Archiving VHS Tapes

I am converting some VHS tapes to digital to burn onto DVD. From what I understand these files will be compressed. If I want to store the original footage on a hard drive, does the hard drive need to be formatted for Mac? I'm doing this for a customer & would like to put their original files on their external hard drive. Is that possible if they are Windows & I'm Mac?
Using Canopus ADVC300 & FCP... don't think it matters, but in case you need to know
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Carolyn Kent wrote:
I am converting some VHS tapes to digital to burn onto DVD. From what I understand these files will be compressed. If I want to store the original footage on a hard drive, does the hard drive need to be formatted for Mac? I'm doing this for a customer & would like to put their original files on their external hard drive. Is that possible if they are Windows & I'm Mac?
Using Canopus ADVC300 & FCP... don't think it matters, but in case you need to know
Forget giving them a hard drive. Have Costco do it if they need a hard drive.
Are you burning to DVD-ROM or to DVD? For less than $300 you can buy a VHS-to-DVD dubbing machine.
bogiesan

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