Archiving video to DVD

Hello,
What is the best way to archive video footage to DVD which I could potentially re-use in FCE at a later date?
Background:
Because my video projects are usually small,
I usually archive the FCE project file,
the graphics, text, audio and music assets
to a DVD data disc. The video assets (miniDV footage)
are left on the original tape as part of the archive set.
However, I have many projects where there is only 10 to 15 minutes of useable videotape, so I'm thinking it would be efficient to archive all the project assets (including only the useable video footage) to one DVD data disc.
My concern is that if I save the video footage used in the project as a datafile, I will lose some of the quality (due to compression/decompression) if I ever use the footage at a later date.
How should I save the video footage to minimize/eliminate this loss of quality?
1. Export as Quicktime movie?
2. DV Stream?
3. DV/DVC Pro?
4. Uncompressed video?
5. Others???
Other ideas / thoughts are welcome ...
Thanks,
David
PoweMac G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)
PoweMac G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Hi David.
I have been thinking along similar lines but have not yet got round to doing it.
If you just drag and drop your Capture files onto the DVD there should be no loss of quality because there is no compression on data DVDs.
It's only if you exported your MOVIE to a DVD that compression would be applied.
A normal DVD should hold enough DV files for up to 20 minutes of video - of course it all depends on the size of the project file, though they are usually comparatively small.
It will be interesting to hear from folks who have actually done it.
Ian

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