Question about .AVI filesize.

[tomash]

I want to know how big would be an uncompressed .AVI file with the following specs:

Lendth
256 minutes

Video
29.97 frames/sec

Audio
MP3 codec
192bits/sec
Stereo
44KHz

I expect to recievea new 120GB HDD within a week, so as long as the file is smaller than, lets say, 110Gb, it's OK.

PS
Tell me if you need some additional information.

[kimomakano]

Off the top of my head I would say it won't fit.
If I recall when I capture AVI files it takes about 30gb per hour of video. Considering that your file is 256 minutes (over 4 hours) that would take at leaset 240gb (8 x 30).

[tomash]

256 minutes is 4 hours and 16 minutes, so if one hour really takes up 30GB, then 4 hours would take up over 120GB
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Anyways, I could do it in segments. Capture two hours, encode it and then capture the rest later.
Thanks for the reply.

[kimomakano]

Your right, sometimes my math gets messed up. As I was calculating the reponse I was thinking 30 minutes for 30gb (thus the logic 8 x 30).

So given on the average I need 30gb per hour it would come to about 120gb. Like you mentioned, if I find myself needing more space I do it in chunks and then merge the files together after converting them to mpg.

[tomash]

Great! Thanks.
I remember when I was capturing video with FRAPS, and few mere seconds were taking up like 300 or 400 MB.
Thanks again!

[ChristianHJW]

Considered using HuffYuv instead of uncompressed ?