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    How many minutes of DV PAL video?

    Posted by Snoopy on May 25, 2005 at 6:46 am

    Hi.

    I have 180 GB free space on my hard drive. How many minutes of DV PAL video can I put on it. And… how do I calculate the free space in minutes. So I don

    Pdr replied 20 years, 12 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Pdr

    May 25, 2005 at 7:22 am

    Hi Snoopy

    DV PAL runs at approximately 3.6MB/s, or 216MB per minute; this means 1GB will give you roughly 5 mins of video.

    So, with your 180GB, you should be able to store combined capture/render/output files of 900 minutes!

    Regards
    Peter

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