Re: [tlug] Mencoder conversion of files

[Darren Cook <darren@example.com>]

> Indeed!  I've been working on digitizing some old analog tapes I took
> back around 1992 (8mm Hi-8 tape) and when I tried saving one two-hour
> tape in raw form, those two hours became just shy of 50GB!!!  (GB with
> a "G" not an "M").  4-8GB may seem large, but not in comparison with
> 50GB!!

That is interesting - I consistently get 13GB for each hour of raw AVI I
rip from my camera. This is standard NTSC (as far as I know). Why is
yours exactly twice that?

Darren


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