How do YOU store your final video material?

[roguenroll]

well im not a vid pro, but Im working on some vaca footage for a DVD. I just used none for the compression, because it will have to go out of the cam, into prem, (edit), out to AE, then out to maybe an MPeg2 compression at the end for DVD.

But its pretty big file size.

R

[daysleeper]

hi,
I'm doing all my archives in a TGA sequence,
but i found a realy nice codec .. called "Huffyuv" .... try this PAGE (http://www.math.berkeley.edu/~benrg/huffyuv.html) for more details :)

Good Luck :thumbsup:

[dg]

Hi,

If I work in DV I store them in DV tapes, if Beta then Beta tapes, as for digital archiving I use either CDR or DVDR using tga sequences or QuickTime movies using the Microcosmos codec from Digital Anarchy.

But keep in mind that CDR and DVDR don't last forever either so, is better to reburn them from time to time to keep your data intact.

For huge amounts of data, archiving in hard drives nowdays is viable, since their prices are low.

Cheers,
dg

[beaker]

Originally posted by fr3drik
I'm just curious. Myself, I have mainly been working with composited DV and have so far stored all my material with Quicktime's "Motion JPEG A" codec. But I find the Microcosm codec (http://www.digitalanarchy.com/micro/micro_loss.html) from Digital Anarchy interesting. What do you think?
If your original material is dv then you should keep it in dv format.

If it's only 8 bit material then I use PNG compressed movie. It is standard with every install of Quicktime and it is almost the same size as Microcosm (like 95%). You don't have to install a special codec to read it. If you need 16 bit support then microcosm is your only choice for a movie file format. Also the For film we are starting to use EXR files since it is much smaller than using the original cineon. It supports all file bit depths(8,16,32 bit float, log and lin).

Also there is a new codec in quicktime called Pixlet that is also lossless. It is even smaller than microcosm and png. Only trouble is it only comes with osx 10.3 right now. Supposedly it will be available on pc and non 10.3 boxes in the near future though with newer versions of quicktime.

[fr3drik]

Originally posted by beaker
If your original material is dv then you should keep it in dv format.
I always keep my original DV material the way it is after transferring it from the camera (DV/DVCAM format). But after applying 3D thingys and working on the material using i.e. Shake I shouldn't store it as DV ... or should I? Seems like big filesizes to me.
So far I have been storing my final result as Motion JPEG... (smaller filesize than DV, same video quality) but maybe that's not the best thing to do?

Sorry if I seem confused, I'm a little new to this. :p

[dg]

Originally posted by beaker
Also there is a new codec in quicktime called Pixlet that is also lossless. It is even smaller than microcosm and png. Only trouble is it only comes with osx 10.3 right now. Supposedly it will be available on pc and non 10.3 boxes in the near future though with newer versions of quicktime.

Hi Beaker :)

I have a question man, is there a version of pixlet for PC, or just for the brand new Macs?

And I have to agree with you png file sequence are great, and exr is awesome, but I didn't started to use it yet, but soon I will, at least I hope to ;)

[crgowo]

Originally posted by beaker

If it's only 8 bit material then I use PNG compressed movie. It is standard with every install of Quicktime and it is almost the same size as Microcosm (like 95%). You don't have to install a special codec to read it. If you need 16 bit support then microcosm is your only choice for a movie file format. Also the For film we are starting to use EXR files since it is much smaller than using the original cineon. It supports all file bit depths(8,16,32 bit float, log and lin).


Do you need quiktime pro to have png compression? I opened up virtualdub and looked at my compressions and i didnt see it.

[beaker]

Originally posted by diogo girondi
Hi Beaker :)

I have a question man, is there a version of pixlet for PC, or just for the brand new Macs?
It only comes with 10.3 right now. Hopefully it will come default in the next version of Quicktime. I heard they were still working on the port of it for windows. Though that doesn't explain why you can't get it in 10.2 or older.

[dg]

Maybe to sell more Panthers :hmm:

Let's wait to see what happens, thanks for the reply :thumbsup:

Cheers,
dg

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