HVX footage backup

karapetkov

karapetkov

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I'm willing to make a backup of a project shot with the HVX.

I already made one backup of the entire footage but it required 50 DVDs !!

Now I want to make another backup and I was wondering if there's any acceptable way to backup the footage using less storage but keeping the quality.

I considered transcoding the clips to HQ MPEG-2 or even DivX files but I think it would be inappropriate.

Can anyone suggest a good codec for this?

Is VideoLAN h.264 any good? Or something of this sort.

For audio, there are lossless codecs [I use Monkey Audio], which preserve 100 % of the quality, while reducing the file sizes to even 50 % sometimes. Then if you want to convert the clip back to WAV, the file is 100 % identical.

Are there similar lossless options for video?

Bottomline is, I want something that takes less space than the DVCPRO HD clips [720p in my case], but sacrifices very little or no quality.

Can anyone suggest a reliable option?

Thanks in advance.
 
There is no free lunch.

That being said, Sheer Video Codec is what a lot of people are using for archiving and mastering.

I personally just archive the mxf files, along with the project.

Its kind of a pain in the ass to export all of that footage in a another codec.

Not worth it.
 
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