Re: arsclist media preservation and access project

[Jerome Hartke <jhartke@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This may be rather minor, but Red Book, or IEC 908, applies only to
digitized audio recorded as a continuous stream. It does not define a
WAV file structure.

Yellow Book, or ISO/IEC 10149, and ISO 9660 provide for recording files
to a CD. They do not define a WAV file structure.

Someone else on the list may know the origin of WAV. It is a popular
method of saving audio in a file structure, but I do not believe that a
disc with WAV files would play in a Red Book audio player.

Jerry
Media Sciences, Inc.
http://www.mscience.com/

Molly Wheeler wrote:
> 
> Dear Burt,
> 
> I am currently transfering sound recordings at the Harry Ransom Humanities
> Research Center in Austin. Our practice, and this seems to line up very
> well with what others are doing, is to:
> 
> Create a ProTools session of the sound recording's playback. I
> create a 24 bit , 48kHz file for this session. While I am creating the
> session, I am also burning an access CD onto our Marantz CD burner, which
> automatically adjusts to Red Book Standard. I then bounce this as a WAV
> file, at the same resolution, for a preservation copy.
> 
> I guess this is the main part of the answer:
> 
> I use Mitsui Gold unbranded 74 min. CDs. I burn one access copy for
> researchers (Red Book Standard WAV format) and then one preservation copy,
> at the higher resolution, as a WAV data file. I have also created a system
> of file naming/saving and back up, so that I not only have the 2 CD
> copies, but I also have a ProTools session and WAV files. Metadata metadata...
> 
> Oh- and these are all straight!
> 
> I hope this helps!
> 
> Sincerely,
> Molly Wheeler
> Harry Ransom Center
> 
> On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Burt Altman wrote:
> 
> > Our institution is planning a project to preserve a large collection of 45
> > and 33-1/3 rpm phonograph recordings and
> > reel to reel tapes. These are promotional materials for American motion
> > picture films. We would like to create both archival and user copies.
> >
> > What is the current practice generally recognized by the preservation
> > community to preserve and make such media accessible?
> >
> >
> >
> > Burt Altman, CA
> > Pepper Librarian and Archivist
> > Claude Pepper Library
> > 636  West Call Street
> > Florida State University
> > Tallahassee, FL 32306-1123
> > (850) 644-9305
> > Fax: (850) 644-9303

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