MiniDV Rip FileSize question help

[ZWinFlame]

I would really appreciate someone's help on this.

When I try to rip the video through a firewire card from my MINIDV, the size of the file is very big. it is approx 100MB for 1 minute. I have tried 2 different programs with the same result.(MGI VideoWave and Adobe Premiere 6)

Is there a way to rip it so that the size isin't that big for about 1 hour of video. I wanted to make VCD's out of the Camcorder.

I have tried different forums but got no direct reply to this.

Thanks all

[fonoop]

No, theres really no way that I'm aware of that allows you to make it smaller. Since the Minidv format is digital, you are just downloading it from your camcorder to the computer. So its gonna be the same no matter what program you use. You'll just have to get a bigger hard drive if you can't capture an hours worth of video on the one you have now.

[vhelp]

zwin,

DV, when TRANSfered to harddrive, is approx. 13gig in size for a 1
hour clip. You CANNOT change this!! Its the nature of DV
(compression) And, NO, you can't cange the compression either - case
you were gonna ask that. This is a standard compression for DV, not
a user customerizable or adjustble in any way.

DVDs are aprox 8gigs. But, don't get confused when you see 8gig vs.
13gig on hour harddrive. ..."what's the difference" or "why 8g vs.
13g for the same movie"
We're talking about TWO different meadiums here. an MPEG-2 w/ VBR
vs. an DV AVI - two different compressions.

Plan ahead, 13g/hour of video.
VCD format is aprox 74min. of video @ 352x240/224bit audio/, etc.

-vhelp
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[ZWinFlame]

Thanks Vhelp for clearing it out. I was confused as to the procedure of ripping. Thanks again. So I guess I will rip it with the big file and then compress it using the tools given here !