The Future of Memory
A History of Lossless Format Standards in the Moving Image Archive
Series: The History of Media and Communication;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher University of Illinois Press
- Date of Publication 8 July 2025
- Number of Volumes Paperback
- ISBN 9780252088759
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages216 pages
- Size 229x152x18 mm
- Weight 340 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 12 black & white photographs, 4 tables 685
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Long description:
A new generation of video standards promises lossless storage of digital objects for future generations. Jimi Jones and Marek Jancovic document the development and adoption of JPEG 2000, FFV1, MXF, and Matroska while investigating the social and material aspects of their design and the forces driving their journeys from niche to ubiquity.
Drawing on interviews with archivists and developers, Jones and Jancovic reveal the archive as a dynamic space where deeply entrenched social practices produce disagreements but also resourceful collaborations. They contrast the unprecedented rise of archivist-driven standardization and controversies around non-standard technology with the historical dominance of the film and broadcast industries. Throughout, the authors clarify the role of tech companies, software developers, film pirates, hackers, and other players with poorly understood roles in the process.
A timely look at the state of audiovisual preservation, The Future of Memory provides a history of recent innovations alongside a snapshot of a field in the midst of profound technological change.
MoreTable of Contents:
Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms
Introduction. So Many Standards, So Little Time: The People and Politics Behind Archival Video Formats
- “Lossless”: The Materiality of Archival Video Format Standards
- Standards with a Capital S: The Making and Meaning of JPEG 2000 and MXF
- Wild Formats: The History and Standardization of FFV1 and Matroska
- Standards at Work: For-Profit, Nonprofit, and the Global and Social Technopolitics of Standardization
Works Cited
Index
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