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Lossless splitting of large files - FCP? Mpeg StreamClip?

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I'm capturing SD tapes into DV files - editing in FCP; archiving raw footage to DVDs. But some of the files are too big for a DVD.

Will it work to break up the big files into FCP subclips?
OR - split the big files with Mpeg StreamClip by selecting a section with in and out points and then exporting it?

I'm assuming I should export to DV, not Quicktime or Mpeg.
When I do export to DV, the resulting file is a little smaller than the original - for example, an original 5 second clip that's 19.1 MB becomes 18 MB when it's exported to DV. Does this mean the new clip is slightly more compressed?

Any suggestions on a better way to do this?
Log and capture in sections may be the way.....

Thank you in advance!

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