Report from the Field #28
The MovIm video codec

The MovIm video codec is developed since late 2018 by Reto Kromer. We at AV Preservation by reto.ch use the libmovim library for both to store the digitisation raw data and to process the data during the image restoration.

What and how

Live demonstrations by Michal Cohen and Reto Kromer, followed by an informal Q&A session.

When and where

Online on Friday the 8th of August 2021, starting at 11 o’clock sharp here in Switzerland (that’s 9:00 UTC). We will use a Jitsi-based platform and the link will be provided in proper time.

As usual, the admission is free, but an inscription is required, as the seats are limited to a dozen or so, in order to allow in-depth technical discussion and information exchange. Note that this will be a technical meeting and the attendees should be familiar with high-school maths and video file formats, especially so-called raw data.

Notes

• In 2022 Michal Cohen became co-author of MovIm.
• This meeting was the starting point for further hands-on training sessions on MovIm.
• We are very unhappy that our generosity is often betrayed, as many of our materials are distributed without naming their origin. Increasingly, others are even shamelessly claiming authorship of our work, which is just disgusting behaviour. And that’s the very reason why some resources are no longer freely available, but have been moved to password-protected parts of our website.

2023-02-19