Clever back up?

Aje wrote on 10/21/2004, 8:28 AM
I wonder if it is wise to burn dvd back ups on a stand alone DVD burner
with DV -in/out (have bargain chance on Pioneer DVR 3100S).
For now am I doing back ups on Dv tapes but I have so much material.
If I burn DVD´s from my back up tapes and later get them back through the dvd out possibility to camcorder and then into Vegas will I loose quality?
Probably - but how much?
I also have burned DVD´s with no back up of the original source and thought this could be a way to reedit if I want to.
Comments?
Regards
Aje

Comments

Jsnkc wrote on 10/21/2004, 8:33 AM
While blank DVD's are cheaper than DV tapes. DVD video is a lot more compressed and you'll end up with better quality in the end if you stick with the method you are using of backing up on Mini DV tapes.
John_Cline wrote on 10/21/2004, 10:14 AM
Well, there are DVD video disks, which use MPEG2 compression, but you can also burn DVD data disks, which is essentially a CDR that holds 4.7 gig worth of data. You can store any knid of data you want. You can fit about 20 minutes worth of DV video on a DVD burned as a data disk and have them as backups with no loss of quality whatsoever. I do it all the time for short projects.

John.
GlenL wrote on 10/21/2004, 11:46 AM
Has anybody used the spanning feature for Nero (or other burning products) to write an avi file that is longer than 20 minutes? I've been making backups of DV content, but I've been breaking it up into ~20 minute segments to fit on a single data DVD.

Thanks,
Glen
HeeHee wrote on 10/21/2004, 2:03 PM
Glen wrote "Has anybody used the spanning feature for Nero (or other burning products) to write an avi file that is longer than 20 minutes?"

I have not done this, but it should work fine. You could also use a backup program without compression.

I bought an Iomega 35GB Rev drive for project archival. It works just like saving a project with trimed media to your hard drive except its going to a 35GB removable cartridge. I store one for each project, but it comes at a price ($50-$60 per cartridge). I include the cost in the project fee, so it really isn't a big deal.