If you’re considering automating some Archivematica workflows in 2026 then here are some utility scripts I just finished for BFI colleagues. Hope they can be of assistance!

github.com/bfidatadigip...

Happy New Year!

#digipres #Archivematica #AtoM #borndigital #python

Heading off on holiday, and leaving lovely open-source software to work through a mountain of DPX preservation. Thank you contributors to #RAWcooked #FFmpeg #FFV1 #Matroska @matroska.bsky.social 🎞️💛

Love for @nttw.bsky.social conference bubbled over into “Inside The Archive” blog. Celebrating World Preservation Day, open-source communities and many wonderful projects like @mediaarea.net and @ffmpeg.org.web.brid.gy
Part 1 by @mcnatch.bsky.social

www.bfi.org.uk/inside-the-a...

Workshop day is off @NLIreland with “Extracting file metadata using Python, MediaInfo and other open-source tools” by Joanna White! #nttw9

"A GPU FFV1 coder/decoder, how we made it happen" by Jérôme Martinez happening now at #nttw9!

.@digitensions.bsky.social presents "Fine Tuning Discordant Workflows with Python Orchestration" #nttw9

#MediaInfo 25.04 released.
Spherical Video metadata in MP4, (currently only basic support of) IAMF, WebP, details about the thumbnails in FLAC, fix of a crash and wrong conformance issue report for some files, and several other minor improvements & bug fixes (see changelog).

mediaarea.net/MediaInfo

Irresistible postcards and sticker action @fosdem.bsky.social 2025 - worlds largest open source developer conference. Volunteered today supporting the awesome video teams - live streaming hundreds of talks this weekend: fosdem.org/2025/schedul...

Thrilled to be on BlueSky!Pleased to have been teaching FFmpeg in Kerala for the Film Heritage Foundation and FIAF using FFmpeg.wide.video - an archivist of the future uses the lavfi filter to make video on their phone!