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How to archive compressed tape footage?

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I have a Canon HV20 hi-def camcorder and want to archive my footage onto something other than the camera tapes. I've been told that the native datarate on HDV mini tapes is 13GB per hour, yet the footage that I upload into iMovie looks to be more on the order of 1GB per minute. If the native footage on the camera tape is compressed, and the uploaded footage to my Mac is uncompressed, is there a way to upload the footage to my Mac still in compressed (1GB/hr) format, without uncompressing it? This would make it a lot easier to store/archive the camera footage on a hard drive. Any help greatly appreciated. :D
 

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