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OT: Storing for the future
I have captured a bunch of Video8 movies that are 10-15 years old. I have edited it into a compilation of sorts and put it on DVDs for easy viewing by the family. In the process I have of course discarded tons of video.
All the capture was done to 720×576 (this is PAL stuff) DV-AVI, just in case.
It seems unlikely that the Video8 camcorder used for this task will last for ever, and it is unlikely I will purchase more of those. I would like to have the original footage around though, but it would take too much room to store all the DV-AVI files.
So, to the question. What format would you store footage like this in? It is all pretty low quality Video8 footage. Lots of in-door shooting with way too little light. It would be great to be able to store it in a manner that allows some form of editing in the future. I would also like to store it on data DVDs since they are easy to copy.
DV-AVI requires, as mentioned, too much space. I am uncomfortable with wmv since it is Microsoft proprietary. H.264 seems like a good codec, but I expect it to be less editable than is MPEG-2, which in it self is not very editable. I could use MPEG-2 with lots of P (or is that I or… I’ll figure that out) frames. Any thoughts?
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3 Replies
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How about putting it out on MiniDV tapes?
Edward Troxel
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Yeah, I know, that is a good solution, but… I want it on disks, they are so easy 🙂
Maybe I should go out and buy a blue-ray drive…
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> I am uncomfortable with wmv since it is Microsoft proprietary.
MS offered the first widely available encode and playback of video on PCs, and the video for windows files I made in 1990 still play today – IMHO they are more likely to be around supporting video playback than just about anyone else you could name. If you don’t like MS you have lots of company, but I wouldn’t rule out wmv.
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