Audio and Video Guidance: Resources
Audio Resources
Websites
- California Audiovisual Preservation Project
- National Film and Sound Archive - Caring for Audio
- National Library of New Zealand - Caring for your collections: Sound Recordings
- TAPE: Training for Audiovisual Preservation in Europe
- Presto Centre
- Sustainability of Digital Formats
- Museum of Obsolete Media
Standards and Best Practices
- Sound Directions : Best Practices for Audio Preservation
- IASA-TC04: Guidelines on the Production and Preservation of Digital Audio Objects
- Handling and Storage of Audio and Video Carriers
- AES17-1998 (r2009) Audio Engineering Society (AES) standard method for digital audio engineering - Measurement of digital audio equipment (Revision of AES17-1991)
Reports and Guidelines
- FACET: The Field Audio Collection Evaluation Tool
- Magnetic Tape Storage and Handling: A Guide for Libraries and Archives
- Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs: A Guide for Librarians and Archivists
- Recommended Conservation Practices for Archival Audiovisual Materials Held in General Special Collections
Organizations
- Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC)
- Audio Engineering Society (AES)
- International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA)
- Independent Media Arts Preservation (IMAP)
- Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative (FADGI)
Tools
- BWF MetaEdit Embeds metadata in Broadcast WAVE Format (BWF) files
- MediaInfo File analyzer that gives good information on technical properties of your audio-video files. Works best on PCs, but gives some information on Macs
Service Providers for Audio
- AMIA Supplier Directory: A Global Directory of Services and Suppliers of Audiovisual Media Association of Moving Image Archivists
- Find a Conservator American Institute for Conservation (AIC) (select ‘Electronic Media’ under Basic Search and the ‘Select the Type of Conservation’ dropdown)
- Practical Preservation of Audio Recordings Audio Engineering Society (AES)
- Audio Preservation and Restoration Directory Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC)
Video Resources
Websites
- California Audiovisual Preservation Project
- National Film and Sound Archive - Caring for Video
- TAPE: Training for Audiovisual Preservation in Europe
- Presto Centre
- Sustainability of Digital Formats
- A/V Artifact Atlas
- Bay Area Video Coalition - Preserve Your Media
- Museum of Obsolete Media
Standards and Best Practices
- Handling and Storage of Audio and Video Carriers
- Recommendation BT.601 Studio encoding parameters of digital television for standard 4:3 and wide screen 16:9 aspect ratios
- Recommendation BT.709 Parameter values for the HDTV standards for production and international program exchange
Reports and Guidelines
- Videotape Identification and Assessment Guide
- Magnetic Tape Storage and Handling: A Guide for Libraries and Archives
- Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs: A Guide for Librarians and Archivists
- Videotape Preservation Handbook
- Video Preservation Fact Sheets
- Refining Conversion Contract Specifications: Determining Suitable Digital Video Formats for Medium-term Storage
- Digitizing Video for Long-Term Preservation: An RFP Guide and Template
Organizations
- Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA)
- Society of Motion Picture and Technology Engineers (SMPTE)
- International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA)
- Independent Media Arts Preservation (IMAP)
- Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative (FADGI)
Tools
- MediaInfo File analyzer that gives good information on technical properties of your audio-video files. Works best on PCs, but gives some information on Macs
- VLC Media player- Plays most formats, but does not include support for all codecs
- PBCore Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary Project
Service Providers for Video
- AMIA Supplier Directory: A Global Directory of Services and Suppliers of Audiovisual Media Association of Moving Image Archivists
- Find a Conservator American Institute for Conservation (AIC) (select ‘Electronic Media’ under Basic Search and the ‘Select the Type of Conservation’ drop down)
- Video Preservation Video Migration in the Preservation Laboratory: Tools to Identify and Use Historic Video Equipment
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