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  • Large SD DV files

    Posted by Jeff Leonard on November 13, 2020 at 2:38 pm

    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

    Eric Santiago replied 5 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Eric Santiago

    November 13, 2020 at 2:55 pm

    Its the codec.

  • Jeff Leonard

    November 13, 2020 at 3:43 pm

    any codec recommendation for a vhs trans. I used DV/NTSC 48KHZ

  • Eric Santiago

    November 13, 2020 at 7:06 pm

    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.

  • Jeff Leonard

    November 13, 2020 at 8:44 pm

    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

  • Eric Santiago

    November 14, 2020 at 4:32 pm

    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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