Media Preservation Lab
Many of the video and audio recordings of the events and facts of our recent past carry content of historical, social and cultural importance that cannot be replaced when lost. These records are also important resources for research and education. Today, these data are under the threat of irreversible mass destruction due to the degradation of magnetic tapes and film materials or technological change. These threats can be listed as mechanical (e.g. deformation), chemical (e.g. vinegar syndrome) and technological obsolescence (discontinuity on production and use of recorders/players and carrier materials). Research shows that the time remaining to preserve existing records is extremely limited.
Our Media Preservation Lab digitizes audiovisual material recorded on magnetic tapes and film strips in various formats, enabling long-term preservation and processing. It provides a low-cost, sustainable, suitable solutions for small or medium-sized digitization projects, basic video /audio correction, and education/training. It has been designed as a laboratory that can provide preservation solutions, training, and education. It aims to preserve disappearing analog media content and make it accessible today and in the future.
This work was supported within the scope of the scientific research project which was accepted by the Project Evaluation Commission of Yaşar University under the project number and title of “BAP119 Görsel -işitsel Mirasın Dijitalleştirilmesi ve Sunumu” (Digitization and Presentation of Audiovisual Heritage).
In our laboratory, the reader-recorder device supports the following formats:
- Hi8
- Video8
- Betacam, Betacam SP, and derivatives
- VHS
- S-VHS
- VHS-C
- DVCAM
- MiniDV
- DVCPro
- Compact audio cassette
- 8mm film
If you have media (audio-video) content in these formats that you believe may have cultural or social significance, you can contact us to arrange for digitization and preservation.
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