Backing up video to tape and externals
I just got done converting old analog tapes to imovie, i now have about 300 gigs of imovie project files on my external hd, I will use these imovie project files to edit and turn into mp4 files for viewing on my tv via aptv, a mac mini, or ps3 but before I do that I'd like to back these up before I edit to an another 320 gig external hd that I put away and never touch again unless I need to and maybe to tape As just having memories on external hds scare me a bit, so I thought why not to my mini dv camcorder. few questions...
Will exporting via imovie to mini dv tapes result in any loss of quality?
How should I save these projects to my additional ext hd? as imovie projects or should i make each project one whole 20 gig dv file? This method seems to take a long time but not sure if I will always have imovie.
another question is, is there a faster way to convert a dv/project into mp4,m4v, etc, I have a total of 14 hours of video, and it seems a 1 minute clip takes ten minutes.
Hi rwlrz4 - "Will exporting via imovie to mini dv tapes result in any loss of quality?"
No, quality will remain unchanged. It's the cheapest storage method.
Saving your projects additionally to another external drive as iMovie projects is probably better than converting to QT, as future editing is best done that way. And if it looks like iMovie's demise is about to happen, then consider converting at that time.
Who can tell what the future brings? Always a scary thought!
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Could you please review the following and determine if you have been there and done the following.
At the onset, have you assure that you have the latest version of QuickTime installed on your computer with Premeire Elements 12?
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Either way, do you see an orange line over the Timeline content (I am not talking about the orange line that runs horizontally through the clip). Hit the Enter key. Does the Timeline content play back in the Edit area monitor or does a Render dialog pop up? What does the playback look like and sound like in either case? Is anything improved at this point from what you were getting before?
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Question for Sue and others - Problems exporting back to Mini DV tape
Hi there Sue
This is a very interesting concept that you have mentioned in another of your posts:
"In the past, many posters reported this type of problem. There is a workaround that I realize should not be necessary, but it has helped many.
Instead of exporting to the camera, "Share" your iMovie video as a QuickTime Full Quality DV
Import this QT movie into a NEW iMovie project.
Then export (share) that to your camcorder.
It does take time to convert the imovie to QuickTime, but in the end it should work."
I have a similar problem where that when I want to back up by edited movie back to mini DV tape, there might be the occasional 'dropped frame' or image break up that appears from time to time on my back up tape. This then renders this back up useless for my purpose. Currently I select 'share' and then 'video camera' to perform this action. Sometimes I think that its Imovie's fault that these errors occur and sometimes I blame the video camera - who knows?!! One thing I do notice is that when looking at the video transferring from Imovie to Video tape, any error wont show on the Imovie window, but will show on the video camera flip out screen. I wonder if it means that it is the video camera's fault?
Do you think that your process might cure this problem?
Many thanks
Daniel
MacBook Pro 17" Intel & Powerbook 17" 1.67 mhz Mac OS X (10.4.8)Hi lorddim1,
In addition to Sue's great advice, another method of exporting to your camera may solve your problem - a method which I always use with success. In iMovie's Preferences (Menu>Preferences), check the box "Play DV project video through to DV camera". Set your camera to the VCR (Play) position and simultaneously click the Play button in iMovie and the Record button on the camera (or camera remote).
After exporting to tape, it's best to then un-check the Preferences box, as leaving it checked can sometimes mute the audio playback in iMovie in some versions.
The quality of the export is identical to that using the "Share" feature in iMovie. It may also help to set the iMovie Preference for Playback to "Standard (smoother motion)" and to ensure that, in the Timeline, "Show Clip Volume Levels" and "Show Audio Waveforms" are not activated (go to the View menu for these or Control-Click on the audio track/s). The less iMovie has to worry about, often the smoother the playback. Please note that the Playback preference has no effect on the quality of the export - it's only a setting for playback on the monitor.
Hope this helps!
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How best to export back to video camera dv tape?
I know iMovie no longer has the export back to tape option in 09 version. But, there must be a good way to do it anyway? Does 09 allow me to export to DV (MyMovie.dv)? If so, then I guess I could take that exported file and import it into my old iMovie 6, and then export from there back to a DV tape via firewire. If someone knows a better way, the let me know.
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http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/samplecode/SimpleVideoOut/Introduction/In tro.html
Just download the SampleCode archive, extract the archive and look for SimpleVideoOut X.app. Just drop the video on the app icon to launch the app.
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http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/digitalmedia/2004/12/22/video_out.html
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