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Ahhh 90 min uncompressed would swamp any drive sorry I thought you were working with short clips.

Ok in that case using a compression like Divx makes perfect sense but seeing as you intend to go back to DVD the mpeg1 (VCD) or Mpeg2 (SVCD) are maybe the better codecs to use.

Most DVD recorders come with the software to make DVD's so the final stage is conversion using the DVD creation software this should allow you to fit one tape per DVD.

If you don't have a DVD recorder then you can create VCD or SVCD that will play in most stand alone DVD players. VCD will allow about 73 mins per CDr and SVCD allows about 45 mins per 700MB CDr. The software for burning these is built in to Nero and the later versions of EZCD btw.

The editing software you need is obtainable from doom9.org as I posted earlier and you will also find many help sites for step by step guides to the whole process whichever route you decide to try.

Edit: Just did a quick check on a test file and the space required is close to 1 gig a min for average frame size and rate of video, so you would need 100 gig drive to be safe if using fully uncompressed video and further space for working room to create the compressed version. LOL