INTRODUCTION TO VRECORD

This session will provide an overview of vrecord, an open source video digitization and transfer tool. Attendees will learn how to run vrecord, select appropriate settings, and understand the tool’s output. The session will demonstrate vrecord’s role in an end-to-end digitization workflow.

Topics include

• Overview of vrecord
• How to set up a digitization workflow
• Demo of GUI
• Demo of CLI
• Reading vrecord output and identifying errors

This session is for those who are just getting started setting up a digitization workflow, as well as people who may already have a digitization setup but who are new to vrecord.

While we will run through an end-to-end digitization workflow, this session is not a general intro to video digitization—attendees will benefit the most if they have some knowledge of video signal chains.

Prerequisites/software requirements

• Prerequisites:
• Basic understanding of video signals
• Basic understanding of analog video formats
• Software requirements:
• Vrecord

Attendees with access to a Mac are encouraged to install vrecord the day before the workshop begins. (There will not be time to complete a full vrecord installation during the workshop.)

Attendees without access to a Mac are welcome to join and watch the demonstration.

Presenter

• Annie Schweikert, Digital Archivist, Stanford Libraries (she/her/hers)

Annie Schweikert (she/her/hers) is a digital archivist at Stanford Libraries, where she processes, preserves, and makes accessible born-digital archival collections. She is a graduate of the Moving Image Archiving and Preservation (MIAP) program at New York University. Annie is also the Co-Chair of the Open Source Committee and collaborator with the Continuing Education Advisory (CEA) Task Force.