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The Home Box Office, Inc. (HBO) Archive’s analogue-to-digital preservation pipeline: A case study examining the migration workflow of 2-inch Quadruplex to MXF AS-02
Journal of Digital Media Management,
8
(3),
215-228
(2020)
Abstract
This article discusses the HBO Archive’s Endangered Formats Project, a preservation initiative that started in 2017. The purpose of this project was to migrate some of HBO’s oldest original programming off obsolete media formats. The first format targeted for migration was the 2-inch Quadruplex videotape. These tapes were digitised and transferred to file as MXF AS-02 (Material Exchange Format Application Specification) bundles. These preservation packages were ingested into a media asset management system in addition to being backed up to seventh-generation LTO (linear tape-open) tapes.
Keywords: 2-inch Quadruplex; preservation; migration; Home Box Office; Inc.; television; AS-02
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Author's Biography
Charlotte Thai is a manager of archives, metadata and asset management at the HBO Archive in Santa Monica. She holds a bachelor of arts degree in English and a master’s degree in library and information science from the University of California, Los Angeles. She has also worked as a project archivist at Stanford University Libraries, a digital asset specialist for Blizzard Entertainment, and as an editor and writer for Tips & Tricks Magazine.
Richard Steele is a consultant, currently employed at Warner Bros. Content & Technology division. He is a former manager of archives at the HBO Archive. Prior to his tenure at HBO, Mr Steele worked for Warner Bros. Studios as an assistant editor, providing research, processing and access to source masters for the Warner Bros. Archive’s audio preservation initiative.
Ewell ‘Evan’ Echols is a manager of archives at the HBO Archive in New York. Previously, he served as a special collections librarian, with a focus on audiovisual materials, at the University of Delaware Library, processing, preserving and providing access to large manuscript collections. In addition to managing all audiovisual material and the subsequent digitisation of the most endangered assets, he worked to acquire, migrate and provide access to smaller media collections.
