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Once the films are recorded digitally, how is any of this specific to film?

• CharlesW 10y ago
  The aspect that comes to mind is the archiving of assets that go beyond simple frame output, a bit further up the workflow—project files, renderers, effects processing plug-ins, etc. For example, the article mentions the issues that Pixar ran into reconstructing Finding Nemo. I can imagine a studio saving a movie's project file, and then discovering that no software can use it in 20 years. Even if ecosystem standards like OMFI prove to have staying power, details like color timing might not be able to be perfectly reproduced even if the project file is openable.
  • RichardHeart 10y ago
    Archiving the tools/specifications to manipulate data is a few orders of magnitudes smaller than the data itself. If you archive the software tools, and the data, you should be good.
    • ams6110 10y ago
      Archiving the source code as well? And the compilers used? And the source code for the compilers? The hardware itself? Nemo for example was probably rendered on Silicon Grapics or other NLA systems. If all your software was built for some old MIPS architecture it might be a challenge to get that running again in 2017.