Capturing DV tape to one file, or multiple files by scene?

[Obtong]

I was wondering how forum members go about saving DV captures to files. Do most folks capture/save one file for the entire tape, or save a separate file for each scene. My current approach is to split my captures into scenes, so a one hour tape would give me quite a few files. It seems to me that by saving a separate file for each scene makes editing easier. Is this the best approach, or am I missing something by not capturing my DV tapes to a single avi file?

Thanks,
~Dom

[aedipuss]

depends on how it was shot. i use winDV to capture by timecode breaks, if it was shot as one take, it produces one file. if the cam was started and stopped multiple times winDV makes multiple files.

[magillagorilla]

When I was using DV, I let the timecode split the file. In most cases each split was a different scene. I find it easier to work with smaller clips in my NLE. Unless it's a continuous long event like a wedding or something. My new cameras start a new file every time I pause/record anyway. What are you afraid of loosing?

[TreeTops]

By time code.

[Obtong]

Being realtively new to capturing/editing, I want to try and make sure that I don't make too many mistakes right from the start. (I've already spent too many hours getting the DV Type 1 and Type 2 figured out.) It seems to me that doing an automatic scene-by-scene capture of a DV tape hase several advantages:
1. Easier to work with smaller clips, especially when using multiple scenes from different tapes etc.
2. The loss of a single scene due to a corrupt file is easier to deal with than the loss of an entire 14GB file
3. Easier to find a particular clip if the scene's filename is based on the time/date code