roboyoshi
commented
3 years ago I think this is fine, but I'm thinking about including stuff like betamax as well. If we are talking plain media dumps, then I had the untouched / discs / raw folders. Whatever you wanna call it, but it can include any 1:1 copies. The problem with VHS is that you cannot really have a 1:1 copy, because it's analog (unless it's Digital VHS). I would probably create a discs and tapes folder and have it like this:
video/
discs/
dvd
bd
...
tapes/
vhs
betamax
...or just all in one folder:
video/
untouched/ | raw/ | dump/
dvd
bd
vhs
betamax
...Worth reading:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Optical_storage_media
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Magnetic_storage_media
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Video_storage_formats
In the last overview it becomes clearer that there are currently 4 major types of our "untouched" media formats:
(magnetic) tapes, (optical) discs, virtual (files) and film
The video section is often divided in media for consumption and media for archival.
I would either move the "untouched" media out of the video dir and into archive/video/<tape|disc|virtual|film> or create a dedicated directory within video/ for the <raw|untouched|master> media.
Naming wise, it depends a bit on your content as well. If you want to keep the original files of your RED camera that you used for shooting a movie, then MASTER and RAW is more appropriate. If we talk about simple BD50 dumps, then DUMPS or UNTOUCHED may be more fitting.
I think I will extend this PR with this information.. Simply putting vhs inside video is too simple though. It's just 1 type of tape that became popular, but there is so much more.
fionera
Closes #64