On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Robert Kesterson wrote: > On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Selva Nair wrote: > > > > I too have often wondered about moving all my dvd tapes into DVD-R in > > dv format. For archiving, which medium is more reliable? DVD or > > tape? > > You're kidding, right?
:) Oh, no I am not going to move my tapes onto optical media -- atleast not until those high-density optical disks like DVR's become available at an affordable price. But I am curious about the shelf-life of recorded dv tapes. Reading about data archiving practices of tape strorage in controlled atmosphere, regular wind/rewind/retension procedures and the real paranoids even suggesting to make copies onto fresh tapes every few years or so, I do wonder whether my precious little mini-dv recording of 1997 summer vacation in St. Petersburg will play fine 25 years down the line.. My oldest tapes are already 5 years old and haven't touched some of them for a year atleast. Selva ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
