Re: [Avid-L2] OFF-TOPIC: Archiving Memories

Right smack dab in the middle of the same project -- hundreds of
DV & VHS tapes. Using an old Mac 2011 with MC5.5, digitizing
through firewire. Have the rig set up next to my desk, just keep
feeding in tapes when I notice it needs another. Capture in DV,
every 20 or so tapes, batch export it all to mp4 -- the Mac runs
unattended, so it doesn't really take any time.

Saving to local HDD and Google Drive. I have the base $9 a month,
2TB Drive that I use for a lot of stuff. There are no doubt
cheaper cloud services, too. Will ANYONE ever watch all these
again? Probably not!!

Tim Selander
Tokyo, Japan



On 2023.05.05 5:28, Sol Fischler via groups.io wrote:
> Hi --
>
> My plan, as cockeyed as it may seem, but based on the hardware &
> software that I've got:
>
> The video source is VHS.  It's family stuff, and that's what we
> used.  (I also have 8mm & 16mm film (Dad was a filmmaker) but
> right now my concern is the flood of VHS's we have in the
> closets.  That, and I don't have a film chain.)   :-)
>
> My plan is to hook my VHS deck to my computer running FCP7 and
> digitize everything into FCP, where it creates Quicktimes.  This
> process worked well with my entire book of work from WNBC where
> we had mastering everything to DVCPro -- I digitized everything
> through FCP and it all now lives on a couple of drives as QTs.
>
> I imagine the h.264 would be an extra (time consuming) step but
> would save space.  I'm not sure that space will be an issue, so
> staying with QT and not compressing it would be a good option.
>
> I also have a VHS-to-DVD deck, which is why I asked about the
> DVD-R option.  But I've also heard that DVD-R isn't particularly
> archival, so while in the short run it'd be easier to access and
> play, if the discs are going to die in 3 or 5 years, then yeah,
> that process would just be a waste of time...
>
> ...and I know nothing about blu-ray...
>
> If there are any other options that I'm not considering or aware
> of, please let me know --
>
> Thank you!
>
> -- Sol
>
>
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> Sol Fischler
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>
>
> _
>
>
> On Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 03:24:37 PM EDT, Jo's Mailinglists
> <lists@filter-media.net> wrote:
>
>
> Pending the source I am not so sure why _archiving_is recommended
> here in H.264? I know I am in a thread with Bouke but… QT is a
> container, H.264 is a compression.
>
> So Quicktime as a container can hold a lot of different and
> especially for archival purposes, different compressions.
>
> Again, pending the source…
>
> my 2¢
>
>
>
>> On 4. May 2023, at 18:59, bouke <bouke@editb.nl
>> <mailto:bouke@editb.nl>> wrote:
>>
> QuickTime is NOT obsolete, QT player is, but the file format is not.
> (But Mp4 and QT are VERY much alike if you don't want the fancy
> stuff, like QT ref…)
>
> DVD is obsolete…
>
> Archive to H264 in either QT or Mp4 and you'll be safe for the
> next 30 years.
>
> Now, where did my latest post go?
>
>
> Bouke / edit 'B
>
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> 6512 AS Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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> If you want to send me large files, please use:
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>
>> On 4 May 2023, at 18:53, Sol Fischler via groups.io
>> <http://groups.io/> <sol.fischler=yahoo.com@groups.io
>> <mailto:sol.fischler=yahoo.com@groups.io>> wrote:
>>
>> Off-topic I know, but:
>>
>> In 2023, how does everyone archive their family home movies &
>> tapes?  I'm interested in both digital and physical possible
>> formats...
>> I know both Quicktime and DVD-R are obsolete, but are they
>> still viable, and what are the alternatives?
>> Thanks!
>> -- Sol
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>



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