Breaking-up large DV-AVI files

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Rob

My DV-AVI source files are in excess of 13 GB! How can I
break these into smaller more manageable chunks, i.e.
about 4.7 GB max that I can backup onto DVD? I'd like to
keep a permanent archive of the raw footage (home-
movies), off hard drive.

Thanks for your suggestions...

Rob
 
Hi there,

I've thought about doing the same thing too. The only
thing I can think of is to limit the capture process to
about an hour or so per capture session, which should fit
on a single DVD.

Depending on the anticipated timeframe of the archival
need, you might want to just stash the video tape away in
a safe place -- away from moisture, dust, etc.

I know that I have dozens of VHS tapes going back 10
years or so that I've got to start capturing soon, before
their natural life expires, so I think my plan is going
to be to capture the more critical ones and archive as
you describe. However, with the less critical ones, I
may just capture them and send them back out to the VHS
recorder to a fresh VHS tape. In either case it's going
to be a time-consuming activity.

Harry
 
Hi

The general method for archiving is to store your material on miniDV tape -
assuming, of course, that you have a miniDV camcorder or deck that you can
archive to! 1 tape will hold one hour of footage (never archive at SP
setting) as opposed to 3 DVDs for 1 hour.

I tend to keep the raw footage (if it's something I want to keep) and
archive my finished projects back to tape in their DV format so that I can
recall a perfect copy of my project back to my PC in case I want to burn
another DVD or convert it to another format for Web or Email.

Jake
 
there are several programs that can be used to split up and then rejoin files.
one I use sometimes is called JAS.
another is Master Splitter.
might do a google search for them and then check where they are found for others.




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Hi there,

I've thought about doing the same thing too. The only
thing I can think of is to limit the capture process to
about an hour or so per capture session, which should fit
on a single DVD.

Depending on the anticipated timeframe of the archival
need, you might want to just stash the video tape away in
a safe place -- away from moisture, dust, etc.

I know that I have dozens of VHS tapes going back 10
years or so that I've got to start capturing soon, before
their natural life expires, so I think my plan is going
to be to capture the more critical ones and archive as
you describe. However, with the less critical ones, I
may just capture them and send them back out to the VHS
recorder to a fresh VHS tape. In either case it's going
to be a time-consuming activity.

Harry
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My DV-AVI source files are in excess of 13 GB! How can
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Thanks for your suggestions. I found these options on
google as you suggested. I also found "Easy Video
Splitter 2.01" at ZDnet, which seems do be specifically
designed to do the required task. I may give it or one of
the others a try soon...

Rob
-----Original Message-----
there are several programs that can be used to split up and then rejoin files.
one I use sometimes is called JAS.
another is Master Splitter.
might do a google search for them and then check where they are found for others.




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Hi there,

I've thought about doing the same thing too. The only
thing I can think of is to limit the capture process to
about an hour or so per capture session, which should fit
on a single DVD.

Depending on the anticipated timeframe of the archival
need, you might want to just stash the video tape away in
a safe place -- away from moisture, dust, etc.

I know that I have dozens of VHS tapes going back 10
years or so that I've got to start capturing soon, before
their natural life expires, so I think my plan is going
to be to capture the more critical ones and archive as
you describe. However, with the less critical ones, I
may just capture them and send them back out to the VHS
recorder to a fresh VHS tape. In either case it's going
to be a time-consuming activity.

Harry
can
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glad tohelp.

happy clicking




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Thanks for your suggestions. I found these options on
google as you suggested. I also found "Easy Video
Splitter 2.01" at ZDnet, which seems do be specifically
designed to do the required task. I may give it or one of
the others a try soon...

Rob
-----Original Message-----
there are several programs that can be used to split up and then rejoin files.
one I use sometimes is called JAS.
another is Master Splitter.
might do a google search for them and then check where they are found for others.




(e-mail address removed)



"Harry" <[email protected]> wrote in
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Hi there,

I've thought about doing the same thing too. The only
thing I can think of is to limit the capture process to
about an hour or so per capture session, which should fit
on a single DVD.

Depending on the anticipated timeframe of the archival
need, you might want to just stash the video tape away in
a safe place -- away from moisture, dust, etc.

I know that I have dozens of VHS tapes going back 10
years or so that I've got to start capturing soon, before
their natural life expires, so I think my plan is going
to be to capture the more critical ones and archive as
you describe. However, with the less critical ones, I
may just capture them and send them back out to the VHS
recorder to a fresh VHS tape. In either case it's going
to be a time-consuming activity.

Harry
can
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