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06-14-2005, 12:57 AM
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I believe avi is the best format to archive my files from my Mini DV camera for "future proofing". By this I mean the format for archiving to allow files to be re-accessed, re-edited and re-burnt to various media in various formats that the future may provide. Am I correct in archiving in avi?
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08-23-2005, 08:34 PM
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0 Videos nominated Video Of the Month(s): 0 | | It's probably a good idea ...
... to store them in whatever format you captured it in, which from a MiniDV camera should be DV-AVI. You'll need lots of space, though, depending on the length of your movies.
Good luck!!
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08-23-2005, 08:45 PM
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My personal route to backup is as follows.
Make sure I create a batch capture script. Save that along with the project itelf. Delete everything else. As long as I do not record over the original miniDV tape (which I don't as a matter of course) I can recapture it exactly and re-open the project.
Archiving takes much less space that way.
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08-23-2005, 08:46 PM
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AVI is a generic term to describe a video playable on a windows machine. Do you mean DV?
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08-23-2005, 09:16 PM
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are mini dv cameras good for editing?
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08-23-2005, 09:22 PM
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Yes
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