NoxTek
The Geek Redneck
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- May 27, 2002
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So for those of you who don't know me, I am a bit of a shutterbug and a videobug. I probably record at least 10 minutes a day just doing my YouTube blog and for special events I've been known to record a couple of hours. For example I've got 30GB (about 80 minutes) of graduation ceremonies video I'm trying to figure out what to do with.
This video is all recorded at 720p (1280x720) / 30FPS at a bitrate of around 20 - 24FPS by my Canon Powershot SX20 IS. It's recorded using AVC Lite (MPEG4) by the camera.
After several tests I've discovered that the 24mbit bitrate that the camera uses seems to be the 'magic' number where quality loss is minimal, so it looks like I'm just going to have to start storing the raw video files without compressing them any further if I want to hang on to source video that's as pure as possible for any future projects. As you might see this is going to lead to a whole lot of needed 'archival' storage.
So I'm trying to figure out the most cost effective (yet reliable) means of storing such large amounts of data. Right now I'm leaning towards just purchasing SATA hard drives, using them to store the data, and then storing them in some sort of padded anti-static containers for long term archival storage. Hard drives are just so damned cheap now even for 1+ terabyte drives. But I'm wondering what the feasibility and reliability of using this method are, and more importantly if I'm overlooking some other obvious and more reliable method of storage.
I've considered getting a Blu-Ray drive and using BD-R discs to store this data but right now the prices are still way too high for my liking on both the drives and especially the media.
Any ideas?
This video is all recorded at 720p (1280x720) / 30FPS at a bitrate of around 20 - 24FPS by my Canon Powershot SX20 IS. It's recorded using AVC Lite (MPEG4) by the camera.
After several tests I've discovered that the 24mbit bitrate that the camera uses seems to be the 'magic' number where quality loss is minimal, so it looks like I'm just going to have to start storing the raw video files without compressing them any further if I want to hang on to source video that's as pure as possible for any future projects. As you might see this is going to lead to a whole lot of needed 'archival' storage.
So I'm trying to figure out the most cost effective (yet reliable) means of storing such large amounts of data. Right now I'm leaning towards just purchasing SATA hard drives, using them to store the data, and then storing them in some sort of padded anti-static containers for long term archival storage. Hard drives are just so damned cheap now even for 1+ terabyte drives. But I'm wondering what the feasibility and reliability of using this method are, and more importantly if I'm overlooking some other obvious and more reliable method of storage.
I've considered getting a Blu-Ray drive and using BD-R discs to store this data but right now the prices are still way too high for my liking on both the drives and especially the media.
Any ideas?