How to Backup AVI to DVD and still be able to edit later?

[grant_millgate]

I am wanting to put all of my home movies currently on DV tapes onto DVDs so i have a permanent copy of them, but also be able to use those DVD clips as source clips for future projects. I dont need to play the DVDs on a stand alone player, I just dont have enough room on my hard disks to store AVIs at 12 GB/ hr?

Can MPEG2 be edited in Premiere etc? I just need a solution that will allow 1 - 2 hrs of clips per DVD.

cheers.

[Tommyknocker]

Capture the DV from your tapes as DV AVI. Then go to the Convert and Capture sections to find a suitable way for you change the captured DV to DVD MPEG and subsequently burn them to DVD. To find a permanent way to store DV other than your tapes is not economically available just yet. Hopefully the DVD 8 disks will be an answer.

[bugster]

Mpeg-2 can be edited, though I don't think premier will do it. Doing anything more than simple cuts and joins is very problematic. Mpeg-2 was never designed to be an editable format.

Why not just keep the original DV tapes, they aren't that expensive are they?

Edit. If you really want to find a way to edit mpeg-2 take a look at this thread.