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AV Artifact Atlas edit / delete

"The Audiovisual Artifact Atlas is community-based, online resource used in the identification and diagnosis of artifacts and errors in analog to digital practice and archival work." If you're wondering what's causing a particular kind of patterning on your video...

to archiving artefact audio restoration tape video ... on 17 March 2015

Working with Diskettes edit / delete

Good -- if very PC-centric -- overview of 80s floppy formats.

to archiving disk floppy pc retrocomputing ... on 03 September 2014

Welcome to Save Star Wars dot com! edit / delete

Various stuff about reconstructing or preserving the original cut of the Star Wars movie.

to archiving film laserdisc restoration sf star-wars video ... on 25 August 2014

Endino's Cassette Transfer How-To edit / delete

Advice on adjusting azimuth if you don't have a calibration tape (or if you're trying to adjust to match an uncalibrated machine).

to archiving audio azimuth cassette tape ... on 22 August 2014

Off-Air Back-Up Recording Service · British Universities Film & Video Council edit / delete

TV and radio recordings for UK academia (sadly Abertay don't subscribe).

to archiving radio tv uk ... on 25 May 2014

MFM Disk Reader/Emulator edit / delete

Reading MFM hard disks with a BeagleBone Black. This suggests that a similar strategy would work for floppies.

to archiving beaglebone disk electronics embedded hard-disk imaging mfm retrocomputing ... on 05 February 2014