12gb per hour in DV-AVI format. It may be time for a secondary hard drive!
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
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>I have recently bought a Panasonic GS-35, which writes to DV tape
>
> So far, I have successfully downloaded a tape with 35 minutes of video.
>
> I am using Panasonic MotionDV STUDIO LE for DV (supplied with the camera).
> I seem to recall it writes files in.avi format, which I have then been
> able to edit using the same software or Ulead DVD MovieFactory 3.5 Suite
> Deluxe (supplied with my DVD drive).
>
> I now have a few tapes of 60 minutes and, when trying to download the
> first, I can't find enough disk space to download it. I keep getting
> messages that I need 0.1 more GB than is available. For instance, it first
> said that the tape is 16.1 GB but only 16.0 GB is available. When I
> released more space, the same happens. Eventually, it said the tape is
> 24.6 GB but only 24.5 GB is available. (Or figures of that order.)
>
> So the question is:
> How many MB/GB per minute of DV tape?
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Trevor L.
> Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
>