Some chef's kiss film leader transferred to a UMATIC tape that I digitized. This was a pile of tapes destined for a discard bin someone bought from a recycler.
@textfiles Have you ever published your tape archival workflows?
I'm pretty happy with my DV & yadif=1 h.264 but certainly better is possible. I want to make these resources more available so we lose less visual information as a society. Even pros continue to get it wrong
@bobbyd0g The "get it wrong" line tells you why I don't tend to write more stuff about it.
@textfiles As in, there's no right way to do it, or that you'll get undue "corrections"? I was sort of vaguely referring to the decades-prevailing industry standard of drop-field interlacing, which halves both motion and optical resolution.
@bobbyd0g @textfiles@digipres.club Everyone's got a thing.
@textfiles@mastodon.archive.org @textfiles@digipres.club Well, that's unfortunate. I'm sure I'm not the only person who could use some help.
@bobbyd0g @textfiles@mastodon.archive.org @textfiles@digipres.club I’ve got a box of bits in my garage that I’m scared of digitizing. So far I’ve left analog analog and focused on passive conservation. But I know tape doesn’t last forever and I dread it.
@josephholsten @textfiles@mastodon.archive.org @textfiles@digipres.club If they were recorded more than 10yr ago, and especially if they're kept in a garage with no climate control, I would digitize them as soon as possible. There's nothing to be afraid of, just remember to look out for moldy tape to clean first, and to test your playback equipment on something expendable. I haven't published anything about workflows yet, but I'll be happy to share what I know whenever you're ready.
@bobbyd0g @textfiles@mastodon.archive.org @textfiles@digipres.club crap. Well I guess that’s my next preservation challenge.