Should I slightly compress clips while capturing? at DVinfo.net

Matt Blair · January 6th, 2004, 04:08 PM

A 5 minute piece takes up about a gb on my hard drive. I am capturing a lot, and it seems to be taking up a lot more space than it should. . . .

Is there any way to compress with virtually no loss in quality? Or, am I capturing wrong?

I'm using Adobe Premiere 6.5.

Rob Lohman · January 6th, 2004, 04:20 PM

Your doing nothing wrong. DV already *IS* compressed (at a
5:1 ratio)! 18 minutes will yield 4 GB which is the same as your
5 minutes (rounded). If you want to maintain quality don't
compress it futher. Just get a bigger harddisk like we all do
(they aren't that expensive anymore).

Matt Blair · January 6th, 2004, 08:56 PM

I have a 150gb external for my pc. . .and, I'm getting a laptop when I go to college, and I don't want to dish out the money for a new external. :-/

I have enough space, now. I just didn't realize it. For some reason, I thought I would run low with 80gb left. It's one of those "I don't know how to think" things.

Rob Lohman · January 7th, 2004, 10:33 AM

80 gb will hold around 360 minutes of footage, or 6 hours.
Ofcourse you will need space for intermediate files and final
rendering etc. But I'd say that is enough room to start with!

Matt Blair · January 8th, 2004, 12:05 PM

For sure, Rob.

FOR SURE, ROB!

Haha, thanks for the help.

January 6th, 2004, 04:08 PM	#1
Matt Blair New Boot Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: I N D I A N A Posts: 10	Should I slightly compress clips while capturing? A 5 minute piece takes up about a gb on my hard drive. I am capturing a lot, and it seems to be taking up a lot more space than it should. . . . Is there any way to compress with virtually no loss in quality? Or, am I capturing wrong? I'm using Adobe Premiere 6.5. __________________ matt blair matt blair matt blair matt blair matt blair matt balir

January 6th, 2004, 04:20 PM	#2
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Your doing nothing wrong. DV already IS compressed (at a 5:1 ratio)! 18 minutes will yield 4 GB which is the same as your 5 minutes (rounded). If you want to maintain quality don't compress it futher. Just get a bigger harddisk like we all do (they aren't that expensive anymore). __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

January 6th, 2004, 08:56 PM	#3
Matt Blair New Boot Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: I N D I A N A Posts: 10	I have a 150gb external for my pc. . .and, I'm getting a laptop when I go to college, and I don't want to dish out the money for a new external. :-/ I have enough space, now. I just didn't realize it. For some reason, I thought I would run low with 80gb left. It's one of those "I don't know how to think" things. __________________ matt blair matt blair matt blair matt blair matt blair matt balir

January 7th, 2004, 10:33 AM	#4
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	80 gb will hold around 360 minutes of footage, or 6 hours. Ofcourse you will need space for intermediate files and final rendering etc. But I'd say that is enough room to start with! __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

January 8th, 2004, 12:05 PM	#5
Matt Blair New Boot Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: I N D I A N A Posts: 10	For sure, Rob. FOR SURE, ROB! Haha, thanks for the help. __________________ matt blair matt blair matt blair matt blair matt blair matt balir