Hi Chuck What kinds of stuff? Commercially produced? What?
Specifics, pls (you can email me off the list, if you wish) gary > Thanks Gary, > > These are U-matic tapes, total of 5. Tech requirements would be high bit > rate MPEG-2 (exact specs could be discusssed if needed) ... so it would be > archived/playable on DVD. It would be nice if there was a university or > college we could partner with to do this -- or a commercial outfit from > anywhere USA. > > Best, > Chuck > > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 6:06 PM, <ghand...@library.berkeley.edu> wrote: > >> You mean VHS or UMATIC to digital, yeah? There are hundreds of >> companies >> out there that'll do the job. Whom you chose depends on the size of the >> job, the tech requirements (including the image resolution, desired >> output, etc.), addl requirements (e.g. metadata) >> >> Maybe elaborate a bit, Chuck? >> >> g >> >> >> > I'm looking for help, commercial or university, who can convert >> *Helical >> > scan magnetic tape* to contemporary digital format? >> > >> > Sincerely, >> > -- >> > Chuck McCann >> > Strozier Library Scholars Common >> > 850-644-5924 >> > http://guides.lib.fsu.edu/multimedia >> > http://www.youtube.com/user/fsulibraries >> > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >> > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, >> acquisition,bibliographic >> > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats >> in >> > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will >> serve >> > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a >> channel >> of >> > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video >> > producers and distributors. >> > >> >> >> Gary Handman >> Director >> Media Resources Center >> Moffitt Library >> UC Berkeley >> >> 510-643-8566 >> ghand...@library.berkeley.edu >> http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC >> >> "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." >> --Francois Truffaut >> >> >> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >> issues >> relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic >> control, >> preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries >> and >> related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an >> effective >> working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication >> between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and >> distributors. >> > > > > -- > Chuck McCann > Strozier Library Scholars Common > 850-644-5924 > http://guides.lib.fsu.edu/multimedia > http://www.youtube.com/user/fsulibraries > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
