Lossless Video Codecs Comparison

The MSU Lossless Video Codec is a video codec developed by the Graphics & Media Lab Video Group of Moscow State University. The aim of development was producing lossless video at very high rate of compression. MSU currently has the second best compression ratio (behind YULS) when compared to many other lossless video codecs. The latest version, 1.2, was released …

User needs in television archive access: Acquiring knowledge necessary for system design

Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Types of information needs 2.1 Fundamental types of information needs 2.2 Information needs in a television broadcast context 3. Empirical context 3.1 The academic field of Media Studies 3.2 Television broadcasting in Denmark 3.3 Access to television broadcasts 4. Methodical approach 5. Characteristics of television broadcast information needs 6. Concluding remarks 7. References. Toelichting van een …

Video Fingerprinting Technologies for Media and Security Applications

Contents: 1 Executive Summary 2 Introduction 3 Video Fingerprinting 4 Audio Fingerprinting 5 Near Duplicate Detection 6 Video Linking 7 Conclusions 8 References. Dit state-of-the-art rapport geeft een overzicht van de bestaande technologieën voor video-fingerprinting. Een video-fingerprinting systeem is bedoeld om te achterhalen of een specifiek videofragment (deels) is gebaseerd op enig videofragment uit de database waarin een collectie met …

Foundations of a Disaster Recovery Plan for the Shared Digital Repository

Contents: Executive Summary Acknowledgements Introduction HathiTrust’s Disaster Recovery Strategies Scenario 1: Hardware Failure or Obsolescence and Data Loss Scenario 2: Network Configuration Errors Scenario 3: Network Security and External Attacks Scenario 4: Format Obsolescence Scenario 5: Core Utility and/or Building Failure Scenario 6: Software Failure or Obsolescence Scenario 7: Operator Error Scenario 8: Physical Security Breach Scenario 9: Natural or …