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Archiving to miniDV tape
How do I archive my video (SD) in an uncompressed manner so that when I capture it back to my editing machine, it has the same resolution as that of my original project? I once tried to “export to tape” but when I recaptured the archived video back in the timeline, and rendered it to a DVD (MPEG2), I can see that the quality of the video was bad. I know that compression is the culprit. Can someone help me out? I want to use miniDV tapes for archiving because they’re very cheap. God bless.
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6 Replies
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Some businesses still archive to backup tapes, but they are specially formatted for that purpose – they don’t use mini-DV.
Backup to a large external hard drive, or if you have a small project, you can archive to a DVD.
MiniDV is not meant for backup purposes.
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Burn files to DVD or write to a hard drive for storage purposes.
— TL
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Your suggestions are very helpful guys. I’ll be archiving them to hard drives from now on. I was just thinking of burning them to miniDVs because they’re a whole lot cheaper than hard drives. If there is a cheaper alternative to hard drives with the same results, I would like to try it also.
What settings will I choose to make my uncompressed archived files? I would like the archives to be of the same quality as that of the raw video files that I started with. God bless.
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Just save your captured files to your storage media (DVD or HDD), and render out your files as you normally would. If you’re capturing Microsoft DV AVI files on a PC system, then render out to that codec. Else render out to Quicktime MOVs with either Photo JPEG or Animation codecs set to High quality.
— TL
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Ryan,
Backup to HDD is far cheaper than DV tape. A one hour DV tape is around € 5, or 0,38 per GB, a HDD is around 0,11 per GB.
Harm Millaard
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How do I check what format was used in my captured videos? When I clicked on File > Properties For, I can see that the file type is “AVI.” Does that mean the captured video is a Microsoft DV AVI file? I’m on a PC system.
Also, I clicked on File > Export > Movie, and the Export Movie window appeared. I clicked on the Settings button and the Export Movie Settings Appeared. Is it right to choose “Uncompressed Microsoft AVI” to archive my work? Will it have the same quality as the raw videos I captured from my DV camera? I then went to the Video settings in the same window and a “Recompress” checkbox appeared. Should I uncheck it? Thank you very much and God bless.
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