GAMA : Gateway to Archives of Media Art

Contents: Home About GAMA Guided Tours On Media Art GAMA is a harvester targeted specifically towards media art. The gateway was launched in 2007 by 19 organisations from Europe’s culture, art and technology sector. They participated in the interdisciplinary project GAMA, supported by the European commission under the eContentPlus programme with 1.2 million Euro. The outcome of this project is a …

Honderd jaar filmformaten/More than one hundred years of film sizes

Geïllustreerde informatie over de geschiedenis van filmformaten, filmprojectoren en filmcamera’s. Uitgebreide site van een privé-verzamelaar met veel foto’s van projectoren en camera’s en links naar gerelateerde informatie (leveranciers, oude handleidingen, FAQs etc.) Volgens de auteur zelf is de Engelse versie uitgebreider en actueler dan de Nederlandse.

Images of the Past. 7 years of Images for the Future

Over a period of seven years Sound and Vision, EYE Film Institute, the National Archives and Kennisland preserved over 90,000 hours of video, 20,000 hours of film, some 100,000 hours of audio and 2,500,000 photos. The digitised material is now being reused for numerous purposes, from learning material and Wikipedia to apps and services for the creative industry. Images for the …

MTS Pilot tracking algorithm for “wow”distortion

New algorithm for detection of the wow distortion characteristic basing on the MTS pilot tracking is introduced. By observing a variation of the pilot frequency, the depth of the parasitic modulation can be estimated. MTS is an audio coding system used in an NTSC television standard, thus the algorithm is applicable only in that type of recordings. It is based …

DCC Digital Curation Manual. Appraisal and Selection Instalment

Contents: Introduction and Scope&nbsp Background and Developments to Date&nbsp How does Appraisal and Selection Apply to Digital Curation?&nbsp Data Creation and Data Creators&nbsp Data Curation and Data Curators&nbsp Data Reuse and Reusers Appraisal and Selection in Action&nbsp Appraisal Policies and Criteria-Record Keeping&nbsp Appraisal and Selection Policies and Criteria: Research Data&nbsp Next Steps&nbsp Future Developments&nbsp Conclusions&nbsp Terminology&nbsp References. Dit hoofdstuk uit …