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=== Media 100 === | === Media 100 === | ||
A significant amount of material edited on the [[The Mac|Media 100]] edit suite was transferred off to another machine and subsequently burnt to data CD. These CDs are still easily readable on modern machines, however the contents of the files are only accessible if they are re-imported (and re-typed) onto the Mac, because the video data is compressed with the proprietary video codec used by the Media 100qx capture card. Attempts to find a software codec for any available platform have so far failed - do let us know if you find one. In the mean time the only route out is to load the files back into the Mac, put them on a Premiere time line, and render to a standard format like DV, which then has to be transferred out over the Mac's 10M Ethernet port to the rest of the world for storage. | A significant amount of material edited on the [[The Mac|Media 100]] edit suite was transferred off to another machine and subsequently burnt to data CD. These CDs are still easily readable on modern machines, however the contents of the files are only accessible if they are re-imported (and re-typed) onto the Mac, because the video data is compressed with the proprietary video codec used by the Media 100qx capture card. Attempts to find a software codec for any available platform have so far failed - do let us know if you find one. In the mean time the only route out is to load the files back into the Mac, put them on a Premiere time line, and render to a standard format like DV, which then has to be transferred out over the Mac's 10M Ethernet port to the rest of the world for storage. | ||
=== S-VHS === | |||
SVHS arrived sometime {{unsure|around 1994}} with the purchase of an SVHS Camcorder (a [[Panasonic MS4]]) and a recorder/player to go in the control room. Most things had to be dubbed to U-Matic for editing until the availability of the [[The Mac|Media100 computer edit suite]] in 1998. | |||
A higher quality version of VHS, both in terms of number of lines and recording luma and chroma seperately, it later replaced Umatic for editing (around 2000, although further displaced by computer edit suites by 2003). It continues as a live program capture format, although now secondary to digital capture for repeats and archiving. Some outside broadcasts still rely on SVHS as the primary recording format, with digital copies being produced from the SVHS tape. | |||
== Current Formats == | == Current Formats == | ||
These are used for current contributions to the archive. The aim is that they should be as durable and widely playable as possible for the future, whilst also preserving decent picture quality in a reasonable amount of space. | These are used for current contributions to the archive. The aim is that they should be as durable and widely playable as possible for the future, whilst also preserving decent picture quality in a reasonable amount of space. | ||
=== DV === | === DV === | ||
