University Communications Mini DV et al. Collection By Victoria Clancy; Elizabeth Stauber; Ben Houtman; Michelle Roell; Sarah Buchanan

Research BriscoeUniversity Communications Goals: ▫ Format Research and Preservation  Best transfer  Metadata produced ▫ Provide access People: ▫ Jessica Meyerson – Project Supervisor ▫ Justin Kovar – AV Archivist Goals: ▫ NA People ▫ Cathy Choi-Digital Asset Manager ▫ Kathryn Darnall – GRA ▫ Mason Jones – Former videographer School of Information People: ▫ William Vanden Dries – Former Project Member ▫ Quinn Stewart- iSchool Technical Services 2

The Collection 3

Inventory 2 Hard Drives 1 Power Cord 638 video tapes ▫ 19 Betacam SP ▫ 1 Hi8 ▫ 610 MiniDV ▫ 1 VHS ▫ 7 Video8 *Total = 641 Items 4

Betacam SP/ VHS Betacam SP facts ▫ Analog ▫ VHS fact ▫ Analog ▫ ish 5

Hi 8 / Video 8 Hi 8 ▫ Analog ▫ Video 8 ▫ Analog ▫

Mini DV Tape Digital Video Introduced in 1995 Magnetic Tape Length : 60 minutes ▫ (or longer) Collection Tape 7

Our Goal Through experimentation determine which combination of hardware and pre-installed or free software resulted in the “best” capture of a DV file. 8

The Experiment 8 Set Ups 4 computers 3 Tapes  The random tape ▫ 1hr 13 min.  The new tape ▫ 2 min  The collection tape ▫ 23min 9

Mac Tests Set Up One and TwoSet Up Three and Four OS: Mac Program: iMovie Equipment: ▫ Playback Deck ▫ MiniDV Camera ▫ Firewire ▫ Thunderbolt adapter OS: Mac Program: iMovie 6.03 Equipment: ▫ Playback Deck ▫ MiniDV Camera ▫ Firewire ▫ Thunderbolt adapter Problem: This version of imovie is no longer supported. 10

Windows Tests Set Up Five and SixSet Up Seven and Eight OS: Windows 7 Program: Windows Movie Maker Equipment: ▫ Playback Deck ▫ MiniDV Camera ▫ Firewire OS: XP Program: WinDV Equipment: ▫ Playback Deck ▫ MiniDV Camera ▫ Firewire Problem: This OS is outdated and the software is no longer supported. 11

Sony GVD1000Playback Deck 12

Canon ZR-100 MiniDV Camera 13

Cords FirewireThunderbolt Adapter 14

Results: Set Up One and Two “We got a DV file… looks good” We Got: ▫ One file  Two files if over an hour ▫ DV file User Experience: ▫ Straight forward ▫ Pretty simple 15

Results: Set Up Three and Four “What were you thinking Apple?” We Got: ▫ Multiple Files ▫ Automatically Compressed/Converted ▫ MPEG4 file User Experience: ▫ Confusing ▫ Frustrating 16

Results: Set Up Five and Six “There is no device connected” We Got: ▫ One file ▫ AVI file User Experience: ▫ Frequent re-starts ▫ No camera control on computer 17

Results: Set Up Seven and Eight “Error, Error” We Got: ▫ One File ▫ DV File User Experience: ▫ Straight forward ▫ Pretty simple 18

DV Analyzer Frame count Frame count with video error concealment Total video error concealment (and the type of error) Percent of frames with error Percent of frames with error (including Arbitrary bit inconsistency) Percent of frames with video error concealment Percent of frames with audio errors Frame count with CH1 audio error code Total audio error code for CH1 Frame count with CH2 audio error code Total audio error code for CH2 19

DV Analyzer 20

And the winner is…. Camera and iMovie on Mac OS ▫ Set-up 1 ▫ 128,793 errors *Note: this set up splits files over an hours. 21

The Runners Up Set UpErrors 2148, , , ,450 81,134,500 22

DSpace Structure Community: Special Projects ▫ Sub-Community: Dolph Briscoe Center for American History  Sub-Community: University Communications (UC) Digital Video Archives  Collection: University Communications (UC) Digital Video Project Documentation  Collection: University Communications (UC) MiniDV Tapes Box 1  Collection: University Communications (UC) MiniDV Tapes Box 2 23

DSpace Ingest Manual Ingest Workflow ▫ Step 1 ▫ Step 3 Item ▫ Captured File ▫ 5 DV Analyzer Reports Item ▫ Photographs ▫ DV file 24

Difficulties and Set Backs Equipment ▫ Availability ▫ Collection ▫ Set-Up Size Limitations ▫ Ford’s Space Limits 25

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