Transferring AVI Files

NOKNOT wrote on 1/28/2016, 7:34 AM

I am using Movie Studio 12 Platinum. I have a Mini DVD Camcorder that I want to transfer my home videos to an external hard drive for storing. Will Studio transfer them in their original format or change them to a MPG format? I have never really understood that part of it, I know it Corel VideoStudio you have to change the settings. Thanks.

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musicvid10 wrote on 1/28/2016, 8:07 AM

Vegas capture will save your DV footage from tapes to hard drive in their virgin format.
You need a working FireWire port on your computer, which are an endangered species.

NOKNOT wrote on 1/28/2016, 9:38 AM

Thanks, if I could ask one more question. I have the files on DVD also, if I just copied and pasted to the external hard drive would that be just as good? Thanks again.

musicvid10 wrote on 1/28/2016, 1:33 PM

Dunno.
Are the files on the dvd your original AVIs, burned simply as data?
Or are they authored and burned in DVD Movie (VIDEO_TS) format???
If the latter, they've already been altered (degraded) from their native format.

NOKNOT wrote on 1/28/2016, 1:48 PM

They are the original burned as data. I just wanted to have another backup plan in case the dvds went bad. If I had them on dvd,external hard drive, and tape then surely that would be good enough.S0me of the dvds are over 10 years old and are fine.

Chienworks wrote on 1/28/2016, 3:32 PM

You're not going to be using Movie Studio for this process. You're simply going to drag the files from one drive to another in Windows Explorer. They'll be exact bit-for-bit copies.

NOKNOT wrote on 1/28/2016, 5:46 PM

Thanks. Thats alot quicker than doing the tapes. These go back to 2002.