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PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press
ISBN-100252088751
ISBN-139780252088759
eBay Product ID (ePID)20072589587
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Number of Pages216 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameFuture of Memory : a History of Lossless Format Standards in the Moving Image Archive
SubjectEngineering (General), Media Studies, Library & Information Science / Digital & Online Resources, Library & Information Science / Archives & Special Libraries
Publication Year2025
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines
AuthorMarek Jancovic, Jimi Jones
SeriesThe History of Media and Communication Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight11.3 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2024-060637
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Reviews"The first history of film was written in 1894, when cinema had not been born yet. A quarter of the twenty-first century has elapsed, and no global history of digital media is still in sight. It would be a daunting task, worthy of a Jorge Luis Borges story, but Jones and Jancovic have succeeded in writing a key chapter of it. Don't be deterred by its acronyms: you don't have to be a computer geek to enjoy getting lost in the labyrinth of media archives' quixotic struggle against impermanence."--Paolo Cherchi Usai, George Eastman Museum
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments List of Acronyms Introduction. So Many Standards, So Little Time: The People and Politics Behind Archival Video Formats "Lossless": The Materiality of Archival Video Format Standards Standards with a Capital S: The Making and Meaning of JPEG 2000 and MXF Wild Formats: The History and Standardization of FFV1 and Matroska Standards at Work: For-Profit, Nonprofit, and the Global and Social Technopolitics of Standardization Notes Works Cited Index
SynopsisA new generation of video standards promises lossless storage of digital objects for future generations. Jimi Jones and Marek Jancovic document the development and adoption of JPEG 2000, FFV1, MXF, and Matroska while investigating the social and material aspects of their design and the forces driving their journeys from niche to ubiquity. Drawing ......, A new generation of video standards promises lossless storage of digital objects for future generations. Jimi Jones and Marek Jancovic document the development and adoption of JPEG 2000, FFV1, MXF, and Matroska while investigating the social and material aspects of their design and the forces driving their journeys from niche to ubiquity. Drawing on interviews with archivists and developers, Jones and Jancovic reveal the archive as a dynamic space where deeply entrenched social practices produce disagreements but also fruitful collaborations. They contrast the unprecedented rise of archivist-driven standardization and controversies around non-standard technology with the historical dominance of the film and broadcast industries. Throughout, the authors clarify the role of tech companies, software developers, film pirates, hackers, and other players with poorly understood roles in the process. A timely look at the state of audiovisual preservation, The Future of Memory provides a history of recent innovations alongside a snapshot of a field in the midst of profound technological change., A new generation of video standards promises lossless storage of digital objects for future generations. Jimi Jones and Marek Jancovic document the development and adoption of JPEG 2000, FFV1, MXF, and Matroska while investigating the social and material aspects of their design and the forces driving their journeys from niche to ubiquity. Drawing on interviews with archivists and developers, Jones and Jancovic reveal the archive as a dynamic space where deeply entrenched social practices produce disagreements but also resourceful collaborations. They contrast the unprecedented rise of archivist-driven standardization and controversies around non-standard technology with the historical dominance of the film and broadcast industries. Throughout, the authors clarify the role of tech companies, software developers, film pirates, hackers, and other players with poorly understood roles in the process. A timely look at the state of audiovisual preservation, The Future of Memory provides a history of recent innovations alongside a snapshot of a field in the midst of profound technological change.
LC Classification NumberTK6680.5.J65 2025
