Storing your masters

The Wired Knight · Post by **The Wired Knight** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:49 pm

So I'm starting to run out of HD space. This is due to over 20 gigs of master copies of my AMVs that I don't delete in case I need them and just for records purposes. Thing is I need to get them off of there so I can keep making videos.

So how do you store your masters once you're done with them?

This is both a general question and a means to me find a solution to my dileema. I don't ant to use DVDs because they're too easily destroyed and spare hard drives don't work because the files don't transfer properly over to external hard drives for some reason.

Minion · Post by **Minion** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:12 pm

external hd. i've been using lagarith, but i may start storing them with h.264 in lossless mode

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:15 pm

I compress and store redundant DVD backups. Don't have the HDD space to do anything else really.

HoshiNoKaze · Post by **HoshiNoKaze** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:17 pm

What Bashar said.

Usually what I'll do when creating a vid is make sure my clips that I cut to edit with are minimal in size...getting only what I know I need to edit..that doesn't work all the time, but you get the idea. That way I can take the whole project folder and rar it into split archives to burn on DVD, in case I ever need the actual project files. Then I just export a lossless (huff or lagarith) to put on redundant DVD's.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:02 pm

DVD back-ups and lagarith files

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:26 pm

I used to do cdrs with the files cut into rar chunks, then I got a dvd burner so I do dvdrs instead. I buy cdrs and dvdrs by the 100. In order for a dvd to get damaged, the entire roll of dvds would have to be crushed or opened up and slung around so the discs rub each other. I keep the rolls stored on a shelf. If you don't leave discs lying around without cases, it's not likely they'll be damaged. I have a roll of cdrs that's 5 yrs old - every disc in it looks brand new because, really, they just sit in the roll until I sort through looking for one. They don't even get dusty.

I have an external drive, too, but I don't like to store too much permanent stuff on there. There's the whole virus/worms can wipe a drive clean thing - they can't touch my dvd/cdr collection. I keep a couple of DvdRW's just for storying backups of everything 'permanent' on my comp. For vids, I usually stick huffyuv files on my external drive until I have about 30 gigs, then I'll transfer them to dvd. If you have trouble transferring files from one drive to another, try breaking them into rars first - it could be the size causing the problems. Both of my drives are supposed to support 5+gig files, but neither of them like to copy/paste files that big. I run them through winrar first.

Kusoyaro · Post by **Kusoyaro** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:40 pm

If you don't like DVD or spare HD options, I'm not sure what else there is you can do :/ Um...tape drive?

Minion · Post by **Minion** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:42 pm

watch them until they're burned into your mind. then you can just remake it whenever you want

duh

batmanMG · Post by **batmanMG** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:48 pm

ipod or zune storage maybe? they're big enough for it... and multi purposed too

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:22 pm

I just keep high quality xvids with uncompressed audio. Are you really ever going to need your masters again? I just figure whats done is done...