This handbook, written in 1994, is excellent for a historical perspective on analogue encoding, which is still important for a full understanding of why digital is the way it is.
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 …
Video Identification and Assessment Guide
Museum staff are increasingly faced with the identification, care, and conservation of videotape formats found in their collections and archives, some of which are many decades old. Staff must inspect the works to assess condition – often without the use of playback equipment – and catch problems before they compromise the works. Videotape has particular storage, housing, and handling needs …
What’s on HDTV- 2K,4K, who do we appreciate?
The “What’s on HDtv?” blog is about video (and, occasionally, audio) in the HDTV age. This article is about 2K vs. 4K resolutions and which to choose.
Chasing Technology The Challenge of Preserving Audiovisual Records
Archivists who work with audiovisual records often find themselves confronting a challenge their counterparts who deal with traditional paper records do not have. They must often act as “bucket brigades”—chasing one “fire” after another as rapidly changing technology threatens to render the media formats storing audiovisual records obsolete and inaccessible. What these archivists face is the daunting task of preserving—and …
EAI Online Resource Guide for Exhibiting, Collecting & Preserving Media Art
EAI’s Online Resource Guide for Exhibiting, Collecting & Preserving Media Art addresses key issues and brings together information on current practices and critical dialogue relating to single-channel video, computer-based art and media installation. The Preservation section was created by IMAP (Independent Media Arts Preservation), a nonprofit resource for preserving electronic media. The Guide features a range of essential information: Best …