Archiving to dvd

Hi there - my home video is taking up too much room on my computer, so I want to archive to DVD. I have 8.5 gb double layer DVDS to burn to, but even when I reduce the size of my movie to less than 8.5 gb it tells me that the movie is too large to burn. What is my best option for getting my video off the computer, but in such a way that I can easily get it back on for future editing, viewing and sharing? I anticipate that I am going to need an awful lot of DVD's if I use this method, and do not even know how small I am going to have to make the projects to get them on to DVD in any case. Any help with this will be most appreciated! Cheers Ruth

Many thanks for your reply. I have just bought my first external hard drive for the purpose of backing up. It is a Maxtor 500gb, and you can schedule automatic back up with it. Would you archive your movie files to this, or would it be better to have another separate external hard drive dedicated to the movies only? THANKS AGAIN! Ruth

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