[MacDV] Video Backup Tidbit

[Frank Farwell]

On Thursday, May 22, 2003, at 08:52 PM, David Thrasher wrote:

> I'm in the midst of backing up my video project and I thought I would 
> share a little tidbit to write down for future reference: a 700mb CD-R 
> can hold up to 3 minutes 20 seconds of video in DV format.
>
> As insurance, in addition to my master mini-DV tape I've decided to 
> save my finished project in DV format on CDs. Why DV? Because it can 
> easilly be re-exported to tape if I need to do that and can be 
> imported without any intermediate steps into iMovie.
> .....................

why not DVD-R the disks can be purchased for less than $2 each seems it 
would be less hassle.
Of course if you dont have a superdrive.?

frank farwell