Formats

It became too cumbersome to try and keep links to organizations and individuals who can undertake digitization of various formats within this information resource. A complete update of that format-to-restoration provider finder has been created as a stand-alone Google Sheet that allows the administrators to update it and the users to easily drill down by format.

The easy-to-use link is http://bit.ly/avfxfer
Click the “Continue to destination” button to bypass the 10-second delay.
Note that the format tabs are along the bottom and sometimes easy to miss.

The direct link to the read-only version of the Google Sheet is here

This abbreviation is derived from AudioVideoFilmtrans[X]FER and is case sensitive


This site is arranged in a hierarchy that permits drilling down to find out more about a particular type of media record. Some paths are deeper than others. The top-level categories are based on the fundamental means of recording:

Magnetic (tapes, films, wires, disks, belts)

Magneto-Optical (disks, Minidiscs)

Mechanical (cylinder, disk, and belt recordings; automated instruments)

Optical (optical discs, film)

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