saving to DV camera

My MM2 project is 60mins long, comprising several clips
and extensive effects, transitions, audio (music) and
narration. I have saved OK to Computer and to CD but not
back to Mini DV. Is there a limit to the size of project,
which can be saved and are there any ways round this
problem? Cheers

John
Sat Feb 28 11:45:04 CST 2004

Hi there,

The limit to the size of the final video to camera is the duration of the
DV tape or Memory.

The limit whilst creating the file which will later be output is set by the
total space left on the target hard drive and of course the chosen format
of the file. DV-AVI files take lots of space....1 hour can range between
11.5GB up to 15GB its determined by the complexity of the images and of
course the size of the audio stream.

The only way to make the final file smaller in terms of space occupied on a
hard disk is to compromise the audio or video data streams by reducing the
quality of one or both. There are a number of very good programs that will
do this with very little loss of quality...but you must remember...there is
ALWAYS a loss.

You would imagine that a smaller source file would naturally fit onto a
DV-tape where its big brother equivalent would not...unfortunately this is
not so. If the camera expects a data segment that's say 128 bits wide and
you give it one that's only 64 bits wide what you end up with is a poorer
quality video segment sitting in a wide space...I dare say I could have
written that better too. So, perhaps more obviously, with the tape its the
duration and with the hard drive its the data rate.

--
Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
---
And if it should come to pass that our dreams come true, what then of our
nightmares?

dmic
Sat Feb 28 12:49:28 CST 2004

Hi

Hope the dream will come true.... can't stand nightmares.
Cheers


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi there,
>
> The limit to the size of the final video to
camera is the duration of the
> DV tape or Memory.
>
> The limit whilst creating the file which will
later be output is set by the
> total space left on the target hard drive and of
course the chosen format
> of the file. DV-AVI files take lots of space....1
hour can range between
> 11.5GB up to 15GB its determined by the
complexity of the images and of
> course the size of the audio stream.
>
> The only way to make the final file smaller in
terms of space occupied on a
> hard disk is to compromise the audio or video
data streams by reducing the
> quality of one or both. There are a number of
very good programs that will
> do this with very little loss of quality...but
you must remember...there is
> ALWAYS a loss.
>
> You would imagine that a smaller source file
would naturally fit onto a
> DV-tape where its big brother equivalent would
not...unfortunately this is
> not so. If the camera expects a data segment
that's say 128 bits wide and
> you give it one that's only 64 bits wide what you
end up with is a poorer
> quality video segment sitting in a wide space...I
dare say I could have
> written that better too. So, perhaps more
obviously, with the tape its the
> duration and with the hard drive its the data
rate.
>
>--
>Best Wishes.....John Kelly
>www.the-kellys.org
>---
>And if it should come to pass that our dreams come true,
what then of our
>nightmares?
>.
>