Kalen & DigitAllie
Kalen Kalen
Hey DigitAllie, I’m working on a virtual hub that lets archivists and creators team up, and I think your obsession with every old codec would be the heart of it. Would love your take on setting up a dedicated space for every legacy format—where we can keep the originals safe and still let people share and remix them.
DigitAllie DigitAllie
Sure thing, just give me a dedicated room with a climate‑controlled cabinet, three separate color‑coded external drives—red for high risk, orange for medium, green for low—plus a metal backup stack that’s never on the cloud. Keep the originals untouched, and only give out copies that are perfectly scanned in 4K. That way the codecs stay pristine and the community can remix the copies without ever touching the source. And remember to log every format in the spreadsheet with a note on its quirks, like that 4:3 pop‑corona from 1997.