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I have been reading forever and think I understand what to do, but could use some help. I will be editing with iMovie '11 on a fairly new Macbook Pro.
To begin with, my main goal is to preserve the home videos I have taken of my 21-month-old. I have a combination of clips from my iphone as well as my Panasonic HDC-SD60 camcorder.
I understand that the only way I can get actual HD footage on a disk is to burn it onto a blu-ray. I do not currently have a blu-ray burner.
If I burn onto a regular DVD at the best quality possible, how much worse is it going to look than an HD blu-ray? Ideally, I would like to be able to just get everything edited, burn a few copies of DVDs and then not worry about the raw footage anymore. However, my other concern is being able to preserve the footage for years to come, so I am then wondering if it is worthwhile for me to keep the raw footage stored and if so, what is the best way to do that?
To summarize, I guess these are the options I am looking at:
1. Burn to DVD at the best quality possible and not worry about storing the raw footage.
2. Burn to Blu-Ray in HD (would have to get blu-ray burner and software) and not worry about storing the raw footage.
3. Option 1 or 2 and store the raw footage, but how?
Hope this isn't too confusing. Any feedback is appreciated!
To begin with, my main goal is to preserve the home videos I have taken of my 21-month-old. I have a combination of clips from my iphone as well as my Panasonic HDC-SD60 camcorder.
I understand that the only way I can get actual HD footage on a disk is to burn it onto a blu-ray. I do not currently have a blu-ray burner.
If I burn onto a regular DVD at the best quality possible, how much worse is it going to look than an HD blu-ray? Ideally, I would like to be able to just get everything edited, burn a few copies of DVDs and then not worry about the raw footage anymore. However, my other concern is being able to preserve the footage for years to come, so I am then wondering if it is worthwhile for me to keep the raw footage stored and if so, what is the best way to do that?
To summarize, I guess these are the options I am looking at:
1. Burn to DVD at the best quality possible and not worry about storing the raw footage.
2. Burn to Blu-Ray in HD (would have to get blu-ray burner and software) and not worry about storing the raw footage.
3. Option 1 or 2 and store the raw footage, but how?
Hope this isn't too confusing. Any feedback is appreciated!