Sony HDV cam backup , suggest ASP or AVC codec and settings

[St Devious]

I want to archive my videos shot with Sony HDR-3 HDV camera at 1440x1080 resolution and some DV videos . Suggest whether i should use ASP codec or AVC codec . Also Suggest bitrate and if any custom profile .

Codec : ?

Bitrate : ?

Dinterlacer (for HDV ) : ?

Deinterlacer ( for DV ) : ?

[Blue_MiSfit]

Just keep it as is. It's not worth it for the ~50% reduction in bitrate you could typically achieve with AVC while maintaining transparency.

25 megabit isn't that big. If it's really too big, then keep the interlacing for sure. I would say maybe use Xvid, since it has better interlacing support than x264 IIRC. I think x264 doesn't allow b-frames among other things when you enable its interlacing support.

~MiSfit

[St Devious]

y should i keep interlacing ?

[scharfis_brain]

cause you'll trow away half the information regarding resolution and motion...

[St Devious]

ok suggest the codec and other things , space is a problem for me. i have to encode .