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The goal of archiving is making a perfect copy. Transcoding ruins that.

• fiatjaf 9y ago
  That's not the goal of archiving.
• colejohnson66 9y ago
  Not relevant in this situation, but to be fair, archiving analog media isn’t about making a perfect copy, just a good one. Also, when old DRM encumbered games (StarForce, etc.) are archived, the DRM is removed first. So not a perfect copy there either, but just an as good as you can get copy.
  • mynewtb 9y ago
    as perfect as possible then, no need to argue about the 'perfect' phrasing. It's clear what I meant in the context. Both your example require transformation, while archiving unprotected digital media is as easy as making a copy.