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Large SD DV files
I was wondering why my SD files are as large or larger than my HD files. I brought in some vhs captures set to the DV/DVpro setting and the files are over 10gb/hr. I would think SD would have smaller files. Stranger yet, when I exported to .mov, that file is 35gb for a 150 minute movie. TIA
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5 Replies
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Its the codec.
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any codec recommendation for a vhs trans. I used DV/NTSC 48KHZ
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As an editable format cant go wrong with ProRes.
Is there a reason why you need to convert?
You can just edit then output to your liking.
I have computers as old as 2006 that can easily edit DV format in long form.
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Not sure what you mean when you save ‘convert’. I had to set the project parameters prior to capture, I selected what I thought would be closest. I picked DV since it was the best choice I thought due to the VHS being SD format, others were HD format. I will try ProRes in the future, I know for years it has been the go to codec. Just tried to get something that was close to the format I was working with. Been a long time since I had to work with SD footage. Thanks for your replies
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I only suggested converting if the file is too big to accommodate(drive space).
I doubt it’s too big to handle since its DV at possibly 3.5Mb per second.
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