Matroska Container and FFV1 Video Codec

Online lecture given at “FRAME Tech”, hosted by INA, France, on 24 November 2021.

Abstract

Past, present and future of the Matroska container and the FFV1 video codec.

Resources

• The presentation’s slides (PDF, 466 KB, MD5 = eb5ba70d52bc28e5a9eceaec96e705bb).

Presenter

Having graduated in both mathematics and computer science, Reto Kromer became involved in audio-visual conservation and restoration thirty-five years ago. He has been running his own preservation company, AV Preservation by reto.ch, and lecturing at the Bern University of Applied Sciences and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola in Donostia (San Sebastián). His current research includes colour spaces, look-up tables and codec programming and emulation. Previously he was head of preservation at the Cinémathèque suisse (the Swiss National Film Archive) as well as a lecturer at the University of Lausanne and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. He served as an AMIA board member during four years. His work has seen him honoured with an inaugural JTS Award.

References mentioned during the discussion and roundtable

• Reto Kromer: “Matroska and FFV1: One File Format for Film and Video Archiving?”, in Journal of Film Preservation, n. 96 (April 2017)
• Reto Kromer: “On the Bright Side of Data Migrations”, in IASA Journal, n. 49 (December 2018)
• Agathe Jarczyk, Reto Kromer, Yves Niederhäuser and David Pfluger: Digital Archiving of Film and Video: Principles and Guidance, Version 1.2, Memoriav, Bern 2019

2022-01-13