backing up video to tape (DDS)

[Dave Ricketzz]

Tape?  What is "tape"?


--- On Thu, 5/22/08, Nick Steeves <nick.steeves at uleth.ca> wrote:

> From: Nick Steeves <nick.steeves at uleth.ca>
> Subject: backing up video to tape (DDS)
> To: ubuntu-studio-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Thursday, May 22, 2008, 6:28 AM
> Hi,
> 
> I'm wondering if anyone has any experience backing up
> video to tape.
> Supposing you waited many hours to render a project, and
> wanted a backup
> of the output video (for long-term archive purposes) in
> addition to the
> project, how would you backup the video?  Would you just
> "tar
> -cf /dev/nst0 your_video" ?  Is tar really the best
> solution for backing
> up video to tape, or does anyone do things differently?
> 
> Best regards,
> Nick
> 
> 
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