Barcode Scanners, MiniDV Decks, and the Migration of Digital Information from Analog Surfaces

Contents: Introduction: Authentication of the Digital Replica from Media-Based Origins Digital on Paper: The UPC Barcode, Parity Data, and Verified Scanning DV as Tape-Based Digital Video Next Steps: The Testing Phase DV Ingest Software Tests DV Ingest Hardware Tests Conclusion This report examines the evaluation of accurate replication of data during digital tape to digital file migration, essential to ensuring …

MXF – a progress report

This ‘progress’ report on MXF describes its origins, provides a brief technical overview of how it works and covers its adoption and application to date. In addition, it addresses some interoperability issues it has, describes how metadata is handled and concludes with a look to its future as a wrapper. This brief report (11 pages) presents a good overview of …

A Primer on Codecs for Moving Image and Sound Archives

Contents: Introduction Compression as an Informed Decision How Encoding Works Exchanging Encoded Information What Does This Matter for Moving Image and Sound Archivists? What Does This All Mean for Moving Image and Sound Archivists? Ten Recommendations for Codec Selection and Management. This short ‘primer’ provides an explanation of what codecs are, how they are used, and what their selection and …

British Library – Digital Preservation

This website contains a collection of information on digital preservation, in the British Library itself as well as in general. The British Library is collecting and creating an increasing amount of material in various digital formats. This material must be preserved for future use. The diversity of digital material and frequent changes in computer technology present challenges for long-term preservation …