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In a message dated 8/6/05 2:08:04 PM, gdalzelltwo@dslextreme.com writes:<BR>
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Been Gone for awhile but, armed with a new G5, I striving to get back up to<BR>
speed on my video projects.<BR>
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I am looking for a strategy in archiving Imovie files. The files are<BR>
primarily vhs & S-Video tapes converted to digital via an old Dazzle bridge.<BR>
Most are an hour or more.<BR>
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What I want to do is to be able to retrieve the files so that I can do some<BR>
additional editing in the future. Since the files are so huge, I am hoping<BR>
there is a way to compress the files and then reopen in Imovie and see the<BR>
"clips".<BR>
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I have Quicktime Pro and the 05 Version of Ilife.<BR>
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TIA,<BR>
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Gary Dalzell<BR>
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Hello,<BR>
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I know you've asked about compressing but I thought you may be interested in what I've done.<BR>
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What I've done is put the projects on video tape. The tapes are inexpensive, small, and hold an hour of video each. If a project is over an hour I break it down into hour (or fractions of) segments. Another system which is cheaper yet is to divide the project into 4ish gig segments and burn them to DVD. I don't burn them as a movie, I burn them as a file which unlike a video, is editable in iMovie.<BR>
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Fellow G5er, Joe Scalise<BR>
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