Calling audio-visual archive and preservation experts

Making movies is costly and time-consuming. Preserving them is critical.

The Interoperable Master Format (IMF) is a recognized and standardized intermediate format for making and distributing complex audio-visual content, and has emerged as a promising candidate for archiving and preserving it. The HPA IMF User Group (https://www.imfug.com) is organizing two workshops this fall to explore this complex problem:

  • Preserving movies with IMF

When: September 13 in Amsterdam, NL Program chair: Siegfried Foessel <siegfried.foessel@iis.fraunhofer.de> Event page: Workshop on preserving movies with IMF

  • Preserving and re-purposing studio productions using IMF

When: October 25 in Los Angeles, CA, USA Program chair: Florian Schleich <fschleich@netflix.com> Event page: Workshop on preserving and re-purposing studio productions using IMF

Submit your presentation proposals by July 1 at info@imfug.com

Submissions from archives, content producers/owners, product manufacturers and movie professionals are welcome. All submissions should include a short abstract (3-4 sentences) and specify the target event (Amsterdam and/or Los Angeles). Presentations should have a maximum duration of 15 minutes and should focus on archival and preservation use cases and workflows. These workshops are a unique opportunity to meet experts and implementers, and share ideas, use cases, and requirements. Admission will be open to all, with tickets available starting August 1, 2019.

Two workshops tackling IMF in archive

We are organizing not one, but two workshops tackling the application of IMF to archival workflows. Details at the links below. The deadline for submitting proposed presentations is July 1. Tickets will be made available starting August 1. Preserving movies with the Interoperable Master Format (IMF) 13 September 2019 at the Eye in Amsterdam, NL Program chair: Siegfried Foessel Preserving and re-purposing studio productions using IMF 25 October 2019 in Los Angeles, USA Program chair: Florian Schleich

Quarterly meeting at #NAB2019

Quarterly meeting of the IMF UG at NAB 2019 Topics covered included:

  • Planning workshops on applying IMF to archival workflows
  • Authoring subtitles and captions for HDR video
  • Improving file hashing performance

NAB 2019 Contact Information

Below is contact information for IMF UG members at NAB 2019.
TMD (TransMedia Dynamics) ben.cousens@tmd.tv
Eurofins DMS bmorocco@eurofins-dms.com
Sony Pictures Technologies Brian Vessa 310-779-9938
GIC Henry Gu 818 564 6442
Vidispine isak@vidispine.com, SU10106
Trench Digital jack.watts@trenchdigital.net
Nordic Entertainment Group jens.kopsen@nentgroup.com
Media-IO maarnaud@media-io.com
Yella Umbrella N2731
Colorfront Renaissance Suite 832 & 1530
Siegfried Heep sieg.heep@gmail.com
Cinnafilm SL10530
Marquise Technologies SL13407
Telestream LLC SL3308
OWNZONES SL5005
Rohde & Schwarz - DVS SL6405
Dalet Digital Media Systems SL6610
Prime Focus Technologies SL9605
CineCert Inc. SU11802
nablet SU12003 (w/ Hiscale)
Venera Technologies SU13008
Tedial SU1924
AWS / Amazon SU2202
Fraunhofer DMT USA SU4816
Interra Systems SU7605
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