymore.
 
HD's are convienient... i'm actually cleaning off an ol' LACIE 120gig I had kicking around for my iBook... I know I've seen this in another forum/thread, but anyone here think it's a bad idea to connect my HC1 to the Lacie, then from the Lacie to my pc? Or maybe I'm better off capturing everything to my SATA Drive, then using the external firewire one for storage?
 
img said:
use Nero. But i would just go get a new hard drive and save it there they are so cheap anymore.
Click to expand...
:grin: I agree. I've got 2 hard drives in enclosures and it's a breeze to store my footage on them. I usually render my finished projects to my externals to save transfer time. Works great. Good call.:thumbsup:
 
That's the one thing I had about drives these days...too big to back up.

I don't trust hard drives to last. Neither do I home-written CDs/DVDs. But even tapes are a pain that way...and there's no easy way to verify them, since they're linear access.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top