A Race Against Time: Preserving AV Media, VIDEO PRESERVATION

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Segment 4: Video
Length: 10 minutes, 14 seconds
Sarah Stauderman, Preservation Manager at The Smithsonian Institution Archives, discusses preservation and reformatting options for videotapes. Ms. Stauderman comments on the history of video recordings, the different videotape formats, the life expectancy of videotape, the obsolescence ratings for videotape formats, and the different pigment components of videotapes. Compression, storage standards, and cleaning of videotapes are also discussed.

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