ADVC 100 file size

[Honda617]

Hello guys, I am relatively new to video capturing and have a question. I purchased an ADVC 100 to capture my 8mm tapes and when I capture a 2hr segment of a tape the file size is 20G! To me this seems way to big of a file size for a 2hr video. I was wondering if you guys had any input.

Im using windows live to import the video and the files are saved as .avi

Thanks for the help!

[SatStorm]

No, this is perfectly normal.
DV is about 10GB per hour.

[jagabo]

13 GB/hr. If you want smaller files you compress with a lossy codec like MPEG 2 after capturing.

[edDV]

DV is a good format for editing and for home camcorder recordings there is good reason to archive as DV if future re-edit is expected. Otherwise you can encode after edit to various formats.

Since Video8/Hi8 is interlace and home camcorder video usually is high motion hand held and noisy, the prefered distribution format is DVD 720x480i or 720x576i at high >8Mb/s average bit rate.

[Honda617]

Thanks for the replies! I just have a few more questions. What software can be used to compress the files?

In addition, what software would you guys recommend for creating a DVD with these files? I use Sony Vegas for editing purposes. Does the DVD maker in windows 7 work well?

[yoda313]

dvdauthorgui is one to try for authoring.

avstodvd is one to convert to dvd. I think it can do basic menus but you can use dvdauthorgui for making menus.

[edDV]

Thanks for the replies! I just have a few more questions. What software can be used to compress the files?

In addition, what software would you guys recommend for creating a DVD with these files? I use Sony Vegas for editing purposes. Does the DVD maker in windows 7 work well?

Vegas contains a good MPeg2 encoder. It will also export a DV.avi format archive of your edit.

What is your Vegas version?

[Honda617]

I have vegas pro 9.0

[edDV]

Assuming you are using a 720x480i/29.97 DV project, use the

Render as
MPeg2
"DVD Architect NTSC Video Stream" template

but under custom, increase the average bit rate to 8,000,000 to 9,500,000 bps for best quality.