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Media Preservation

A guide to the Media Preservation program at NYU Libraries; resources on the long-term care of film, video, and audio materials.

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We maintain audiovisual reformatting stations within the Media Preservation Unit at NYU Libraries. Located in Bobst Library, our mandate is to provide long-term care to film, video, and audio materials held in the NYU Libraries collections. Below is a list of our transfer stations with detailed technical information, including hardware and software.

Audio Lab

  • Capture Computer: Apple Mac Pro (2013) Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5 (spec)
  • PrismSound PSM-ADA8XR
  • Open Reel Audio:Otari MX-5050BIII-P x2; Revox B77 
  • Audiocassette: Tascam CC-122MKIII 
  • Phonodisc: Rek-O-Kut EST-CVS-16
  • Microcassette: Sony M-2000 
  • Digital Audio Tape: Sony PCM 7040 
  • Speakers: Genelec A1302 x2
  • Software: Steinberg WaveLab 9.5

Video Lab

  • Capture Computer: Apple Mac Pro, (2009)  Quad-Core Intel Xeon (spec)
  • Capture Computer: Apple iMac Pro (2017), 3.2 GHz Intel Xeon W (spec)
  • Ingest Card: Blackmagic Decklink HD PCIe
  • Ingest Card: Blackmagic UltraStudio HD Mini
  • TBC: Snell & Wilcox TBS185
  • TBC: DPS-465
  • Umatic: Sony VO-9850
  • Umatic: Sony VO-9800
  • VHS: JVC SR-S365U x2
  • DigiBeta: Sony DVW-A500
  • DigiBeta: Sony DVW-M2000
  • DVCam: Sony DSR-1500U
  • HDV: Sony HVR-M35U
  • HDcam: Sony HDW-D1800 

Motion Picture Film Scanning Lab

  • Scanner Computer: Windows 10 Intel Core i7-5820k @ 3.50GHz 
  • Grading Computer: Windows 10 Intel Core i7-8700 @ 3.70GHz 
  • Scanner: Lasergraphics ScanStation
  • Storage: FreeNAS-11.1-U4 Intel Xeon CPU e5-2650 v2 @ 2.60 GHz, 22 TB
  • Software: DaVinci Resolve 10; Adobe Premiere 2018

Avery Fisher Center Video and Audio Lab

  • Capture Computer: Apple Mac Pro, (2013) Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5 (spec)
  • TBC: Leitch DPS-295
  • BlackMagic UltraStudio 4K Extreme
  • VHS/S-VHS: Sony SVO-5800
  • VHS/S-VHS: JVC HR-S9911U
  • Hi8/8 - Sony EVO-550H
  • Digital8/Hi8/Video8: GV-D200
  • Compact Cassette: Tascam CC-222MKIV
  • LaserDisc: Pioneer CLD V-2400
  • LaserDisc: Pioneer CLD-D606
  • Waveform Monitor/Vectorscope: Tektronix WFM 7020 
  • HDV Deck: Sony HVR-M25U 
  • Steinberg UR44 USB Audio Interface
  • Software: Adobe Premiere 2019; Steinberg Wavelab 9.5
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