You sound like a perfect candidate for the DivX format - it is possible to
compress a DVD movie from over 6gigabyte in data down to around 700meg and get
very good video and audio quality in the process - two web sites have good
tutorials and the software needed to accomplish this - the learning curve is a
little steep and the programs require experimentation, however once you have
done a project and gotten good results as I have I think you will be pleased
you tried it. The DivX codec is a hacked version of the Microsoft codec (you
can also download the Microsoft Encoder Tools if you want to stay legal) - the
program I recommend is AVIUtil using the Lotus M4C plugin - I use this to
archive some videos I have and when done right the video is very good, the
audio suffers only because I choose to store a whole 2+hour movie on one CD, if
you want to use two CD's you can use a better audio codec (you could probably
fit a 2hour movie with highquality audio into a 1.5gig size file no problem).
The two websites you will want to check are http://doom9.org/ and
www.divx-digest.com. Have fun and Good Luck.
Mark Rode wrote:
> I own a Matrox G200 Marvel 16 megs with TV out. I am a CSPAN CNN junkie
> and I use it for watching TV in a window and occasionally recording a 30
> minute show using the Matrox video tools. Recorded quality is great but 30
> minutes of recording equals 1.5 GB of hard drive space. I would like to
> record something this weekend for digital archival that is 120 minutes
> ling... which means 6 GB worth of hard drive space! I understand I can then
> use third party software to reduce the size of the video file but with what
> software and how ..to what format ?
>
> Working with video is completely new to me. At this point I am not really
> interested in editing....maybe to cut out a commercial but I don't own or
> use a video camera and don't see myself making movies. Do I have to use
> the Matrox video tools for the TV turner and recording ? Is there a better
> way to do the recording ? Is there a way to get the file size down small
> enough to archive it on a CD?
> What is the best software for this sort of thing?
>
> Are there any good FAQs or web pages for working with video and DVD
> recording and archiving etc ?
>
> thanks
> Mark Rode
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