CAN I PICK YOUR BRAINS
06-Jan-95 23:10:03
Sb: #1637-CAN I PICK YOUR BRAINS
Fm: Bob Roitblat 75052,3425
To: Chris Griffiths 100034,567
Chris:
You may consider putting still images from your video footage into a video
database like Aldus Fetch. You can then search the video database rapidly to
find a frame that represents the shot you want. In the comment field of that
frame could be the tape name (or disk name) and timecode for the shot you want
which is added to a Edit Decision List for auto assembly.
If you have hundreds of shots, have you given any thought to how many of these
shots will fit on a CD? My experience has been 5-8 minutes of 640X480 30
frame-per-second video to 1 CD. Maybe you could leave it on tape and digitize
only when needed. Tape is much cheaper than hard disk space and even cheaper
than CDs.