Sony and Panasonic develop new Optical Disc with up to 1TB storage

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Gillvane

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Heres' the article. I think it makes a good point about archiving. Everyone is moving away from disks for distribution. Everything is going to streaming, hard drives, etc. But, we still need a way to store all this 4k footage. You can sit the optical disk on a shelf, and it's good for up to 50 years. Assuming the drives are around in 50 years, you can make a copy then on whatever the new archival media is.

http://www.cinema5d.com/news/?p=24177
 
Given how fast technology changes I don't see the value in looking for '100 year' solutions for digital assets when after as little as 10 years you start running the risk of not having the right combination of hardware and software to open up the files. Digital archiving is a perpetual task, IMO.


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adkimery said:
when after as little as 10 years you start running the risk of not having the right combination of hardware and software to open up the files. Digital archiving is a perpetual task, IMO.
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Depends on how proprietary the file is. You can't open a FCP 1 project file with FCPX, but any video file that FCP 1 could play / edit / export you can easily open with VLC. And even if you don't have the right codec / software, there is a fair chance you can find a plugin to open up the file & convert it to something else.

That isn't something you can say if you have a Betacam SP deck & a Panasonic M2 tape. Yeah they're both 1/2" & very comparable by the specs, but there is no way you can just download some firmware for a 20 year old Betacam VTR & start playing an old M2 tape.

IMO digital archiving just means that you have to transfer everything every 5-10 years to a new medium and / or transcode if you have video in a codec that is all but dead. While a lot of work, it is less work than dealing with physical media. Further, if you archive to "popular" (common) files / codecs, then you'll have an easier time in 10+ years if you want to use the footage down the line.
 
I'm definitely interested in this if the price is reasonable...which it won't be. So I'll probably continue to use hdd's and blurays to archive my video data.
 
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