Digital Preservation: Audio and Video Formats

Date, Location

Tue, 03/20/2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

About the Event

In the last of our four-part series on Digital Preservation, this webinar present and explain:

• basic formats and standards used in digital audio and video collections for libraries, archives, and museums
• the development of audio and video formats and introduce participants to the significant technical features that pertain to digital libraries.
• Audio formats and encodings introduced include Pulse-Code Modulation (PCM), WAV and BWAV, and the issues related to compression for online delivery.
• Video topics include formats and standards, particularly the role of compression and data storage.
• the meaning of “HD” and options for video transfer and capture, as well as format and encodings for uncompressed video and the Motion JPEG standards.

Participants in this webinar will be able to make informed decisions about digital audio and video projects and revisit their planned or existing projects with an eye to making sure they will be useful sustainable into the future.

This webinar will be of interest to: Librarians archivists who are involved in developing digital projects, no special technical background required.

Presented by: Jacob Nadal

Cost: Free

To Register:

http://infopeople.org/training/audio-and-video-formats

Event Website

Digital Preservation: Audio and Video Formats