Best way to archive DV

[handycam]

Hi,

I'm just a DV hobbyist. I would like to transfer my DV footage and store it on a CD/DVD somehow so that I can perhaps edit it in the future.

Raw DV footage is 13Gb for 60 mins which is approximately 3 DVD-Rs. A bit mad. Is there a way for me to reduce this filesize but still keeping the quality? I thought about using the DivX codec to compress the files but that codec has some funny quirks and I don't trust it. I then thought about converting the files to MPEG-2 or WMV8 format but Adobe Premiere won't read either of those.

Any suggestions? Are there any other programs as good as Premiere which can read MPEG-2 or WMV8 directly?

TIA,
Dave.

[MOVIEGEEK]

I would capture in mpeg-2 since you will most likely make a dvd later(if you have a dvd burner).VideoStudio or MediaStudio are good:

http://www.ulead.com

[vhelp]

handycam,

either way you do it, the second best alternative to DV is to encode
it MPEG-2 using the DVD template in tmpg. But, just remember, that
when you encode the first time, the second time around, you'll loose
some quality, due to the re-encoding of the first time encoding from
your original DV tape.
The reason why it doesn't look so bad when we re-encode from a DVD
source (aka, ripping) is because this DVD is using the highest quality
source materials from hollywood, plus whatever they used to tweak
here or there a little.
Of course, all this is pendat upon your source material you are porting
to DV tapes. Obviously, you're not taping DVD source, as this would
be quite stupid, since you have (own) the DVD and can just re-rip it
to your liking. So, i'm assumging you are archieving home-made movies
or sat/cable tv as your source.

Anyways, Ok, but encoding the DV source, using the DVD template might
get you ONE hours on a single DVD-R disk for later re-editing, ect.
maybe, vs. 3, as you stated prev. in your post.

-vhelp