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Choosing a Medium for Archiving
Choosing a Medium for Archiving
Tape Drives
VTRs
Using a VTR to archive
your material is an inexpensive and accessible way of storing archives.
VTRs are easy to patch and tapes can store large amounts of media,
and VTR archives are viewable outside of Autodesk Visual Effects
and Finishing applications.
However, VTR archives
do have limitations. As a long-term archiving medium, VTR tapes
are subject to physical deterioration and format obsolescence. Also,
the following clips cannot be archived to a VTR:
- Clips with a colour depth higher than
10-bit.
- Clips referencing media, either directly
or through clip history, with a resolution that does not match that
of the VTR.
You can use the following
VTRs for archiving your material in Flame:
- Uncompressed SD VTRs such as D-1 or lightly
compressed SD VTRs such as Digital Betacam
- Uncompressed HD VTRs or lightly compressed
HD VTRs such as Sony HDCAM SR or Panasonic HD D5
- Compressed HD VTRs such as Sony HDCAM
(using "HDCAM" rather than "VTR" as the archive device type)