|
|||||||||
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
August 6th, 2005, 10:05 PM | #1 |
New Boot
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Knoxville,TN
Posts: 17
|
Minutes per Gig
When shooting with the DVX100a (30p), how many minutes per gig do you get if recording directly to hard drive or digitizing footage from tape?
|
August 6th, 2005, 10:31 PM | #2 |
Regular Crew
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Lakewood Ohio
Posts: 51
|
I'm pretty sure that you use just over 13gb for every hour of footage.
|
August 6th, 2005, 11:11 PM | #3 |
Built the VanceCam
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Prescott Valley, AZ
Posts: 109
|
Yes, that's right. Approximately 4.5 minutes per GB.
|
August 7th, 2005, 01:24 PM | #4 |
New Boot
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Nivelles, Belgium
Posts: 22
|
It varies on codecs, but here is what I use as a reference.
DV=~3.46MB/S 1 Min=~ 207.6MB 5 Min=~ 1038MB 1 Hour=~ 12456MB |
August 7th, 2005, 01:47 PM | #5 |
Wrangler
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Mays Landing, NJ
Posts: 11,788
|
Also consider that you want a little "breathing room" on your hard drive. Personally I like to use 15GB/hour as a number which takes this into account and makes the mental arithmetic easier.
|
August 7th, 2005, 02:00 PM | #6 |
Built the VanceCam
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Prescott Valley, AZ
Posts: 109
|
Or, since the thread is titled "Minutes per Gig" and that's what Greg asked for, that would be:
Laurence: 4.8 Minutes per Gig Boyd: 4.0 Minutes per Gig Dan: 4.5 Minutes per Gig Take yer pick. |
August 7th, 2005, 07:44 PM | #7 |
New Boot
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Knoxville,TN
Posts: 17
|
Thank you all. Just got a 300 gig external so I don't think I'll hit 20 hours of footage at any given time. I edit with Digital Beta footage at work but our Adrenalines have 500 gigs (not including Unity) and I can can pack about 4 half hour shows on the system at 20 to 1 with each episode having about 20-32 minute tapes digitized. I actually never pay attention to what I get per gig but I think I'll check it out. Thanks again...
|
| ||||||
|
|