Lossless Compression Issues

[justchance.livejournal.com]

Hello.  I'm pretty new to vidding and still learning.  I have a question about HuffYUV. I have Adobe Premiere Pro CS4. I have read all kinds of documentation that it's finicky and does not like Divx/Xvid encoding and that it's best to use HuffYUV or Lagarith.  As I understand it, HuffYUV files are larger due to the lossless compression but is it normal for them to be around 12G for 25 minutes of footage?  I read that I should expect 4-5G for the same time which is more than fine, 12-15 is a little much. I'm using DVD Decrypter, Avisynth & VirtualDubMod for this process.

I'm ripping directly from the DVDs and the quality of the .avi is beautiful.  I can't honestly tell the difference, but I had planned to rip several seasons and store them by episode.  This way I could just go back to them and create clips from them on an as needed basis. Am I doing something wrong with this whole process, or did I just underestimate the size of the files?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Comments

[chasarumba.livejournal.com]

You're welcome (and happy vidding)! Because of the file size, I'm selective about what I clip and definitely don't keep those clips around after a project is done (unless I'm moving right into another vid that uses some of the same footage). It's kind of a pain in the ass, but I suppose it keeps me focused and forces me to be thoughtful about exactly what I plan to use.