Archiving avi files

[brozbro]

I am starting to capture several HI 8
tapes using Pinnacle Express.I notice I get 4Gig a capture.Win98Se.Is it possible to burn these files to a dvd disc for archiving
and later authoring? Is this cost efective or is there a better way?
I have spent some time looking for
an answer on this site to no avail

[ZippyP.]

I am starting to capture several HI 8
tapes using Pinnacle Express.I notice I get 4Gig a capture.Win98Se.Is it possible to burn these files to a dvd disc for archiving
and later authoring? Is this cost efective or is there a better way?
I have spent some time looking for
an answer on this site to no avail

You didn't say what you're going to be doing with your Avi's. If you need the space and don't want to do any compression/conversion right away, then you can burn the avi to a DVD data disk.

[David K]

If you need to get them off your harddrive then saving them as data to a DVD would work and save you the trouble of re-capturing later. Of course, saved as data you will not be able to play them in a stand-alone DVD player, only on a computer DVD-Rom player. You would have a DVD-ROM not a DVD video.

As far as cost, I think a Hi-8 tape and a DVD-R cost about the same, around 5 dollars. So you should probably just keep your Hi-8 tapes for archiving and then only capture when you had time to edit and author a video DVD.