premiere cs3 + dvx100b size help

[milhouse van houten]

Hello all!

I am new to dvxuser and i am really happy that there is a community around to help out.

I am using adobe premiere pro cs3 as my editor and a panasonic dvx100b as my camera.

I have noticed that when you capture miniDV they come out huge (40 mins of footage is equal to approx 8 gig).

YIKES!

plus... when I export (good quality), the files are very large as well.

the question I ask is:

what are my best options for dvd quality export/compression keeping file size low and video quality up with premiere pro cs3?

thank you for you time, it is high appreciated!

 

[Austinv]

well when you capture the files will always be large. When you export you must be exporting an uncompressed avi. Try a quicktime mov, or H.264 codec and the file size will stay small. For DVD export using MPEG-2 DVD and burn with that.

 

[milhouse van houten]

awesome! thank you!

 

[David Jimerson]

DV is about 12.6 gigs per hour, so 8 gigs for 40 minutes is right.