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[Martin_1962]

2 tapes already over 70GB

I have about 20 to do and I do not want to fill up my HDD.

What is the best way of archiving lots of video data, lets say over 600GB?

Thanks.

Dumping to MiniDV would take about 50 tapes, DVD about 150 or so single layers.

So what is the best answer?

Loosy compression is not, it has already lossy compressed to DV compression which is 5:1 over uncompressed.

[Stevie-blunder]

Buy an external harddrive 

[pscocoa]

I use Pinnacle software to convert tape to DVD/HDD.

Maybe you get a big separate drive say 1 terrabyte and store it on there.

[Martin_1962]

External 1TB, or even leave it in but on sleep.

Then I am also looking at a big stack of MiniDV 30 or so of them.

Not applying any more compression unless lossless.

[Mr Skrunts]

2 choices spring to mind.  BluRay or Ext Hard Drive.  1TB drive now arround £50  1.5TB starting to get chaaper.

I currently have loads of stuff on 6 x 1TB drives, and if I need it quick I just pop int in a desk top Sata Caddy till I build a storage server.

[eddie]

Get a usb hardrive caddy and then use .Rar to squash everything.

eddie

[Martin_1962]

BluRay - 1 tape per disc at DV compression.

Burner - waiting for under £50

caddy system - hmm

[Martin_1962]

Don't think RAR or ZIP will shrink video material

[Mr Skrunts]

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products?search=32mb+cache&p_order=price_asc&p=

Plenty of choice for large hard drives, get one and put it in a caddy, if you got 2 then consider a NAS Box, more exspensive but could mirror the data for safety.

[cem_devecioglu]

Agreed Skruntie..

external hard disk .. will be faster and reliable..

second option is blue ray..

and imho I would stay away from compression..

[KillerWatt]

Specify EXACTLY what you mean by archiving.

If you are talking basics (space versus quality), then DivX/XviD is the way to go (you capture the source in raw AVI, then convert down).

[Martin_1962]

Specify EXACTLY what you mean by archiving.

If you are talking basics (space versus quality), then DivX/XviD is the way to go (you capture the source in raw AVI, then convert down).

Moving lots of camera footage off analogue tapes for future use, possibly reediting.

But DIVX is not lossless. I have already used 5:1 compression by using DV encoding.

[KillerWatt]

Specify EXACTLY what you mean by archiving.

If you are talking basics (space versus quality), then DivX/XviD is the way to go (you capture the source in raw AVI, then convert down).

Moving lots of camera footage off analogue tapes for future use, possibly reediting.

But DIVX is not lossless. I have already used 5:1 compression by using DV encoding.

You have no choice then Martin, you have to capture in raw AVI.
Raw AVI - around 14GB per hour (with stereo audio at 48KHz).

As for drive space, what's your budget?

[TheBoy]

External HDDs by nature aren't a good long term storage medium.

For 600G of long(ish) term storage of highly compressed data on to a single piece of media, LTO IV is the solution that springs to mind, but don't expect change from £2.50

[KillerWatt]

External HDDs by nature aren't a good long term storage medium.

I'll assume you are talking single drives?