Craig Cockburn wrote in
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I'll look into DivX for this, is there any other recommendations for
tools?

Auto Gordian Knot. Free XviD encoder, with everything you could want to
be tweakable. I've only used it for creating web content, but it can
handle any quality or size target you want.

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thanks for the note below.

Is there any way to get 1 hour of MiniDV onto an 8.5Gb disc using
Windows
XP? The PC has USB 2.0 and Firewire?

I'm trying to do an hour's worth of tape in one go rather than 15 minute
blocks if at all possible. What's the best software for doing this
without
too much loss of detail?

Don't know - DivX or similar at 18mbps will be virtually indistinguishable
from the DV source.

Personally, I'd find it more convenient to split the DV. It's the quickest
solution, by far; and you maintain 100% quality. The only downside is
maintaining records for two discs, and the 40p extra it costs for media.

For me the downside would be only being able to watch 15 minutes without
changing DVD on playback and of figuring out where is a good time to split
the 1 hour recording.

If you want to view them, just use DVD video format. You'll get 3-3½ hours
on a DL DVDR