55 mins film onto a DVD as Quicktime DV Pal

[Jeff Carpenter]

Was this a verbal request or something on a site you can link to so we can see it?

This is VERY strange request. I’d have thought that a PAL DVD would be what their asking for, not a DV file.

But I’m just guessing, don’t take that as advice. This is why I’m asking if it’s written somewhere that we can see it. I’m wondering if you’re missing some key piece of advice.

[Barbara Santi]

this is a request for a film festival screening – I’ve done loads before but never this long a film. They want a QT file for the film so they can use as extracts etc. How can you do that if it exceeds the DVD space?
thanks

[Jeff Carpenter]

I’d either split it into 3 files and burn it on 3 different disks (what I’d suggest) or I’d buy a mini firewire drive and just send that to them.

There are 2 problems with the hard drive idea:
– It costs money
– You’d have to confirm that they can accept it and find out if NTFS or HFS+ is what they need. And if NTFS, you have to figure out how to make that format.

All in all, the 3 DVD solution is far simpler.

The problem with your original question “can I compress it?” is that it then negates the purpose of giving them what they asked for. If they REALLY want a DV quicktime file I wouldn’t want to change that to something else that they don’t want.

So yes, it could be compressed, but then you’re not giving them what they want. At that point you might as well make a standard DVD since you’re not following the rules anyway.

So, my end thought is that the best plan is 3 DVDs with 1/3 of your video on each disk.

[David Roth weiss]

Barbara,

DV is 13gb per hour, so you’ll either have to use Toast to create a file that spans across three DVDs or send them a hard drive with a single file.

However, I’d call the festival and ask additional questions before proceeding.

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[Barbara Santi]

Yes understood – thanks I’ll go for the x 3 DVDs
thanks