Is it hard to get video and audio off of a DVD?

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Hi, I have a hard drive full of captured video. I want to burn them on
DVD, so I can, one, have a backup, two, so I can clean the hard drive
for something else I want to use it for.

Eventually I want to make "nice" DVD menus, etc. That time is not now.
What I want to know is if I transfer the videos to DVD, am I going to
be able to get that video and audio back off of the DVD with ease for
later editing? I will retain my original tapes, of course, but I don't
want to re-capture them all, if I don't have to.

Thanks in advance.

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needin4mation wrote ...
> Hi, I have a hard drive full of captured video. I want to burn them
> on
> DVD, so I can, one, have a backup, two, so I can clean the hard drive
> for something else I want to use it for.
>
> Eventually I want to make "nice" DVD menus, etc. That time is not
> now.
> What I want to know is if I transfer the videos to DVD, am I going to
> be able to get that video and audio back off of the DVD with ease for
> later editing? I will retain my original tapes, of course, but I
> don't
> want to re-capture them all, if I don't have to.

Use the DVD as a *Data*DVD and just write your AVI
files (or whatever they are). This will preserve the full
resolution of the files and easily enable any subsequent
editing, etc.

The discs will NOT be playable in a standalone DVD
player, but that doesn't seem like an issue for your
current problem statement. You should be able to get
~20 minutes of video/audio per disc if you are using
5:1 compressed DV-AVI, for example.

For files that are larger than 4.7GB, I have used file
splitter utilities to make them disc-size.

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"Jucius Maximus" <juicy.anti@spam.graffiti.net> wrote in message
news:Xns96D590339584Ejuicyantispamgraffit@216.196.97.142...
> In this situation, I'd get an external USB enclosure and put a massive
> hard
> drive in it, and use that to store the extra clips. DVDs are relatively
> small compared to the size of typical DV footage, so you'd need a lot of
> discs to store your data.


That's probably the best approach for potentially long
term storage, where you would likely fill-up your HD,
before you got around to doing the edits and producing a
DVD. Another would be a NAS (Network Attached
Storage) box, like one of www.buffalotech.com .

Another and cheaper approach would be a removable
drive setup, if you have an IDE connection left. See what's
available at: www.geeks.com They have a bunch of USB
boxes also.

Luck;
Ken