Archiving dv. footage

I need a codec profile that I can use to archive video coaching footage. I need to be able to smoothly track back and forth with the progress bar and frame step back and forwards. So I'm looking for a profile that doesn't use p or b frames and uses gop sizes of 1 every frame a key frame. What whould be some good options for this. I am happy with about a 1/3 compression to keep as much detail as possible. I've tried a modified HQ insane profile in megui with x264 but really not sure if I am on the right track. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Personally, I'd keep it as DV - you'll find it much more suitable for your needs.

DV compression is fixed - the bitrate is always the same.

Actually a lot depends on your choice of player. VirtualDub works really well for frame by frame analysis of any format it supports. I use mostly MPEG2 stuff (Hauppauge capture card - not much choice) and I use VDub Mod or MPEG when I want to look slow and close. One downside is VDub seems to want to load the whole file.

Do you absolutely require every frame as an I-frame? Then just use MJPEG and pick a bitrate/quality if you absolutely have to deinterlace and recompress. If you can deal with, say, every 3rd frame as an I-frame, or every 10th, etc, then you can get huge compression gains by using xvid (EQM UHR matrix, Q2 or 3, no B-frames) and very minimal lag on editing. That's what I always use for intermediates.

Hey thanks guys. So I'm waisting my cpu time with an HQ x264 recompress with low gop sizes? I take it I can't deinterlace and smooth with out recompressing? Thanks again.

Nope. If you apply any sort of change to the actual video - i.e. change pixels - you have to re-encode. ~MiSfit