Frequent and Rarely Asked Questions
on Audio-Visual Preservation Issues

Digital is cool. And analogue is hot.

Our goal is to discuss myths and science on audio-visual conservation and restoration issues, and to distillate solid founded resources for the field.

Table of Contents

Deutsch

• Formatempfehlungen für die Digitalisierung analoger audiovisueller Medien
• Ein Glossar fürs Archiv

English

Tutorials

• Bash Scripting for Archivists
• FFmpeg Cookbook for Archivists

Software

Note: Our software packages are not written in Java, do not use the “Log4j” utility and are not concerned by the “Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228)” vulnerability. Period.

• Bash Scripts for Audio-Visual Preservation
• LTO with LTFS and a little TAR
• The MovIm video codec
• Spoiled Apples: emulators for 6502, 680x0 and PowerPC-based Apple computers

Tweets

Note: Our Twitter account was suspended from 2020-11-05 to 2021-03-25 – that is during almost five months! – even though we appealed weekly, because of … an error in their algorithms. Visibly, Twitter doesn’t give a shit about audio-visual preservation.

2021-12-16