Quote Originally Posted by ComputerNewbie View Post
Thanks "cauzomb." I will definitely be dealing with uncompressed videos that are over 4 GB. So it looks like I will have to use NTFS even with its vulnerabilities. I actually plan on using this external hard drive to save videos and to only save videos. When it's not in use, I will unplug it entirely from my PC. Call me a bit paranoid, but whenever I use the external hard drive, I plan to unplug the wireless card from my PC to prevent unwanted "remote" executions. Should I still make backup copies of the videos onto a DVD or something?

While I'm at it, I'm still puzzled with the video formats. I've been fidgeting with my new camera and I already have some footage saved on my PC. When I save a video file, which format has the best quality to later burn it to a DVD and watch it? I think my options are mpeg1, mpeg2, avi, or divx. I read the descriptions for each format, but can somebody explain them to me in layman's terms? I just don't get it.
basically; the formats are proprietary, and the main concern is video resolution and audio bitrate for "compressed" formats; such as divx, or mpeg, I believe AVI is uncompressed, and divx is the most compressed? I don't have any experience with video's on the computer other than some odd coincidents of "hush hush" type stuff that seems to keep mpeg authoring software out of the hands of consumers...