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D5.1 Automated Video Cassette Preservation tool

Automation for Videotape Preservation (Media Matters SAMMA)

The Automated Video Cassette Preservation tool will run unsupervised as much as possible, night and day, so that it can transfer 24h/24 massive amounts of videotapes. The system will be autonomous, in the sense it will transfer, without operator intervention, programmes stored on cassettes, detect when the transfer quality is lower than expected, and take appropriate actions (re-clean, apply specific processes, try another VTR... and reject if necessary). The transferred programmes will be stored on videotapes, and/or datafiles .The system will store information on the position of drop-outs, RF level, and other relevant information, in the view of preparing possible subsequent restoration.

D5.3 Tools for Automation of Difficult Media This Report will identify and document Best Practise solutions and Automation tools for digital preservation of massive amounts of 'difficult media' to 'difficult' media : film rolls, open reel video, audio (SepMag and 1/4 Inch, 78rpm and vinyl disks)... Some Automation tools may be identified as additional (non-funded) deliverables to the Project.

D5.2 Automated Audio Cassette Preservation tool The Automated Audio Cassette Preservation tool will run unsupervised as much as possible, night and day, so that it can transfer 24h/24 massive amounts of audio tapes. It will transfer, without operator intervention, programmes stored on cassettes, clean the tapes, detect and reject the tapes that are likely to fail or damage the player, (optionally apply suitable process to these cassettes), automatically detect the end of programmes, detect when the transfer quality is lower than expected, and take appropriate actions (re-clean, apply specific processes, try another player... and reject if necessary). The transferred programmes will be stored on datafiles. The system will store, as much as possible, information on the position of problems, and other relevant information, in the view of preparing possible subsequent restoration.

D4.2 Improved 1/4 Inch audio tape player

The improved 1/4 Inch audio tape player will used advanced multi-track reading mechanisms, and signal processing tools that will reconstruct automatically from the tape signal the number and location of tracks, compensate on-the-fly azimuth error or fluctuations, and drop-outs. This will provide, without fine tuning effort, the best playback quality.

D4.1 Fast, affordable datacine

The fast, affordable datacine will be robust to archive film conditions (spliced originals, tape and cement splices, punched edges, damaged perforations, curling). This datacine will run as unsupervised as possible, and transfer the films loaded by an operator to a temporary disk buffer, at a resolution compatible with archive requirement (to be confirmed : 2K, 12 bits RGB), and offer exports to several kinds of media : SDI and HD-SDI, compressed file formats will be determined by the User Requirements and the System Architecture&Specifications Phase. The datacine will be reasonably artefacts-free, but will not provide restoration functions beyond those that have to take place at the transfer step. The datacine will gather information on the position of faults such as dirt and scratches, in the view of later use for restoration.

D4.3 Contactless Playback Tool for audio disks

The Contactless Playback Tool for audio disks will use advanced optics and image processing tools for reading 78rpm disks and vinyls, without any contact with the disk surface, thus increasing the robustness of the playback with respect to dust, scratches, or cracks, on the disk surface.

Preservation Project Execution and PREFACTIS

D7.1 An Information System for Preservation Management.

The Information System tool (workflow system) will be capable of keeping an accurate track record of the programmes between the time they are first known to the system, up to the point the preservation is accomplished, and the results safely stored after delivery to the archive. This system will be tightly integrated with the Automated preservation tools (WP04, WP05), with the Turnkey System, and with the Export System (WP18 MAD-Turnkey and Export system Integration), and provide ways to store information obtained manually, and specifically when transferring manually difficult media. It will keep track of the events that take place during the transfer, so that these events can be used for quality monitoring. The system will also provide inputs to the Software tool for planning of storage for audiovisual preservation, and to the Software tool for strategic planning for audiovisual preservation.