[MacDV] Compressing media files

[R B Williams]

Can you output to mini DV and send that instead? Compressing media files can be a
gamble.

Alternately, you can save some of the files on one DVD, and others on a second. It will
work fine as long as the client transfers all of the media into the proper folder on his
Mac before opening the project.

R. B.

"E. Bond Francisco" wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I'll bet this has been talked about many times, but I can't get to the
> list Archive site, so I'll ask it:
>
> I've captured 4.82 G of media from an SVHS tape for a client and put
> them in an iMovie project. The client wants me to move the files onto a
> DVD that he can read on his Mac, OSX 10.2, imovie 3. I'm using iMovie
> 4. The client then wants to be able to edit the movie on his own Mac,
> using iMovie3 or FCE. So the deal was, I would just burn the whole
> darned project (QT movie, Project File and Media) onto a DVD.
>
> So, guess what, the DV holds 4.7G! Arrgghhhh! So now I'm trying to
> figure out how to compress the actual media files so that I can put
> them on the DVD and send them off. I attempted to ZIP them up in
> Stuffit Deluxe 8, but it choked.  Any clues? What's the best way to
> compress these media files?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bond
>
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