Creating the Digital Archive
•Original
tape from contributor
•Variety
of formats, both analog and digital
•Dub to
Digibeta tape
•Digibeta
tape to 50 Mbps MPEG-2 digital file
•50 Mbps
digital file transcoded to MPEG-4 digital file
•50 Mbps
digital file stored in IU’s Massive Data Storage
System
•Digibeta
tape stored at IU Archives of Traditional Music (ATM)
•If
collector chooses, original tape may be stored at ATM
as well