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MXF+JPEG-2000+HDD = Future of Video Preservation?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the archivists-know-how-to-party dept.

Anonymous Archivist writes "Media Matters, a technical consultancy specializing in archival audio and video material, recently completed a Mellon Foundation funded Digital Video Reformatting Preservation Project for the Dance Heritage Coalition. They conclude that MXF is the recommended container format, JPEG-2000 is the recommended encoding format and HDD is the recommended storage media. It's a very valuable series of experiments and offers a strong indication of where the archival preservation of analogue video is heading."

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  1. Oh my god... by cartzworth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. That is a Word document!

  2. Re:Google? by slavemowgli · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Enlighten me: how can I sign up for slashdot instead of being an anonymous coward (with an emphasis on COWARD)?

    That being said, it wasn't first post, and not intended to be, either.

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  3. Usage question... by teknikl · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Can I use MXF to recompress my Tivo recordings of MXC?

  4. Media Matters? by Otter · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Presumably this is unrelated to the David Brock-led (and, depending on who you listen to, George Soros-funded) Media Matters?

    I hope the digital archive guys have their trademark ducks pretty firmly in a row -- if they're playing in the same namespace as a destructive scumbag like Brock, just being in the right isn't going to help. And Soros or not, he has plenty of money, lawyers and press contacts.

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