[MacDV] DVD-R as archive?

Erica Sadun erica at mindspring.com
Wed Nov 19 10:03:54 PST 2003


At 9:55 AM -0800 11/19/03, David Cole wrote:
>I've got LOTS of home movies on VHS, VHS-C, and mini-DV. I'm looking 
>to one day edit them together and burn DVD's for my kids and 
>grandkids. But for now...
>
>Would archiving them to mini-DV be the 1st choice of this list?
>Or digitizing them to hard drives (Final Cut or iMovie?) be the 
>move, prepping them for later editing?
>Or how about burning them to DVD-R with a dedicated DVD-R recorder?

I'd transfer to miniDV if for achiving.

-- Erica
p.s. It wouldn't hurt to also record to DVD-R just for
fun and watching now, but NOT for archiving.



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