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== Legacy Formats == | == Legacy Formats == | ||
These are formats that we are not adding to, and hope eventually to transfer to more accessible and durable formats. The urgency of these transfers depends on the durability of the source and the availability of suitable machines to play the archive tapes. For more on efforts so far, see the [[Archive Hunt]] | These are formats that we are not adding to, and hope eventually to transfer to more accessible and durable formats. The urgency of these transfers depends on the durability of the source and the availability of suitable machines to play the archive tapes. For more on efforts so far, see the [[Archive Hunt]], [[2021 Archive Redo]], and [[2024 Archive Cataloguing]] pages. | ||
=== IVC 1" Open Reel === | === IVC 1" Open Reel === | ||
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YSTV uses this for recording onto the video server, It's literally the bitstream as it comes from the capture cards. | YSTV uses this for recording onto the video server, It's literally the bitstream as it comes from the capture cards. | ||
== Cataloguing == | |||
In 2024, work began on updating the catalogue of the archives (See page [[2024 Archive Cataloguing]]). | |||
Many of the tapes are labelled with with some letters, followed by numbers, which seem to mark the format and the order of use of tapes. The following table is a key of these codes. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ | |||
!Code | |||
!Format/Meaning | |||
! | |||
! | |||
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|AB | |||
|Unknown | |||
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|SR | |||
|Sony Rover 1/2" Open Reel | |||
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|RP | |||
|Unknown | |||
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|B | |||
|Unknown | |||
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|- | |||
|IVC | |||
|IVC 1" Open Reel | |||
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|SONY | |||
|Sony 1" Open Reel | |||
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|U | |||
|Umatic | |||
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|VT | |||
|Unknown | |||
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|M | |||
|Mmatic | |||
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|DVD | |||
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|S | |||
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|A | |||
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|L | |||
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[[Category:Archiving]] | [[Category:Archiving]] | ||