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Video Tutorial for all (English)

Title (author1): 
Mr
First names (author1): 
Andrew
Surname (author 1): 
Pearson
Institution: 
The British Library
Country: 
UNITED KINGDOM
Presentation type: 
workshop/tutorial
Date: 
30 Sept Wednesday
Start time: 
1 430
Venue: 
Commissions 4
Abstract: 

Video Archiving: One rule or many? An introduction to technologies and formats.

An introduction to some of the technical issues concerning the archiving of videotape. There are many similarities with the technical requirements of archiving audio, but also some important differences which mean some adjustment in thinking is required when it comes to preserving video. How has analogue video been processed and stored on the many different tape formats over the years, and does this affect the choice of format and standard for digitisation? To what extent do digital videotape formats also determine the digital storage formats used for archiving? Can we choose just one archival standard to cover everything in the collection, and if not, what’s a sensible number of standards to adopt?