How do professionals transfer video to pc?

Question

I recently got a camcorder and transferred my first video to my pc. It was 24 minutes long and came to about 5 GB. It was an the AVI format. How does a Hollywood movie that is 2 hours or more take up less space then my 24 minute video. Is it the file format I transferred in or is it the type of file it is converted to when making the DVD? Any help on the topic would be great. Thanks.

Answer 1

type it into google?

Answer 2

Standard DVD players read the .Vob format, the files you have now are in AVI format..

I would recommend you download ConvertXtoDVD. Ive been using it for a year now, never had a problem!

It will convert your video files to the dvd format readable by all standard dvd players, then burn automatically to DVD!

it is easy to use, fast and it works perfect for me.. give it a try, you'll love it

1. Download ConvertXtoDVD here:

http://www.burner-software.com/AVI-to-DV...

It can convert any video file.. like wmv, mpeg, asf, mp4, avi to dvd

2. Add or drag-n-drop as many video files as the DVD can handle

3. Insert blank DVD

4. Click "Convert"

5. Enjoy watching those video files on your home DVD player! =)

ConvertXtoDVD has a lot of extra nice features too,

for example you can make your own ANIMATED DVD menu or auto-generate it, add subtitles, auto-burn to dvd or save your conversion.

Answer 3

Hello..

Well, there are two different formats (there is many more, but we'll use two in this topic for now).

Assuming you have miniDV camcorder, the whole tape is one hour (standard speed) and the resulting file is 12-13 GB..miniDV AVI file.

I believe, that professionals in Hollywood are using better equipment than those little miniDV camcorders we have.. so their file is for sure much bigger.

Now - that file is basically raw data and you need to convert it/compress it into DVD format. There is many softwares to do that, one I'm using is Ulead Video Studio, since I got it with my firewire card. But any videoconvertor who can READ miniDV format (AVI file) and convert into mpeg2 format (DVD) will do.

Expect that to be LONG proces. One hour movie (full tape) takes on my dual core with 2GB memory about 2.5 hours to convert. On my old desktop it takes overnight (about 7 hours)

Alternatively, if you do not want DVD but want to store the file on computer only, you can convert it into different AVI file (unfortunatelly there are MANY AVI formats and just by looking at the file extension you will not know what is what.) - in format DivX or Xvid - standards for movies on computer.

If you wanna upload it in youtube, convert it into WMV format - less quality but much smaller - ideal for e-mailing and youtubing etc.

have fun

JOhnny

Answer 4

I think you can use "Total Video2dvd Author",it is easy,handy program that create and burn DVD movie.

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here is main Features:

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Answer 5

Here's the least confusing answer (and hopefully best answer) Simply convert your AVI to MPG.

What you may need to do is capture the tape to hard drive, then RENDER it to mpg format.  This is the format used to create DVDs. (that's how 2 or more hours of video can be fit onto a 4 gb disc.)

Answer 6

well here's the thing.  Hollywood movies are transferred from film to digital.  These files are huge and thats why editing systems will usually have a RAID array or various hard drives where the files are stored.  When editing, the files take a lot of space, especially since they are a much higher quality.

When you get the file on the computer downloaded, its highly compressed with a program.  The file format has a great deal to do with this as well as the type of compression they used.