[game_preservation] Archivist's Burden

[Andrew Armstrong]

Neat info, I'm going to check out some of them links myself :) I might 
contact the IASAA about preservation formats too, since visual works 
haven't got a similar open source standard as FLAC, or a plain format 
like WAV, sadly (apart from possibly it'll be usually "what is shipped" 
or "what is available on promo disks and online" for videogames, but 
from a company/creator perspective this might be more important).

Andrew

Rachel "Sheepy" Donahue wrote:

> dd works. If you want to save a tiny bit of space, you might also look 

> at using something to create a sparse image (empty sectors are not 

> copied.. probably less of a problem with CDs than HDDs). Ddrescue can 

> do this:

>

> http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/Ddrescue

>

> I would say getting a full image is first, before worrying about 

> separating the audio and data.

>

> When/if you do decide to preserve the audio separately, the 

> International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives

> recommends WAV or BWF. Regardless of format, they and ARSC recommend a 

> sampling rate of at least 96 kHz with 24 bit resolution.

>

> These may be of interest:

>

>

> The ARSC Technical Committee's preservation statement

> http://www.arsc-audio.org/pdf/ARSCTC_preservation.pdf

>

> and

>

> Essential Resources for Audio Preservation

> http://www.arsc-audio.org/pdf/ARSCTC_resources.pdf

>

> Formats, Evaluation Factors, and Relationships

> http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/intro/format_eval_rel.shtml

>

> I can't think of a good reason _not_ to use FLAC, but I'm happy to bug 

> a few A/V archivists I know if we think it's necessary.

>

> DEFT or BackTrack may come preloaded with imaging automation.

> http://www.deftlinux.net/

> http://www.remote-exploit.org/backtrack.html

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