Easiest way to copy High Def footage

[maxfrost01]

Hi,

I'm on the road and without access to my VS10+ software so forgive me if the answer to this one is obvious (okay, that's my excuse for stupidity sorted out )

I've been shooting film and have been asked by a colleague if they can have a copy. They don't want it edited in any way - just the raw footage so they can do their own editing.

I'm shooting film on my Sony High Def cam which I will then capture onto my hard drive as MPEG2 prior to editing when I get back to the UK.

What's the easiest way to get the footage to them? I certainly don't want to give away my DV tapes! Can I simply drag and drop the MPEG2 files onto a DVD? Do I have to burn the DVD? Do I need to render before I can burn? I can't put it on a standard CD - I have about 60 minutes of film which will be around 13 gig.

btw I don't need to send the file(s) electronically. They are happy to wait until my next trip so I can simply hand something to them.

There must be a simple and obvious way of doing this..........

[jchunter]

You can burn the HDV capture files (.mpg) on standard DVD (as data files) with a 4.3 GB file size limitation. Double layer - about 8.5GB. Burn speed is the performance limitation.

Faster and simpler is to use an external hard drive (USB2). However, note that many of these have a 4GB file size limitation, the same as a conventional DVD because they are FAT formatted.

If your capture file contains a whole tape worth of video it would be 13GB in size. In principle, you should be able to format the USB2 hard drive using NTFS, so that any video file size could be accommodated.

Edit: Here is a very compact unit http://atlastsolutions.com/shop/product ... cts_id=466

[maxfrost01]

John,

Of course! External hard drive - now why didn't I think of that.........