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

Charlotte Thai, Richard Steele and Ewell ‘Evan’ Echols
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Charlotte Thai: HBO Archive, USA
Richard Steele: Warner Bros. Technology, USA
Ewell ‘Evan’ Echols: HBO Archive, USA

Journal of Digital Media Management, 2020, vol. 8, issue 3, 215-228

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 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M11 M15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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