How much HD do I need to encode 2 hrs of video?

[huntr]

Since I have small amount of HD-20 gb, I would like to buy a larger external HD so do you know how much I need to get such as 60, 80, 100, or 120? I plan to capture AVI file using Virtualdub and encode using TmpGenc. I have P3 600 w/ 394 mb ram and DVD-RW drive (105).

Your input would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[hwoodwar]

First off, try to get the largest capacity hard drive you can afford. That being said capturing in VirtualDub using the HuffyUV codec at 352 x 480 resolution takes up 20-25gig of hard drive space, on my system. On top of that consider you may want to cut, and/or apply filters and save to a different filename before you encode in TMPGEnc, therefore I would suggest a minimum hard drive size of 80gig.

[SingSing]

20 GB is a tight squeeze to do just a two hours movie.