Difference between revisions of "Tests: Generate access copies"

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Archivematica normalizes certain ingested file formats into preservation-friendly formats.

General

Generation of access copies is triggered automatically when the user approves "Appraise SIP" in the dashboard.
The original files are not deleted.

Audio files

.ac3 files are converted to mp3
.aif/.aiff files are converted to mp3
.mp3 files are converted to mp3
.wav files are converted to mp3
.wma files are converted to mp3

Office documents

.doc files are converted to pdf
.docx files are converted to pdf
.ppt files are converted to pdf
.pptx files are converted to pdf
.rtf files are converted to pdf
.xls files are left in their original format
.xlsx files are left in their original format
.wpd files are converted to pdf

Portable Document files

.pdf files are converted to pdf/a (note that the file extension remains .pdf)

Plain text

.txt files are left in their original format

Raster images

.bmp files are converted to JPEG
.gif files are converted to JPEG
.jpg files are left in their original format
.jp2 files are converted to JPEG
.png files are converted to JPEG
.psd files are converted to JPEG
.tif files are converted to JPEG
.tga files are converted to JPEG

Vector images

.ai files are converted to SVG 1.1 (not yet implemented)
- multi-page .ai files are converted to multiple single page SVG 1.1 files
.eps files are converted to SVG 1.1
.svg files are converted to SVG 1.1
- .svg files that tagged as SVG 1.0 but which are entirely conformant to the SVG 1.1 standard are not normalized to SVG 1.1

Video files

.avi files: converted to MPEG-1 (.mpg) with mp2 audio stream
.flv files: converted to MPEG-1 (.mpg) with mp2 audio stream
.mov files: converted to MPEG-1 (.mpg) with mp2 audio stream
.mpg files are left in their original format
.m2v files: converted to MPEG-1 (.mpg) with mp2 audio stream
.mp4 files: converted to MPEG-1 (.mpg) with mp2 audio stream
.swf files: converted to MPEG-1 (.mpg) with mp2 audio stream
.wmv files: converted to MPEG-1 (.mpg) with mp2 audio stream

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 == Video files ==
-*.avi files: video streams are normalized to MPEG-2; audio streams are normalized to uncompressed WAVE; wrapper is normalized to MXF
+*.avi files: converted to MPEG-1 (.mpg) with mp2 audio stream
-*.flv files: video streams are normalized to MPEG-2; audio streams are normalized to uncompressed WAVE; wrapper is normalized to MXF
+*.flv files: converted to MPEG-1 (.mpg) with mp2 audio stream
-*.mov files: video streams are normalized to MPEG-2; audio streams are normalized to uncompressed WAVE; wrapper is normalized to MXF
+*.mov files: converted to MPEG-1 (.mpg) with mp2 audio stream
-*.mpg files: video streams are normalized to MPEG-2; audio streams are normalized to uncompressed WAVE; wrapper is normalized to MXF
+*.mpg files are left in their original format
-*.m2v files: video streams are normalized to MPEG-2; audio streams are normalized to uncompressed WAVE; wrapper is normalized to MXF
+*.m2v files: converted to MPEG-1 (.mpg) with mp2 audio stream
-*.mp4 files: video streams are normalized to MPEG-2; audio streams are normalized to uncompressed WAVE; wrapper is normalized to MXF
+*.mp4 files: converted to MPEG-1 (.mpg) with mp2 audio stream
-*.swf files: video streams are normalized to MPEG-2; audio streams are normalized to uncompressed WAVE; wrapper is normalized to MXF
+*.swf files: converted to MPEG-1 (.mpg) with mp2 audio stream
-*.wmv files: video streams are normalized to MPEG-2; audio streams are normalized to uncompressed WAVE; wrapper is normalized to MXF
+*.wmv files: converted to MPEG-1 (.mpg) with mp2 audio stream
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