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Originally Posted by t0hierry
Hello,
I'm a non-video artist and I recently restored a 9mm film of my grandparent's wedding, shot in 1929 which had been digitized by an outside service. I wrote and recorded music to it and exported the Vegas Pro 10 video as a 5.5 Gig avi file. I would like to archive this video on a DVD that can last a long time.
I read quite a few posts, and I'm confused enough to seek your advice. What DVD would you recommend? Thank you for your time. You're the only one who knows what you're talking about in the thread I visited and I appreciate any advice you care to give.
Best regards.
thierry
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Let me reply as I go...
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You know, that's often a benefit more than a negative! You understand something else, such as photo, painting, audio or what-have-you. That can be important, as video is little more than thousands of smaller works of art going by in the blink of an eye!
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restored a 9mm film of my grandparent's wedding, shot in 1929 which had been digitized by an outside service
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I bet you're referring to 9.5mm film:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9.5_mm_film
That's impressively old film stock.
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exported the Vegas Pro 10 video as a 5.5 Gig avi file
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KEEP THE AVI FILE !!! Most of the time, AVI files are unreasonably large, and too cumbersome to archive without relying on very large hard drives. At only 5.5GB, you have a file that should be kept on hard drive, as well as duplicated to DVD+R DL media. Better yet, use
VirtualDub to split that file in half (using stream copy "compression" that does NOT re-encode), and burn to two single-layer DVD+R blanks.
Although MPEG-2 for DVD-Video is good, there are potentially better formats to keep viewable copies in. For example, H.264 with good settings, archived to a Bluray-on-DVD. This won't be your main copy, mind you, or a replacement for the DVD-Video copy you intend to make. At least not now. This is a bit of future-proofing for you here.
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What DVD would you recommend?
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Always refer to this list:
http://www.digitalFAQ.com/reviews/dvd-media.htm
I would use any two of these:
- Verbatim 16x "Advanced AZO" DVD+R (not Life Series, not Value Series) with media ID MCC0004
- Verbatim 16x "Advanced AZO" DVD-R (not Life Series, not Value Series) with media ID MCC03RG20
- Taiyo Yuden 16x DVD+R with media ID YUDEN000T03
And then also make a third copy on this:
- TDK DVD-R with media ID RITEKF1 (oxonol dye)
Verbatim is available from
Amazon (in USA and Europe).
TY is available online only (worldwide)
TDK is almost all RITEK ID media right now in stores (in North America)
For links on best prices where to get those, again, refer to the list:
http://www.digitalFAQ.com/reviews/dvd-media.htm
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You're the only one who knows what you're talking about in the thread I visited and I appreciate any advice you care to give.
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Thanks! I try to give the best info possible. (The secret is to simply not say anything when I don't know what I'm talking about. Easy enough, you'd think -- but sadly a choice that is too often not selected by the masses.)
Anyway, I hope that's given you a clear idea on how to end your project.
If not, follow it up here with more posts, and we can hash out whatever else is needed.
Thanks.
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