Born Digital Karen Cariani Director Alison Bassett Compliance
Born Digital Karen Cariani, Director Alison Bassett, Compliance Manager
Who we are: WGBH Media Library and Archives
The Analog to Digital Challenge
The Analog Challenge
Common (and some not so common) formats § 16 mm film (some 35 mm) § 2” videotape § 1” videotape § 3/4” videotape § Betacam § Betamax § MII © 2011 WGBH § § § Digital betacam D 1, D 2, D 3, D 4, D 5 DVCam DVCPro & DVCPro. HD Mini DV & HDV
Analog migration § 2” tape ------> digi-beta ----> digital file? § 2” tape ---------------> digital file? § Is the expense and capture the same? § Capture time is double - extra pass/ step © 2011 WGBH
The Good News § Known quantity in terms of digitizing guidelines § Pre-existing data to add to the records
Where do we go from here? § TAPE - Condition Machinery - Priorities © 2011 WGBH § BORN DIGITAL - Codecs/wrappers - Nested data - Playback - Storage
The Born Digital Challenge
The shift from analog to digital content creation § Before we had 1 shoot, 10 physical tapes, many shots per tape § Now each time the camera is turned off, new file created § Now 1 shoot, many files for each shot © 2011 WGBH
Who wants to be the sheriff in the wild west? § Different formats being created all the time. § Different cameras generate different folder structures § Creators may vary codecs within the same camera/shoot § Keeping pace with plugins to play/capture media © 2011 WGBH
HD File Formats © 2011 WGBH
Original footage © 2011 WGBH
That was easy, wasn’t it? § Plug-ins to view files § Depending on the file type we may have to re-wrap to a quicktime wrapper, or fully transcode the source file § Redundant storage of raw and unwrapped materials § Quality of data © 2011 WGBH
This isn’t rocket science § YOU’LL SAVE MONEY!! § YOU’LL SAVE TIME!! § YOU’LL SAVE YOUR SOURCES § YOU’LL SAVE YOUR SANITY WGBH Public Television Quality Workshop
Catastrophic results WGBH Public Television Quality Workshop
Metadata Entry in the Field: In-camera - encourage tagging files with data. User-generated clip naming --- (Health 001, Health 002) Card Labeling Content Labeling through folder structures
Folder Structure § Create single folder — PBS NOLA, Project Code, or Job Number — Abbreviated working title — Description
Folder Structure § Create folders by type — Standardized naming conventions — Type, Resolution, Frame-rate
Folder Structure § Create folders by card — Assign unique number — Continue numbers — Add description — Place ENTIRE card contents into this folder!!
Video, video, where for art thou video? © 2011 WGBH
Finding both audio & video © 2011 WGBH
Storage and retrieval How do we: § Capture the audio and video generated by myriad cameras § Store the project information to allow potential re-edit § Store files with rich, meaningful metadata § Store born-digital materials § Display and retrieve born-digital materials © 2011 WGBH
Open Text Artesia DAM © 2011 WGBH
Open Text Artesia DAM © 2011 WGBH
Open Text Artesia DAM © 2011 WGBH
Video ingest tools © 2011 WGBH
How do we get here? © 2011 WGBH
Original footage © 2011 WGBH
Proposed tapeless workflow § Create a mapping document between filemaker and DAM § Used to generate an xml stylesheet § Video is ingested simultaneously with the metadata from filemaker using the xml stylesheet § Technical metadata is ingested simultaneously with the video and production data using the xml generated by the source digital files © 2011 WGBH
Original footage in DAM:
Open Vault
Open Vault projects Mellon Digital Library Project • The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation • Develop a prototype and tools for on-line access to media materials for scholarly research and use Vietnam Digital Library Project • IMLS • Provide on-line access to materials gathered and created for the 1982 TV series Vietnam: A Television History Boston Local TV News Digital Library: 1959 -2000 • IMLS and CLIR • Post catalog for over 70, 000 news stories
New Open Vault http: //openvault. wgbh. org/
Open Vault Collection Pages
Vietnam Collection Page
Results page
Records page
Records page: transcript search
Tools Annotation Tagging Save Embed…
Relationship Map
Fedora Flexible Extensible Digital Object Repository Architecture § flexible to accommodate all user needs by wide range of describing criteria § object can be described by different set of descriptors of different uses § currently plan is to sit on top of DAM for common storage with ability to share digital objects between projects
Content model Content Model
The Boston TV News Digital Library: 1960 -2000 Partners: WGBH Media Library and Archives (WGBH) Northeast Historic Film (NHF) Boston Public Library (BPL) Cambridge Community TV (CCTV)
Partner collections
Thank you Karen Cariani Director, WGBH Media Library and Archives Email: karen_cariani@wgbh. org Alison Bassett Compliance Manager Email: alison_bassett@wgbh. org § http: //openvault. wgbh. org © 2011 WGBH
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