[MacDV] Compressing media files

[Erica Sadun]

>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?

DVDs hold 4.7g in base 10. They only hold about 4.3g in binary.

-- Erica