Image Communication Journal: Tutorial Issue on the MPEG4-standard

Signal Processing: Image Communication is an international journal for the development of the theory and practice of image communication. Signal Processing: Image Communication publishes articles relating to aspects of the design, implementation and use of image communication systems. The journal features original research work, tutorial and review articles, and accounts of practical developments.This issue is focused on the MPEG 4 …

Digital Video Archives: Managing Through Metadata

Contents: Executive summary Introduction Metadata for digital video Dublin Core Video Production Standardization Efforts MPEG-7 and MPEG-21 Standards for Web-Based Metadata Distribution Case-study : Informedia Preserving digital data Conclusion References Overzichtsartikel, in het kader van het Informedia project, over de potentie van diverse vormen van automatische indexering voor het preserveren van digitale video archieven en voor het aanbieden van efficiëntere …

Snell & Wilcox MPEG Encoding basics

The Snell & Wilcox handbook series contains several excellent resources on digitisation and digital file formats. This document on MPEG Encoding explains all MPEG basics and answers important questions on standards and processing.

Understanding Compression Standards

These notes on compression and compression standards were produced by Luis Carrasqueiro, former Head of the Advisory Service for moving images and sound online at the British Universities Film & Video Council (MAAS Media Online), for the Film Archive Forum. They were prepared for the first Film Archive Forum training day, held at the Yorkshire Film Archive in September 2004.

Digital Video Preservation- reformatting project

In April 2003 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a grant to the Dance Heritage Coalition for its Digital Video Preservation Reformatting Project. Concluding in 2003, the project determined and specified preservation file format candidates appropriate for the dance community to preserve its heritage. Media Matters LLC of New York City headed the project with James Lindner, Managing Member of …

Safeguarding the Audio Heritage: Ethics, Principles and Preservation Strategy

  IASA TC-03 identifies problem areas and makes recommendations for the use of audiovisual archives in a modern technical environment. These recommendations should be seen as a balance between the ideal and reality. This paper sets out the general ethical and technical principles that underlie audio preservation. The document contains recommendations for digitization and file formats, but does not address …