[MacDV] Re: Compressing media files

[Juan M]

Split up the files to two DVDs. If he is going to edit them, he will 
want to work with them on his hard drive (for speed and to be able to 
save changes).

so put them on two DVDs.


> 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?