[Frameworks] Archive strategies for filmmakers

[Anna Briggs]

Dear Nathaniel,

Here are some links that might be helpful:

http://amiaconference.net/2014-open-source-digital-preservation-access-stream/

https://sites.google.com/site/dmiaguide/

https://www.mediaconservation.io/resources#getting-started

https://www.filmcare.org/

https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/resources/preservation-restoration-resources-and-projects/

https://www.archives.gov/preservation/formats/motion-picture-film-resources#digital-preservation

https://www.fiafnet.org/pages/E-Resources/FIAF-Summer-School-Resources.html#_Toc517876639

Kind regards, Anna
https://www.mipops.org/aboutus/

On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 at 11:39, Nathaniel Draper <nathaniel.draper at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Frameworks-
>
> I’ve been wondering about the best data backup and “archive” strategies
> for individual filmmakers and artists, and I was hoping to find out the
> kind of tools, solutions, workflows etc. that are used by people on this
> list. (Excuse me if this topic has already come up.) This mostly comes from
> my own push to move beyond from the trusty old
> pile-of-miscellaneous-spinning-hard-drives method, but I also figure it
> could be useful information to share around, given the amount of heavy
> digital media we’re all now wrangling.
>
> I’m aware of some of the practices recommended for long-term storage by
> moving image archives, but these solutions are often pretty complicated or
> expensive for a single person to undertake. LTO tapes are stable and large,
> but the tape decks are prohibitively expensive and they have to be migrated
> periodically. Amazon Glacier or similar long-term cloud storage takes some
> know-how to set up as a data archive.
>
> How have people approached this? How many copies do you keep of your work,
> and on what media? Are backups generally duplicate hard drives, or do RAID
> setups, cloud storage, tape drives, bluray discs or other options figure
> into it? Do you have a uniform strategy for storing your work, or are
> backups normally just mirror copies of your working drives, whether on
> redundant hard disks or on services like Dropbox or Backblaze?
>
> And then, what formats do you store your work in? Does it just depend on
> what you have, like a ProRes, MP4 or DCP? Does anyone take a more
> systematic approach, transcoding files to a common or future-minded format
> like DPX or FFV1 before storing it for good? And do you have a specific
> workflow — using bags, checksums or other data verification tools — or is
> it a per-case basis?
>
> Lots of questions - enough to make my head spin. Of course it’s hard for
> an individual to act like a full-blown media archive, but I get the
> impression that having some sort of uniform strategy is a good idea, since
> files don’t keep like film prints. Archives devote a lot of attention to
> making sure that digital files won’t get lost, and that they’ll be in a
> readable format or codec into the near future, but I suppose the question
> holds for individuals as well. I’m curious if there’s a best strategy for
> filmmakers that balances long-term reliability with ease of use (not
> needing the command line, for instance).
>
> I look forward to any responses or recommendations!
>
> Thanks-
>
> Nathaniel Draper
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