The hourlong prog I just tested came out at 3.2GB. 4000 DVDs of that length (and not all are that long - VERY few are longer) works out to about 12.5TB. I also haven't weeded any out yet - I can probably junk about 10% of these before we even start.
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Jessica - Dec 04, 2008 8:29:45 am PST #8247 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Vortex - Dec 04, 2008 8:50:46 am PST #8248 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Or I could just put my foot down and demand a budget for encoding so we can send the DVDs offsite and pay someone else to do it. Hope springs eternal.
or you could just use the money to buy a bookshelf.
le nubian - Dec 04, 2008 8:55:20 am PST #8249 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Do you need a whole DVD or could you convert video to avi? It would take up a heckuva lot less space if it is just 1 video you need as opposed to a true dvd with extras/subtitles, etc.
Jessica - Dec 04, 2008 8:56:09 am PST #8250 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
You'd think so, but that would require me to be working for a company not operating under the Insane Troll Logic Manifesto.
Jessica - Dec 04, 2008 8:56:52 am PST #8251 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
These aren't commercial DVDs, LeN - all that's on them is the video.
le nubian - Dec 04, 2008 9:10:30 am PST #8252 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
then, I think you should compress the video some if it is allowed. It would take up a whole lot less space and would be easier to download and stream.
Jessica - Dec 04, 2008 9:17:57 am PST #8253 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Well...huh. According to the math I just did, the disc image method would take 217 business days.
Encoding to QT would take 700.
Eep.
(This is assuming my co-worker and I have 2 person-hours a day each to do this, which is optimistic given our current workload. Did I mention EEP?)
Liese S. - Dec 04, 2008 9:40:09 am PST #8254 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Take those numbers, including the cost for the server space (include backup, if necessary!) and you and your coworkers' time at your pay rates, and bring them to your boss.
Then give them the cost of a bookshelf.
tommyrot - Dec 04, 2008 9:50:17 am PST #8255 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Or you could try this: Get a bunch of rack servers for all the disk space you'll need. Then get some concrete blocks, and turn the rack servers into shelves.
Jessica - Dec 04, 2008 9:51:02 am PST #8256 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Get a bunch of rack servers for all the disk space you'll need. Then get some concrete blocks, and turn the rack servers into shelves.
HA. I love this.