How much disk space do I need ?

[Trevor L.]

I have recently bought a Panasonic GS-35, which writes to DV tape

So far, I have successfully downloaded a tape with 35 minutes of video.

I am using Panasonic MotionDV STUDIO LE for DV (supplied with the camera). I
seem to recall it writes files in.avi format, which I have then been able to
edit using the same software or Ulead DVD MovieFactory 3.5 Suite Deluxe
(supplied with my DVD drive).

I now have a few tapes of 60 minutes and, when trying to download the first,
I can't find enough disk space to download it. I keep getting messages that
I need 0.1 more GB than is available. For instance, it first said that the
tape is 16.1 GB but only 16.0 GB is available. When I released more space,
the same happens. Eventually, it said the tape is 24.6 GB but only 24.5 GB
is available. (Or figures of that order.)

So the question is:
How many MB/GB per minute of DV tape?

--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au

[GerryS]

AVI files will take up some serious real-estate on your hard drive. If you
are going to save/edit using AVI format, best advice would be to get another
hard drive of about 100 gig and use it specifically for video processing. I
have a partition of about 105 gig that I use specifically for video
editing/processing. If you convert and save your video out in mpg format, it
won't take up as much space but quality suffers to a certain degree.

"Trevor L." wrote:

> I have recently bought a Panasonic GS-35, which writes to DV tape
>
> So far, I have successfully downloaded a tape with 35 minutes of video.
>
> I am using Panasonic MotionDV STUDIO LE for DV (supplied with the camera). I
> seem to recall it writes files in.avi format, which I have then been able to
> edit using the same software or Ulead DVD MovieFactory 3.5 Suite Deluxe
> (supplied with my DVD drive).
>
> I now have a few tapes of 60 minutes and, when trying to download the first,
> I can't find enough disk space to download it. I keep getting messages that
> I need 0.1 more GB than is available. For instance, it first said that the
> tape is 16.1 GB but only 16.0 GB is available. When I released more space,
> the same happens. Eventually, it said the tape is 24.6 GB but only 24.5 GB
> is available. (Or figures of that order.)
>
> So the question is:
> How many MB/GB per minute of DV tape?
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Trevor L.
> Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
>
>
>

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

12gb per hour in DV-AVI format. It may be time for a secondary hard drive!
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"Trevor L." > wrote in message
...
>I have recently bought a Panasonic GS-35, which writes to DV tape
>
> So far, I have successfully downloaded a tape with 35 minutes of video.
>
> I am using Panasonic MotionDV STUDIO LE for DV (supplied with the camera).
> I seem to recall it writes files in.avi format, which I have then been
> able to edit using the same software or Ulead DVD MovieFactory 3.5 Suite
> Deluxe (supplied with my DVD drive).
>
> I now have a few tapes of 60 minutes and, when trying to download the
> first, I can't find enough disk space to download it. I keep getting
> messages that I need 0.1 more GB than is available. For instance, it first
> said that the tape is 16.1 GB but only 16.0 GB is available. When I
> released more space, the same happens. Eventually, it said the tape is
> 24.6 GB but only 24.5 GB is available. (Or figures of that order.)
>
> So the question is:
> How many MB/GB per minute of DV tape?
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Trevor L.
> Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
>

[Trevor L.]

Thank you both for that info.

I had noticed that .avi takes up some pretty serious amounts of real estate
on my hard disk.

After copying my first tape, I converted to other formats. I have tried mpeg
and DivX. The latter seems fairly good, and works on a portable player
(iPpod type, but by Vosonic). So far, I have only copied the mpeg to DVD (as
used by home DVD players). This look O.K. also.

Since I posted, I managed to find (hidden in my Panasonic manual) the
statement that one needs about 1GB per 4 minutes of DV tape, which is close
to (a bit higher than) your estimate, Cari.

I am thinking that I do need a separate drive for video. Unfortunately, my
desktop (which would be the better place to install it) doesn't have a USB2
port, which is needed by the Panasonic software. So it's going to be a
two-stage process - copying to laptop via its USB2 port, then moving to
desktop drive (when I get a larger drive). If I share the drive (the 2 are
networked) this second stage won't be too time consuming.
--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au

Cari (MS-MVP) wrote:
> 12gb per hour in DV-AVI format. It may be time for a secondary hard
> drive! --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Printing & Imaging
>
>
>
> "Trevor L." > wrote in message
> ...
>> I have recently bought a Panasonic GS-35, which writes to DV tape
>>
>> So far, I have successfully downloaded a tape with 35 minutes of
>> video. I am using Panasonic MotionDV STUDIO LE for DV (supplied with the
>> camera). I seem to recall it writes files in.avi format, which I
>> have then been able to edit using the same software or Ulead DVD
>> MovieFactory 3.5 Suite Deluxe (supplied with my DVD drive).
>>
>> I now have a few tapes of 60 minutes and, when trying to download the
>> first, I can't find enough disk space to download it. I keep getting
>> messages that I need 0.1 more GB than is available. For instance, it
>> first said that the tape is 16.1 GB but only 16.0 GB is available.
>> When I released more space, the same happens. Eventually, it said
>> the tape is 24.6 GB but only 24.5 GB is available. (Or figures of that
>> order.)
>>
>> So the question is:
>> How many MB/GB per minute of DV tape?
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Trevor L.
>> Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au