HOW MUCH HARDDRIVE SPACE DO I NEED TO MAKE A [video]?

yaya_girl_80 · Post by **yaya_girl_80** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 8:52 pm

sorry to put everything in caps but i am starting to do my first anime music vdo and the question i have left is..... what is the MINiMAL harddrive space I need on my comp to make one music vdo? can anybody help me?

yaya.

Ashton · Post by **Ashton** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 9:26 pm

what is a vdo?

Brsrk · Post by **Brsrk** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 11:22 pm

Ashton wrote:what is a vdo?

I think they mean "video", but not really sure...

Back on topic: If you want to make a "video," you need at least a few gigs of space, otherwise the end quality will be evil and not like you!

yaya_girl_80 · Post by **yaya_girl_80** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 11:53 pm

lol...yea, VDO = video... so just a few gigs would do? i dont need like 15 gigs do i? someone told me i needed like 15 gigs worth of space? someone else said i neeeded a whole 40 gigs just to do it... what are the real facts?????

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 12:05 am

My videos typically run about 40gb. But I don't really try to conserve my space. The first video I made from dvd footage, I was able to work with only 15gb. It was a little difficult, but I managed. You just need to plan it out more before you get started.

Arctyc · Post by **Arctyc** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 2:34 am

Absolute, bare minimum is 5 gigs.

You're going to end up ripping VOBs in batches, pulling clips, then deleting them for the next batch.

It also means you'll have to plan out so you don't have too many extraneous clips unlikely to be in the video. HuffYUV is great for quality, but man does it suck up drive space.

I would suggest 15 GB as a good amount for the start-to-finish process of a pre-planned, 4-minute AMV.

Stoic · Post by **Stoic** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 4:32 pm

Just because I'm an asshole...

Post all urgent messages in all in uppercase. The server picks it up and flags it as extra important.

LMAO I generally need about 50 gigs of my drive free to rip my source and my final exports. But then again I have an 80 gig hard drive and a 200 gig hard drive. So I don't even try to conserve space anymore. I'm sure if I tried hard I could cut it down to under 20 gigs. hell maybe even 10 if I'm lucky.

maarken · Post by **maarken** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 4:38 pm

hmm... i dont know how large you guys make ur vids lol... my vid is goin to push 100meg.. but not gig... 15gb for one amv is waaaay to big... thats 15,000 meg... sheesh man... lol o well

Dannywilson · Post by **Dannywilson** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 4:44 pm

We are talking about ripping VOB files which run about a gig per episode of source footage. Not the final encode which should run under 75 megs for a reasonalbly lengthed video.

maarken · Post by **maarken** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 4:49 pm

whats a VOB? this is my first amv too, so i have never heard this term

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HOW MUCH HARDDRIVE SPACE DO I NEED TO MAKE A [video]?

HOW MUCH HARDDRIVE SPACE DO I NEED TO MAKE A [video]?

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