Abstract / topic summary
Over the past thirty years, audiovisual broadcasting technologies have profoundly transformed media collection and preservation methods. The advent of fiber optics, falling storage costs, high definition, IP broadcasting, and the proliferation of channels have driven the evolution of the INA’s legal deposit infrastructure, shifting from a model based on the physical reception of videotapes to the continuous capture of digital streams.
This presentation will introduce the key technological shifts of this period, their impact on storage architectures and data volumes, and the technical challenges associated with preserving audiovisual heritage. It highlights tools developed by INA to support this transition within an increasingly digitized and distributed environment.
Speakers summary
Guillaume Seznec
Nicolas Laurent
Nicolas Laurent and Guillaume Seznec are software engineers (Multimedia / Media Systems) for legal deposit at INA (French National Audiovisual Institute) since 2017 and 2018. They are mainly responsible for maintaining and modernizing the Off-Air TV & radio recording system, managing the recording infrastructure servers, and designing workflows for legacy media migration. Before joining INA, Nicolas worked in IT services for major organizations, covering support, training, system administration and software development, and Guillaume was a web and mobile developer for several french TV and radio stations... which he now records.
