In order to get rid of edited DV files (that is_ not to use too much memory on my PC): is it not wiser to burn them as avi files on DVD using Nero instead of burning the project to mpeg ones (audio/video) using VS9?
I mean, that way, I can re-import the project from DVD in VS9 without recoding losses if I need to add or change things in the project at a later date.
Or is there a way to burn them as avi on DVD using VS9? I did not find an avi option as output disk format if the Share tab using Videostudio 9 Create disk.
Saving VS9 edited DV project on DVD
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PeterMilliken
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Hi Jaydee,
I suggest you have a look at http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/video_studio - specifically the topic "Archival Mechanisms". This topic talks about recommendations for what to do with your .avi files + project files after you have created your DVD.
Peter
I suggest you have a look at http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/video_studio - specifically the topic "Archival Mechanisms". This topic talks about recommendations for what to do with your .avi files + project files after you have created your DVD.
Peter
Saving VS9 edited DV project on DVD
Peter_interesting URL but I found no word on avi to DVD burning concerning VS9 in the archiving chapter_ if I did not miss it.
John
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PeterMilliken
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Hi Jaydee,
Sorry, perhaps I missed the thrust of your posting? I understood your question to be regarding whether it would be better to keep the .avi files on DVD (backup media) for later reloading and possible modification of the original project? Thus freeing up hard drive space on your computer? I realise that you mention using Nero for this mechanism or perhaps VS9 itself, but AFAIK Nero will not allow you to break a single large file (such as a 13GByte .avi file) across multiple DVDs - certainly VS9 won't
The "archival mechanism" page suggests using a disc image program (it recommends Image for Windows) to archive the avi files, project file and any other file that you use in your video project (mp3, .jpg etc etc) to a number of DVDs. Then you can delete all the files confident that you can reload the entire project at some later stage and either rebuild the original project or make modifications.
Disc image programs like Image for Windows, Norton Ghost etc allow large files to span multiple DVDs - the only possible "issue" is a disc/partition management issue in that they will archive an entire disc partition i.e. you can't pick individual files, just a disc partition. So you have to partition your hard drives so that all of your project files are on a single disc partition - you then "archive" the entire partition to a number of DVDs. The above mentioned programs then allow you to "browse" the contents of the DVDs thus created and either restore the lot or individual files (the "browsing" mechanis is tremendously slow though! But since it isn't something that you would generally do very often it is not seen as an issue - normally you would do a complete restore of all files - which doesn't require anything other than loading in the DVDs one at a time as the program restores the data back into the disc partition).
Does this hit the mark?
peter
Sorry, perhaps I missed the thrust of your posting? I understood your question to be regarding whether it would be better to keep the .avi files on DVD (backup media) for later reloading and possible modification of the original project? Thus freeing up hard drive space on your computer? I realise that you mention using Nero for this mechanism or perhaps VS9 itself, but AFAIK Nero will not allow you to break a single large file (such as a 13GByte .avi file) across multiple DVDs - certainly VS9 won't
The "archival mechanism" page suggests using a disc image program (it recommends Image for Windows) to archive the avi files, project file and any other file that you use in your video project (mp3, .jpg etc etc) to a number of DVDs. Then you can delete all the files confident that you can reload the entire project at some later stage and either rebuild the original project or make modifications.
Disc image programs like Image for Windows, Norton Ghost etc allow large files to span multiple DVDs - the only possible "issue" is a disc/partition management issue in that they will archive an entire disc partition i.e. you can't pick individual files, just a disc partition. So you have to partition your hard drives so that all of your project files are on a single disc partition - you then "archive" the entire partition to a number of DVDs. The above mentioned programs then allow you to "browse" the contents of the DVDs thus created and either restore the lot or individual files (the "browsing" mechanis is tremendously slow though! But since it isn't something that you would generally do very often it is not seen as an issue - normally you would do a complete restore of all files - which doesn't require anything other than loading in the DVDs one at a time as the program restores the data back into the disc partition).
Does this hit the mark?
peter