Question: How to Archive and Share HMC 40 Recordings

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Denniscasey

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Making progress using HMC40 and editing on Avid MC6. I now have "films" I would like to archive and share with friends (sports car races, scenery, etc). Originally I was going to buy a Blu Ray recorder and record onto Blu Ray media to play on friends' Blu Ray players and to archive. Now I am reading reviews at least on some Blu Ray blank media where content degrades/disappears after two years or less in some cases. SD cards not recommended for archiving and many friends don't have way to access/play SD cards on their HDTV's; external HDD could archive but not easy to show on friends' HDTV; so what are recommendations? Are there some Blu Ray media/burner combinations that degrade more slowly since Blu Ray still seems most convenient way to output/share edited HMC40 "films." Appreciate all the past help on this forum and look forward to your advice. Dennis
 
Why not pick up a few hard drives for offline storage? They're cheap and significantly more reliable than any plastic media. Get two and keep one at an off-site location (safety deposit box at the bank, your parents' house, etc) in case your house blows up.
 
Apologies if reply appears twice (gremlin at work?). Agree HDD stored off site are good way to archive and I do backup already with HDD's. However, despite apparent problems with content degrading over time (for home burning Blu Ray) Blu Ray disc still seems only viable way to share my HD "films" with friends most of whom have Blu Ray players. I do recognize constantly changing ways of sharing media and have read rumblings that Blu Ray already on way out, so probably will have to find new methods in future to share media. Recognize advancing technology is good, but would still like to see some stability in methods of sharing media (tired of investing in new ways to share media).
 
Denniscasey said:
Apologies if reply appears twice (gremlin at work?). Agree HDD stored off site are good way to archive and I do backup already with HDD's. However, despite apparent problems with content degrading over time (for home burning Blu Ray) Blu Ray disc still seems only viable way to share my HD "films" with friends most of whom have Blu Ray players. I do recognize constantly changing ways of sharing media and have read rumblings that Blu Ray already on way out, so probably will have to find new methods in future to share media. Recognize advancing technology is good, but would still like to see some stability in methods of sharing media (tired of investing in new ways to share media).
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Keep the rendered files, in at least 2 hard Drives as well as the originals, and if after many years the blu-ray info fades, just burn it again, some blu-ray media is gold and last over 200 years.
check this :
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...BD_R_I_5_BIND_6X_DDBD_R_I_5_BIND_6X_BD_R.html
 
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Felipe, thank you for input. Burning blu-ray will be new to me, but I should have researched more and found archival quality blu-ray blank media just like archival quality DVD bland media.
 
Blu-Ray will be dead as a format within 5 years...most people don't even have BD players. More and more people are streaming their video on their computers and media players like the WDTV thingy are becoming more and more common.

If you want to share your videos with friends on Blu-Ray then by all means do it, but it should not be a substitute for a proper backup.
 
Phil1076 said:
Blu-Ray will be dead as a format within 5 years...most people don't even have BD players. More and more people are streaming their video on their computers and media players like the WDTV thingy are becoming more and more common.

If you want to share your videos with friends on Blu-Ray then by all means do it, but it should not be a substitute for a proper backup.
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Yes keep the originals is important, How ever Blu-ray and even DVD, will be in the market for decades. Bet you, No body is last word in such subject.
 
Thank you for additional input and despite good fortune to date in not having any "crashes" to date (HDD, SD cards) that lost recordings I am now backing up to external drives as law of averages may be catching up to me. I find that as large ( 42 inch and above) HDTV's get more affordable people buy larger HDTV and can then discern high resolution of HD (720 and 1080 p in USA). One of my dreams is to get high quality projector and project onto 72 inch "movie" screen. I expect that will make it even more important to have 1080 type HD media to show. For non-tech consumers Blu-Ray player still seems most convenient way to play HD videos. However, I do agree as technology becomes more friendly and easy to use streaming and other methods of sharing media will get used more--but it seems much of todays streaming media (movies, etc like Netflix) is not really HD and may not give Blu-Ray clarity on large screen HDTV. And Merry Christmas to all.
 
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