The Tragically Hip 2007-03-08 Harro East Ballroom

[chris]

Importing is done in real time; so 2 hours of footage per cam x the number of cams

Converting - depends on the import/recording format: a little faster than realtime when needed.

Synchronizing audio and video tracks: as long as all of the various data sources recorded at the same speed, this can be done quite quickly... usually less than an hour. When there are varied recording speeds, the time required grows exponentially!

Editing - I allow about 45 minutes per song as a rule, but that is often wishful thinking.

Creation of the DVD screens, layout of the disc contents, etc... 2 hours.

Compressing, encoding, burning, ripping: 6 hours at least.

So a 3 angle DVD like Fort York required approximately 30 hours of work. And this assumes that I can just sit down and get into it - which is rarely, if ever, the reality.

I don't have to sit at the computer to do all of this, but it does require attention, and full use of my computer - so I can't do other work while this is being done.

[jgardz]

wow, i knew it took awhile, but i never figured that much...HUGE respect to chris and the others for all of the time u dedicate...

[Zenith]

What jgardz said!

Thanks for the breakdown, chris. Never having ever done any *real* video editing, I didn't really realise quite how time consuming it is.

Compressing, encoding, burning, ripping: 6 hours at least.

Blimey! I thought that that stage would be fairly quick.

[burger]

nice work on the dvds, a big thanks to everyone involved for his/her time and effort!

[Pudge7681]

I knew it was labor intensive but damn Chris...get a life. LOL Seriously though I understand that some people tape and don't share or aren't part of the network. And I understand why after a 30hr+ editing experience. I'm happy with just the audio and didn't mean to sound greedy when I aksed when if ever the show would be released.