University CommunicationsMini DV et al. Collection

By Victoria Clancy; Elizabeth Stauber; Ben Houtman; Michelle Roell; Sarah Buchanan

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ResearchBriscoe University 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

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The Collection

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Inventory•2 Hard Drives•1 Power Cord•638 video tapes

▫19 Betacam SP▫1 Hi8▫610 MiniDV▫1 VHS▫ 7 Video8

*Total = 641 Items

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Betacam SP/ VHS

• Betacam SP facts▫ Analog▫ 1980-2000

• VHS fact▫ Analog▫ 1970-2000ish

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Hi 8 / Video 8

• Hi 8▫ Analog▫ 1985-2000

• Video 8▫ Analog▫ 1985-2000

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Mini DV Tape

•Digital Video• Introduced in

1995•Magnetic Tape•Length : 60

minutes▫ (or longer)

Collection Tape

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Our Goal

Through experimentation determine which

combination of hardware and pre-installed or free software resulted in the

“best” capture of a DV file.

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The Experiment•8 Set Ups•4 computers•3 Tapes

The random tape

▫1hr 13 min. The new tape

▫2 min The collection tape

▫23min

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Mac TestsSet Up One and Two Set Up Three and Four

• OS: Mac 10.10• Program: iMovie 10.0.7• Equipment:

▫ Playback Deck▫ MiniDV Camera▫ Firewire▫ Thunderbolt adapter

• OS: Mac 10.9.5• Program: iMovie 6.03• Equipment:

▫ Playback Deck ▫ MiniDV Camera▫ Firewire▫ Thunderbolt adapter

• Problem: This version of imovie is no longer supported.

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Windows TestsSet Up Five and Six Set 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• Problem: This OS is outdated and the software is no longer supported.

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Sony GVD1000Playback Deck

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Canon ZR-100 MiniDV Camera

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CordsFirewire Thunderbolt Adapter

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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

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Results:Set Up Three and Four

• “What were you thinking Apple?”

• We Got: ▫ Multiple Files▫ Automatically

Compressed/Converted▫ MPEG4 file

• User Experience: ▫ Confusing▫ Frustrating

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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

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Results:Set Up Seven and Eight

• “Error, Error”

• We Got:▫ One File▫ DV File

• User Experience: ▫ Straight forward ▫ Pretty simple

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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

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DV Analyzer

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And the winner is….

•Camera and iMovie 6.0.3 on Mac OS 10.9.5▫Set-up 1▫128,793 errors

*Note: this set up splits files over an hours.

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The Runners Up

Set Up Errors

2 148,821

5 149,706

6 158,075

7 527,450

8 1,134,500

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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

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DSpace Ingest•Manual Ingest•Workflow

▫Step 1▫Step 3

•Item▫Captured File▫5 DV Analyzer

Reports•Item

▫Photographs▫DV file

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Difficulties and Set Backs

•Equipment▫Availability▫Collection▫Set-Up

•Size Limitations▫Ford’s Space

Limits

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The End