Vista - Disk space required for recording movie from Windows Movie Maker

Hi,
I've 9GB hard disk available and trying to record a MiniDV (60 Min) onto
the computer. In the Import Wizard it says that it would need approx 1GB for
the movie, however when I start recording I get "not enough space" error
after about 19 minutes. I've double-triple checked the option (for windows
media format (and not AVI)). How much actual space is required for this? Does
it need additional temporary space?

On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:30:01 -0700, Vishal
<Vishal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi,
> I've 9GB hard disk available and trying to record a MiniDV (60 Min) onto
>the computer. In the Import Wizard it says that it would need approx 1GB for
>the movie, however when I start recording I get "not enough space" error
>after about 19 minutes. I've double-triple checked the option (for windows
>media format (and not AVI)). How much actual space is required for this? Does
>it need additional temporary space?

It could, depending on what you're importing. If your source is
DV-AVI. How big is your source file? Right click on properties on the
file.

A few things to think on.
If you captuer a 13gb dv-avi file as a 1gb wmv file it is going to lose a
fait bit of quality.
Yes temp file space of the same amount is required.
Windows doesn't like to work with less than 10% free space on the hard
drive, so if you drop below this, it may be causing the problem, how large
is the hdd?
19 minutes may also be the limit for fat32 capture coming into play, do you
have fat32 or ntfs file system on your hdd?
If fat 32 then you could capture in blocks of 18 mins and then put it
together later, or change your file system to ntfs.

--

Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com


"Vishal" <Vishal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C185A90E-8204-47C8-8F46-90AF56035BEC@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I've 9GB hard disk available and trying to record a MiniDV (60 Min) onto
> the computer. In the Import Wizard it says that it would need approx 1GB
> for
> the movie, however when I start recording I get "not enough space" error
> after about 19 minutes. I've double-triple checked the option (for windows
> media format (and not AVI)). How much actual space is required for this?
> Does
> it need additional temporary space?

HDD is about 60gb and is NTFS.

If I want to capture in dv-avi itself, how much real free disk space I need?
(including temp file + 10%)

"Graham Hughes" wrote:

> A few things to think on.
> If you captuer a 13gb dv-avi file as a 1gb wmv file it is going to lose a
> fait bit of quality.
> Yes temp file space of the same amount is required.
> Windows doesn't like to work with less than 10% free space on the hard
> drive, so if you drop below this, it may be causing the problem, how large
> is the hdd?
> 19 minutes may also be the limit for fat32 capture coming into play, do you
> have fat32 or ntfs file system on your hdd?
> If fat 32 then you could capture in blocks of 18 mins and then put it
> together later, or change your file system to ntfs.
>
> --
>
> Graham Hughes
> MVP Digital Media
> www.myvideoproblems.com
>
>
> "Vishal" <Vishal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C185A90E-8204-47C8-8F46-90AF56035BEC@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> > I've 9GB hard disk available and trying to record a MiniDV (60 Min) onto
> > the computer. In the Import Wizard it says that it would need approx 1GB
> > for
> > the movie, however when I start recording I get "not enough space" error
> > after about 19 minutes. I've double-triple checked the option (for windows
> > media format (and not AVI)). How much actual space is required for this?
> > Does
> > it need additional temporary space?
>
>
>

To capture to a 60gb hdd, you'd need 26gb free for temp file and saved file,
plus the 10% free or 6 gb, so your drive should have at least 32gb free,
preferabbly more.

Your 9gb is getting close to the limit for safety when saving as wmv at 1gb,
so I'd suggest cleaning up some space and tying again first.

--

Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com


"Vishal" <Vishal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7FB462BA-7800-4E1A-A743-7FC458173BCC@microsoft.com...
> HDD is about 60gb and is NTFS.
>
> If I want to capture in dv-avi itself, how much real free disk space I
> need?
> (including temp file + 10%)
>
> "Graham Hughes" wrote:
>
>> A few things to think on.
>> If you captuer a 13gb dv-avi file as a 1gb wmv file it is going to lose a
>> fait bit of quality.
>> Yes temp file space of the same amount is required.
>> Windows doesn't like to work with less than 10% free space on the hard
>> drive, so if you drop below this, it may be causing the problem, how
>> large
>> is the hdd?
>> 19 minutes may also be the limit for fat32 capture coming into play, do
>> you
>> have fat32 or ntfs file system on your hdd?
>> If fat 32 then you could capture in blocks of 18 mins and then put it
>> together later, or change your file system to ntfs.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Graham Hughes
>> MVP Digital Media
>> www.myvideoproblems.com
>>
>>
>> "Vishal" <Vishal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C185A90E-8204-47C8-8F46-90AF56035BEC@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi,
>> > I've 9GB hard disk available and trying to record a MiniDV (60 Min)
>> > onto
>> > the computer. In the Import Wizard it says that it would need approx
>> > 1GB
>> > for
>> > the movie, however when I start recording I get "not enough space"
>> > error
>> > after about 19 minutes. I've double-triple checked the option (for
>> > windows
>> > media format (and not AVI)). How much actual space is required for
>> > this?
>> > Does
>> > it need additional temporary space?
>>
>>
>>