You will need to compress the file.

Sorry I can't help you on the specifics - I use Final Cut and DVD Studio Pro (Mac programs) and going from my hard drive to DVD is a few mouse clicks. I compress 2 hours of DV to about 4gigs with no problem.

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Do you complete the compression with the editing software? I'm thinking about upgrading anyways, so if that's the case, I can deal with that.

All editing packages will give you some form of "export" function, which will allow you to create a compressed, version of your movie. The more complex the editing package, the more control you will have over the export options.

Alternatively, you can use a dedicated compressor like Discreet Cleaner to take a video file and compress it into the format of your choice.

For DVD, you need to turn your orginal DV footage into MPEG2 files if you want to burn them to a DVD for playback in a DVD player. Alternatively, if you just want to archive on DVD (i.e. for playback on a computer), you can compress the DV footage in pretty much any codec you have access to on your PC. You can also check out Divx (www.divx.com) or XVid (www.xvid.org), which are popular codecs.

Ben C.

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