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| 547985 | 2007-05-07 05:56:00 | I am in the process of transferring my VHS home movies to DVD. This includes saving them to my hard disk drive, editing them into a new movie (including getting extracts from different files) and then burning them to DVD. The problem is that, even though I have a 160BG disk, I am rapidly running out of space. Would an external HDD be a suitable solution for me? Are there likely to be any problems burning a DVD from files that are stored on an external hard drive? Is there a more suitable type/brand of HDD that I should buy? | allcamp (1882) | ||
| 547986 | 2007-05-07 06:22:00 | No it should be fine. Seagate are a pretty reputable brand. |
radium (8645) | ||
| 547987 | 2007-05-07 06:23:00 | First clean out any unneeded files, Recycle Bin, temporary files etc, then see what happens. If it hasn't increased by more than 10GB (unlikely), then get an external hard drive, or a bigger internal one. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 547988 | 2007-05-07 07:09:00 | And if you want, clear your last restore points. It will free up a space but you do risk not having any backup's later on. | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 547989 | 2007-05-07 09:23:00 | Thank you for your helpful replies. I decided that I would eventually need more disk space than I could gain by deleting unneeded files, etc. Each 3 hour VHS tape results in an approx 7GB file and as I have been taking movies of the family for about 15 years I have accumulated a reasonably large collection. Radium's comments are reassuring and so I will now look for a suitable external HDD. Once again, thanks. 8~) | allcamp (1882) | ||
| 547990 | 2007-05-07 10:18:00 | "Each 3 hour VHS tape results in an approx 7GB file" More like 40 gig !!That's the size I get when saving through the video camera from VCR. I use external drives as well as internal plug in ones and have had no trouble with them. |
Neil McC (178) | ||
| 547991 | 2007-05-07 12:39:00 | Depends on the compression Neil. Ive been using x264 to encode files, really sexy quality at 700MB for 2 hours of video. Un-compressed I'd get an average of 1 1/2 hours MPEG2 at around 4GB, so 7GB for 3 hours at PAL resolution doesnt surprise me. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 547992 | 2007-05-07 20:30:00 | Hi Chill. How then do I get the size down? I am feeding the VCR into my Sony video camera (to convert to digital) and saving to drive using WinDV (or Video Studio and similar).Do I need to select to save as MPEG2 ,which I can't see in WinDV, but I recall it being an option in other programs. Thanks. |
Neil McC (178) | ||
| 547993 | 2007-05-08 00:20:00 | Im doing it in Linux using an app called HandBrake I believe they've just released a new version for Windows with a GUI too! Basically, just search for any application that will encode to x264, its simply the best!! Its probably a good idea to keep doing it as you're doing it, but after you've saved your 7 / 40GB worth of video, encode it :) Be warned: 3 hours of video WILL take overnight to encode, but for the amount of space you save, its sooo worth it! I took all our Family Videos around to a friends place and got them to use their DVD Recorder to put them onto DVD for me. Because not all DVDs are full (Some are half empty... theres about 50 of them...) Im encoding all the files that I rip at 800kbps with 96kbps AAC Audio. It auto-determines the best resolution but its around 592x440 Have a look here for some programs that encode to it: en.wikipedia.org Ive not had the best of luck getting some of the windows apps to work... but trust me, press on, keep trying, the results are WELL worth the effort!!! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 547994 | 2007-05-08 02:00:00 | I am in the process of transferring my VHS home movies to DVD. This includes saving them to my hard disk drive, editing them into a new movie (including getting extracts from different files) and then burning them to DVD. The problem is that, even though I have a 160BG disk, I am rapidly running out of space. Would an external HDD be a suitable solution for me? Are there likely to be any problems burning a DVD from files that are stored on an external hard drive? Is there a more suitable type/brand of HDD that I should buy? Although it is probably too pricey, I did see a 1 Terabyte external(Firewire) HD for $1799 at Hardly Normals at the weekend. While the price might be excessive, 1 terabyte would be great for doing stuff with video. The next size down was a 300GB Drive which was slightly more "affordable". |
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