video as data to DVD-R

[studio33]

Looking at all the information on DVD-R and am not certain what I need.

My main project is to store video clips, avi or mpeg2, to be used at a later time.

So, what I want to do is just store data which I can later bring back to the harddrive and into a video editing program.

Seems reasonable to me, but I haven't seen much on data storage.

I like the idea of Pioneer's external firewire - which would give me the option of using it on several computers.

Any downside to external firewire versus internal other than price?

Appreciate any feedback.

George

[DVWannaB]

Thats an interesting question. While I dont know the answer, I am also curious.

As far as DVD in an external FW case, there is no down fall (except $$$). Actually I think it is better, because of the portability feature. I have one and data transfer rate (video) is not a problem.

[PhilipL]

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[SLK001]

Only one thing... your file size is limited to about 2GB in both ISO and UDF formats (which generally isn't a problem), so dragging and dropping large .M2V files isn't possible. However, a work-around is to use a program like SPLITTER to split the large files into smaller, more manageable chunks. So, the reason that you don't hear too much about this is, like Philip said, it is really basic stuff.

[studio33]

"your file size is limited to about 2GB "


2GB isn't a problem. Most clips will be under 1 GB.

Although, since I am using NTFS, will that make a difference?

[studio33]

Thanks for the feedback.

You have just made my life easier.

DVWannaB

Since you have the external unit, I am assuming that the firewire plugs into the firewire video capture card.

Or do I need some other unit?

I see some bundles advertised with the ADS PYRO 1394 Drive Kit.

Again, thanks for the input.

George

[DVWannaB]

Studio,

My FW DVD drive is connected to a FW card. I dont use my FW port to capture video, but I can if I needed to. SO if you have a a FW card that is used also to capture video, then there is no need to buy another. That is unless you have only 1 FW slot and you dont want to plug and unplug whenever you have to access various devices.

Make sure when you get your Pioneer FW DVD, that you load all you drivers, so that your system recognizes your DVD drive as FW device.

[Greg12]

This is what I plan to do

Buy a drive housing and a drive.

It's cheaper than buying a pre-built unit

I looked at one and all it was was a IDE drive in a fancy housing

It even had the jumper/slave info tag visible/