The Future of Memory: A History of Lossless Format Standards in the Moving Image Archive

by Marek Jancovic and Jimi Jones

Book Overview

A new generation of video standards promises lossless storage of digital objects for future generations. Jimi Jones and Marek Jancovic document the development and adoption of JPEG 2000, FFV1, MXF, and Matroska while investigating the social and material aspects of their design and the forces driving their journeys from niche to ubiquity.

Drawing on interviews with archivists and developers, Jones and Jancovic reveal the archive as a dynamic space...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025204665X
• ISBN13: 9780252046650
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.